ZP/TP poll results to be out by 1 p.m. on Tuesday: AB Ibrahim

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February 21, 2016

Mangaluru, Feb 21: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim said that the counting of votes cast in the February 20 zilla and taluk panchayat elections would be taken up on Tuesday and all results are expected to be out by 1 p.m.

Addressing media here on Sunday, Mr. Ibrahim said that the counting of votes cast in both zilla and taluk panchayat elections would be taken up in the respective taluks at 8 a.m. There would be no centralised counting of votes.

The counting of votes of Mangaluru taluk would be taken up at the Mahatma Gandhi Centenary Higher Primary School, Bondel; of Bantwal taluk at Infant Jesus English and Kannada Medium School, Modamkaup; of Belthangady taluk at Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara Pre University College, Ujire; of Puttur taluk at Vivekananda English Medium High School, Tenkila, and of Sullia taluk at Nehru Memorial College, Sullia.

Mr. Ibrahim said that victory processions cannot be taken out in the entire district on Tuesday after the announcement of the results. Sale of liquor has been banned from 10 p.m. on Monday to midnight on Tuesday. Additional Deputy Commissioner Kumar said that 27 electronic voting machines developed snag during polling on Saturday. It included snags in 16 ballot units and 11 control units. They were replaced. While counting votes, votes cast in the old and new control units would be considered.

Mr. Ibrahim said that the Election Commission would announce the results on its website as and when the counting would be over. There would be three staff members and an official reserved for announcing the results in each counting centre.

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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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