Thiruvananthapuram: The KSRTC Smart Travel Card project will start on the 29th of this month.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will release the card. A travel card with security systems based on RFID technology is launched. Through this, you can recharge money in advance and travel.

Proportional offers are also available for charging cash. You can check the balance on cards using ETM. Cards are available through conductors, KSRTC depots, and other authorized agents. Rs 150 worth of Smart Travel Card on purchase of Rs 100 as an initial offer. It can be fully used.

Those who charge more than Rs 250 will get 10 percent additional value. In the next phase, KSRTC will find the agents to distribute the cards. For this, an agency will be given to lottery agents and direct selling agents. The aim is to get the card to more people through this. Direct selling agents can also take agencies by paying a fixed amount as a deposit.

In the first phase, smart travel cards will be implemented in city circular buses. After that, the cards will be made available on city shuttle and city radial services and then on all buses statewide. A maximum of Rs 2000 can be recharged at a time. Also, the cards can be transferred to relatives and friends to get travel tickets. The amount on the card will also be valid for one year.

Thiruvananthapuram: The state is also likely to receive rain on Uthradam day. The Central Meteorological Center has announced red and orange alerts in various districts. Red alert tomorrow in Ernakulam, Idukki, Kozhikode, and Malappuram districts.
An orange alert is also in place tomorrow in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Thrissur, Palakkad, and Wayanad districts. The reason for the heavy rainfall is the strengthening of the westerly winds and the presence of a cyclonic vortex.
Wind gusts of up to 55 kilometers per hour are expected. A ban has been imposed on fishing on the Kerala coast today and tomorrow.
The travel ban is also in place in the hilly and coastal areas.

Vizhinjam: Minister V Abdurrahman said that the government has sympathetically considered the demands of the protesters
in the Vizhinjam port strike. The government does not know what the strike is for. In the discussion held by the representatives of the archdiocese, the cabinet sub-committee agreed to appoint a special committee to study the impacts on the coasts, etc. in the context of port construction.

The ministers assured that the demands raised by the strike committee would be considered sympathetically. Steps are in progress to resolve five of the seven demands of the protesters. The amount will be allocated to all the people staying in the camps under the process of paying rent and resettlement.

The Minister of Fisheries has informed that the construction of flats will be started as soon as possible on the 8 acres acquired in Muttathara in connection with the rehabilitation.

Sabarimala: Sabarimala Sreedharma Sastha temple will be opened today at 5 pm for Onam pujas. Onam Sadya is prepared for the devotees from Uthradam to Chatayam.

Udayastamaya Puja, Ashtabhishekam, Kalasabhishekam, Kalabhabhishekam, Padi Puja and Pushpabhishekam will be held on the days when the temple is open. On Saturday, September 10, at 10 pm, Harivarasanam will be sung and the temple will close. Devotees have to use a virtual queue system for darshan. Spot booking counters have also been set up for devotees at Nilakkal.

Varkala: In Varkala, a newlywed was killed by her husband by hitting her on the head with a wick lamp. Nikita (26) was killed. Her husband Anish was arrested. The police say that Anish has mental problems. In the morning, the family comes hearing Nikhila’s screams.

Nikhila, who was hit on the head, was rushed to the hospital but was confirmed dead. Their marriage was on July 8. Anish and Nikita got married three months ago. Anish was working abroad.

Nikita was killed at her husband’s house around 2 am. The murder was at the end of the argument. The relatives told the police that there used to be frequent fights between the two. The police said that Anish is a mentally ill person.

Nikita’s body has been shifted to Varkala Taluk Hospital. A few days ago, both of them started staying at Anish’s house in Varkala. The police said that Anish’s suspicion towards his wife was the reason for the murder.

Anish’s parents were also present in the house when the incident took place. The police informed that more information can be given only after the body’s scientific department arrives.

Kollam:  Sri Lankan nationals arrested again in Kollam. Six men, four women and one child were arrested. They are part of the group that tried to enter Canada. They were arrested from Kollam Pallithottam police station.

A case has been registered for human trafficking. The case was registered against 11 people. Their first attempt to cross to Australia from Karakad in Tamil Nadu failed. The first attempt was on August 16.

Kollam police arrested 11 people who tried to cross to Australia by boat. 2 people are natives of Sri Lanka and 9 people are from Sri Lankan refugee camp in Tamil Nadu. There are indications that more people have reached Kollam. The Tamil Nadu QBranch team is interrogating them.
On the 19th of last month, the police arrested 9 other persons after the investigation of two persons, Anthony Keshavan and Pavithran, natives of Trincomalee, who arrived on tourist visa from Sri Lanka via Chennai airport.

The investigation was based on a tip-off given by the Tamil Nadu Q Branch team to the Kollam City Police Commissioner. According to the mobile phone tower location, two Sri Lankans and 9 refugees were found at the lodge on Kollam Beach Road. Those arrested were from Vidhinapally, Chennai and Mandapam Camp. Tamil Nadu Q Branch team also reached Kollam and interrogated them.

The Kerala Police is trying to find out whose boat they tried to cross to Australia. It was also found that their agent is Lakshmanan from Sri Lanka. An investigation has been started about Lakshmanan’s associates in Kollam. 

Thiruvananthapuram: A woman committed suicide at her husband’s house in Karivallur, Kannur. 24-year-old Surya hanged herself at her husband Ragesh’s house. Surya has an eight-month-old baby.

Payyannur police registered a case against her husband Ragesh and mother. Relatives say that Ragesh and his mother used to torture Surya.

Pathanamthitta: Abhirami (12), who was bitten by a stray dog in Pathanamthitta Ranni, has been confirmed to have rabies. The confirmation was done in the saliva sample test in Pune. Abhirami, who was undergoing treatment at Kottayam Medical College, died today.

Abhirami was in critical condition despite receiving three injections. She was shifted to Kottayam Medical College for specialist treatment but her life could not be saved. The cause of death was the spread of the virus to the brain. Abhirami, a native of Mylapra, Pathanamthitta, was admitted to Kottayam ICH on Saturday. The girl who showed symptoms of rabies was kept alive with the help of a ventilator. She died at 1:45 pm as the virus spread to her brain.

But ICH Superintendent Dr. Jayaprakash said that there was no failure in providing primary treatment. The explanation is that Abhirami’s health condition worsened due to a deep cut below his eye. Health Minister Veena George said that Abhirami’s death is extremely sad and action will be taken if there has been a failure in providing primary treatment at the family health centers.