PREGNANT DIES OF TREE FALL;

Madikeri February 1, 2006

A 35 year old pregnant died due to tree fall at Sanna pulikotu near Bhagamandala yesterday.

Kamala, wife of Palangondu Vishwanath was walking inside her coffee estate when a huge tree collapsed on her. Eyewitnesses explained the bizarre incident and said that the fetus from the mother’s stomach was thrown off in the accident and was hanging in a coffee plant. The lady was crushed under the tree and it took few hours to pull the body out.

The deceased leaves husband, two children aged two and 3.

MLC SAYS HE IS NOT IN JDS;

Congress rebel, MLC Arun Machaiah told in a press conference that though he is supporting JDs he has not joined JDs.

He said that he had taken part in the national committee meeting of JDs only on the invitation of H.D.Devegowda and assured to support his party during election.

Machaiah’s statement comes in the wake of political changes taking place in the state and he wishes to avoid any legal hassle in shifting floor after winning.

ORGANIC CULTIVATION OF MANDARIN AND REJUVENATION;

The methods and beliefs being adopted by our fore fathers in agriculture farming have come been proving true and scientific methods are proving null and dangerous, said Dr.Thimmaiah consultant in organic farming, Biodynamic agriculture, Vedic agriculture and solid waste management.

He was addressing a seminar organized by the Horticulture department here to discuss the impact of using chemical fertilizers and vanishing mandarin in Kodagu. Thimmaiah asked why the once famous Kodagu orange has become distinct, why the water table is depleting, why the earth is losing nutrients?

He said that use of fertilizers is the main reason for this and cautioned that going against the environment and damaging earth will have serious repercussions like Tsunami and earthquake.

Stating that the plants derive 95% of nutrients from the environment and just five percent from the earth, he advocated that keeping the environment clean through avoiding chemicals, chanting power packed mantras and doing Agnihotra is the need of the hour. He quoted Upanishad chants and explained that how plants respond to certain chanting. He clarified that by uttering a mantra we are only releasing energy into the environment and it has no religious tag.

He adviced the agriculturists to use organic manure to regain the lost glory of Kodagu mandarin.

Inaugurating the seminar by lighting the lamp, state director of horticulture, Vasanth Kumar said that the government has approved a scheme to take up mandarin cultivation in fifty hectare of land in Kodagu in organic way. He said that removing the old mandarin plants is no solution to the problem and people have to find natural means for rejuvenation.

He also disclosed that Kodagu orange, Nanjangud plantain and Mysore Beatle leaf are patented. Scientists, experts and planters took part in the seminar.

Guests on the dais during inauguration