Udupi: Biker dies after ramming into tree; pothole claims pillion rider’s life

September 28, 2015

Udupi, Sep 28: A man died after he lost control over his motorbike and hit a tree near Alur village in Gangolli police station limits in Udupi district.

The police said Kiran Shetty was riding a two-wheeler from Idoor to Alur village, when he skid and hit a tree near Alur on Saturday evening.

Kiran, who suffered severe injuries to his head, was rushed to the Adarsh Hospital in Udupi, where he succumbed to injuries on Sunday.

A case had been registered at the Gangolli police station and investigations were on, the police said.

In a separate accident, a pillion rider was killed when he was thrown out of a motorcycle at Panakadakatte village coming under Kundapur police station limits on September 26.

The police said Suresh Acharya was riding the motorbike with his elder brother Ananthapadmanabha Acharya riding pillion from Panakadakatte to Basrur.

He lost control over the vehicle on the potholed-filled road. Ananthapadmanabha, who suffered severe injuries, was rushed to a private hospital in Kundapur, where doctors pronounced him dead.

A case had been registered at the Kundapur Traffic Police Station, the police said.

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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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