CPI (M) takes out rally against UPA policies

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September 18, 2012

Mangalore, September 18: The members of the District Committee of Communist Party of India (Marxism), took out a rally in the city on Tuesday to oppose what they call anti-people policies of UPA government.

Flagging off the rally B Madhava, District Secretary, said that the diesel price hike would result in increase of prices of various other commodities putting extra burden on farmers.

“Policies of the Central government such as allowing 51 per cent FDI in retail sector, increasing the price of diesel by Rs 5 per litre and limiting LPG gas cylinders at subsidised rates to six in a year severely affect the life of common man,” he said.

He also alleged that opening up the multi-brand retail sector to foreign companies would pose a serious threat to the livelihood to crores of traders and their families, along with putting a burden on the consumers.

Sunil Kumar Bajal, city secretary of CPI (M), Krishnappa Konchady and Vasant Achari, CPI (M) leaders, Jayanthi Shetty and Dayanand Shetty, participated in the rally, which culminated at the city's service bus-stand.

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The team — shrimp expert Dr S Prakash, PhD scholar K Kunjulakshmi, and Mangaluru-based researcher Maclean Antony Santos — combined field surveys, ecological assessments and DNA analysis to identify the elusive species. Their findings, published in Zootaxa, resolve decades of taxonomic confusion stemming from a 1951 report that misidentified the species as Atyopsis moluccensis without strong evidence.

The shrimp has now been confirmed at two locations: the Mulki–Pavanje estuary near Mangaluru and the Kuakhai River in Bhubaneswar. Historical specimens from the Andaman Islands, previously labelled as A. moluccensis, were also found to be misidentified and actually belong to A. spinipes.

The rediscovery began after an aquarium hobbyist in Odisha spotted a shrimp in 2022, prompting systematic surveys across Udupi, Karwar and Mangaluru. Four female specimens were collected in Mulki and one in Odisha, all genetically matching.

Researchers warn the species may exist in very small, vulnerable populations as freshwater habitats face increasing pressure from pollution, sand mining and infrastructure development. All verified specimens have been deposited with the Zoological Survey of India for future reference.

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