24 poor families to get new houses at Hidayah Share & Care Colony on Sunday

August 10, 2013

Mangalore, Aug 10: As many as 24 houses constructed in the second phase of 'Hidayah Share & Care Colony', a project of Hidayah Foundation developed at Kavalakatte village in Bantwal taluk will be handed over to the poor families on Sunday.

The programme will mark an Eid get-together for the community members and leaders at the same colony.

Mangalore Khazi Thwaka Ahmed Musliar will inaugurate and Dr. Hazrath Mohammed Fazil Razvi will preside over the function.

Minister for Forest, ecology and Environment B. Ramanath Rai, Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader, Taluk Panchayat Member Padmashekar Jain, Gram Panchayat President Yacob and Kavalakatte Juma Masjid President Shiek Rahmathulla will be the dignitaries at the function.

Director of Dubai Northern Insurance H.M.Afroze Assadi, Chairman of Dubai's Kushi Group of Companies Shareef Kushi, Managing Director for Qatar's Benchmark Trading & Engg. Services Mumtaz Husain, President of Overseas Indian Cultural Congress Riyadh C.M.Kunhi and Managing Director of Presidency Homes & Infrastructures, Mangalore Hyder Ali M. will be the guests of honour.

The first phase of this housing project was completed last year and 15 houses were handed over to the deserving families. The third phase of the housing project will commence soon, stated a press release.

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Elusive bamboo shrimp resurfaces in Mangaluru estuary after 70 years

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December 7,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 7: A rare bamboo shrimp has been rediscovered on mainland India more than 70 years after it was last reported, confirming for the first time the presence of Atyopsis spinipes in the country. The find was made by researchers from the Centre for Climate Change Studies at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, during surveys in Karnataka and Odisha.

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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