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MANGALURU THE HINDU 2 MANGALURU/UDUPI WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE A revolutionary from his childhood Son of Mangaluru mourned

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT against the Emergency (1975­ orge Fernandes was in the George Fernandes’ trade unionism began when he organised a strike by employees of CPC Logistics UDUPI 77) could not be exaggerat­ forefront of the railway The Bishop of Udupi Cathol­ ed. No one would forget the workers strike in 1974. Anil Kumar Sastry ic Diocese and the district fact that he was responsible Shobha Karandlaje, MP, Raghava M. unit of Communist Party of for the establishment of said here on Tuesday that MANGALURU India (Marxist) have Konkan Railway which gave George Fernandes had Relatives and companions in mourned the death of the railway connectivity to the bravely fought against Emer­ Mangaluru and Mumbai of former Defence and Railway coastal districts. The coun­ gency. As Defence Minister George Fernandes fondly re­ Minister George Fernandes, try was proud of this son of in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee called their association with here on Tuesday. Mangaluru who had several government, he had perso­ the departed leader and de­ In his message, Gerald achievements to his credit, nally visited soldiers at the scribed him as a revolution­ Isaac Lobo, Bishop of Udupi Dr. Lobo said. Siachen Glacier. Along with ary from his childhood days. Catholic Diocese, said that In a release here, Balak­ Vajpayee, he was responsi­ His trade unionism began George Fernandes had al­ rishna Shetty, secretary of ble for the success of the In­ P.B. DSa (not in photo), National when Fernandes and Am­ Vice­President of Peoples Union A Humsafar Express emerges out of the Ukshi Tunnel on Konkan Railway network ways fought against injus­ district unit of CPI(M), said dian armed forces in the Kar­ membala Balappa organised for Civil Liberties, shows a picture of in Maharashtra. * ANIL KUMAR SASTRY tice. His role in the fight that as a labour leader, Ge­ gil war, she said. astrike by employees of Can­ George Fernandes with other accused in DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ara Public Conveyance Com­ the Baroda Dyamite Case featured in the thoughts did DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD pany (CPC Logistics), said not fit him in a book, Baroda Dyamite Conspiracy Case­the B Trade Union leader Placi J.J.V. Fernandes, a close rela­ Right to Rebel, written by journalist C.G.K. seminary in D’mello from Mumbai, who City fondly remembers tive of his. Reddy, also an accused in the case. * SPECIAL Benga luru came to Mangaluru for the Trade Union leader Placi ARRANGEMENT where he was CPC Logistics strike, took D’mello from Mumbai, who admitted to be­ Fernandes with him to George Fernandes came to Mangaluru for the and notary and resident of come a priest in 1946 after Mumbai CPC Logistics strike, took Bejai, stays very close to Fer­ intermediate at St. Aloysius DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Fernandes with him to Mum­ nandes’ ancestral house. He Secondary School in Manga­ bai and gave him the respon­ recalled the days when they luru, said P.B. D’sa and J.J.V. Fernandes to Late Nagappa sibility of addressing issues both played together at the Fernandes. As he left the se­ Alva, father of Late Jeevraj concerning municipal em­ latter’s house. minary in 1949, Fernandes’ Alva, who provided him food ployees, said P.B. D’sa, PUCL “I am seven years younger father threw him out of the and other facilities at that National Vice­President, to Fernandes and I have seen house and he used to sleep at time, P.B. D’sa recalled. who is now 78. him closely,” J.J.V. Fernandes the Clock Tower near Lady This was followed by the told Hill. first­ever unsuccessful indus­ Early days The Hindu. Ammembala Balappa, a trial strike in Mangaluru in J.J.V. Fernandes, an advocate Fernandes’ revolutionary Socialist by then, introduced 1950, following which Fer­ Principal Rev Fr. Praveen Martis and staff paying tribute to nandes left for Mumbai, P.B. George Fernandes at St. Aloysius College in Mangaluru

D’sa said. on Tuesday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT D’mello nurtured Fer­ nandes as a trade union lead­ Special Correspondent college premises to condole Special reference section MANGALURU er in Mumbai and he became the death of Fernandes, who aforce to reckon with in the Acknowledging the support re­ did his high school education Special Correspondent on the dis­ following years, P.B. D’sa and ceived from the former De­ in the St. Aloysius Secondary MANGALURU appearance of J.J.V. Fernandes said. fence Minister George Fer­ School. St. Aloysius College, Subhas Chandra He stayed committed to nandes for the commencement Mangaluru Bishop Peter George Fernandes’ alma Bose, are among the the cause of labour, follow­ of Father Muller Medical Col­ Paul Saldanha recalled Fer­ mater, has set up a many books ing the principles of Jesus lege here, the Father Muller nandes’ services for the Manga­ special enclosure at its donated. The section Christ and Mahatma Gandhi. Charitable Institutions on luru Diocese. MP Nalin Kumar library reference is divided into Senior journalist Manohar Tuesday said that Fernandes Kateel said that Fernandes had section containing his political science, Prasad noted that Fernandes had assisted and encouraged devoted his life for the better­ personal collection. literature, economics had participated in the Quit the management in starting the ment of the working class. Fernandes donated The special enclosure at St. and labour, religion India movement as a boy college in the 1990s and en­ Mangaluru South MLA D. Ve­ nearly 4,000 books Aloysius College in Mangaluru and sociology. against the British at Court sured that it got recognition davyas Kamath and the former from his collection to which features George George Fernandes, Gudde in Mangaluru. and affiliation in time. Mangaluru South MLA J.R. Lo­ the college in 2013, Fernandes’ personal collection Ek Sahasi Jin, a work H.R. Alva from Maria Ad­ The St. Aloysius College held bo also expressed

through his neighbour of books. * H.S. MANJUNATH in Konkani authored vertisers, who closely fol­ ameeting on Tuesday on the condolences. in Bejai Clawrence Pais. by J.B. Morass, a lowed Fernandes, said that Parliamentary debates Report, report by the close confidant of despite being in Mumbai and from the 1960s, Sri Justice Mukherjee Fernandes, is in the Delhi for years, he was very Krishna Commission Commission of Inquiry library’s main section. fluent in Kannada, Tulu and Konkani languages.

IN BRIEF

Power shutdown tomorrow MANGALURU Power supply would be affected in many parts of Mangaluru and Udupi on January 31. The areas fed by Urwa Market, Water Supply, Mathadakani, M.G. Road, Tribhuvan and Lal Bagh; all feeders emanating from Kankanadi sub station; Kudpadi and Sturrock Road feeders and Yeyyadi and Haripadavu feeders in Mangaluru would go without power supply between 10 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. Meanwhile, almost all parts of Udupi city, from Udyavar to Pithrodi, including central parts of the city, would face power shutdown between 9.30 a.m. and 5 p.m., said a release from Mangaluru Electricity Supply Company.

KERC hearing on February 7 MANGALURU Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission would hold a public hearing on power tariff revision at the auditorium of the Deputy Commissioner's office here on February 7 at 11 a.m. The hearing would be conducted in response to a petition by power supply companies.

NABARD official visits SCDCC Bank MANGALURU National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) Chief General Manager, Karnataka Regional Office, P.V.S. Surya Kumar visited the headquarters of South Canara District Central Cooperative Bank in Mangaluru on Tuesday. Bank President M.N. Rajendra Kumar apprised Mr. Kumar of the progress made by the bank that has 105 branches with a history of 105 years. Mr. Kumar appreciated the bank’s working and said that other cooperative institutions should emulate SCDCC Bank which has shown that it is no inferior to commercial banks, said a release from the bank here.

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