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The Hindu
01-06-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Ports department proposes to build five groynes at Uchhila-Batpady to arrest sea erosion
With offshore reefs and inshore berms failing to protect the Uchhila-Batpady beachfront from massive sea erosion in Ullal taluk, off Mangaluru, the Ports and Inland Water Transport Department has now proposed to build the time-tested groynes for beach protection and nourishment. Sources in the department told The Hindu that two offshore reefs each built off Ullal and Uchhila during 2021-2022 were of little use to prevent sea erosion in the region. Post-2022 the link road to Batpady end-point at Kerala border itself was completely washed away thereby cutting off connectivity to several households in the locality. The department, through the Dakshina Kannada district administration, has now submitted a proposal to the government to construct five groynes between Uchhila and Batpady. It also has proposed to restore the damaged link road, all at an estimated cost of ₹70 crore under the National Disaster Mitigation Scheme (NDMS), sources said. Each groyne would be about 60 m long built straight into the Arabian Sea to absorb impact of the waves and help beach nourishment. Upon approval by the government, the department would commence the work soon after the Monsoon, sources added. Along with offshore reefs, the department had also built inshore berms along the Ullal-Someshwara-Uchhila beachfront under the sustainable coastal protection and management investment project funded by the Asian Development Bank. About ₹130 crore was spent on the project. However, much of the project work failed to prevent sea erosion along the stretch, except about five groynes constructed at Uchhila. The beachfront at Uchhila therefore has remained almost intact. Maravanthe-Trasi beachfront The department had constructed 24 groynes, 14 straight and 10 'T' shaped along the 2.5 km Maravanthe-Trasi beachferont abutting Panvel-Kochi National Highway 66. The highway, passing in between the Arabian Sea and the Souparnika, was under severe threat of erosion. The project that started in 2018 was completed in about two years at an estimated cost of ₹86 crore. Since then, the groynes have not only protected the beachfront and the highway from sea erosion, but also nourished the beach to a considerable extent.
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
LSU Health Shreveport selected as National Disaster Medical System Pilot Program site
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – LSU Health Shreveport (LSUHS) has been selected as the newest site of the DoD National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) Pilot Program. The program, led by the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (NCDMPH), was authorized by Congress to improve synergy, efficiency, and capacity within the NDMS. According to a press release, LSUHS is one of only eight strategically located pilot sites in the United States and one of two sites in the southern U.S. LSU Health Shreveport honors 10 faculty with Research Excellence Awards 'The selection of LSUHS was based on numerous factors, including strategic location, proximity to Barksdale Air Force Base, and serving as a regional academic medical center,' the release stated. 'Also contributing to the LSUHS's selection as a pilot site is the institution's robust research, technology, and educational capabilities, along with expert faculty and staff, established partnerships throughout the community and state, and strong motivation and community support.' The release added that the program will run for five years and focus on the requirements of a large-scale combat operation (LSCO) or catastrophic event. To accomplish this, LSUHS will focus on creating new partnerships while intensifying existing ones with public and private organizations, including healthcare providers. 'LSU Health Shreveport is honored to have been selected as a site for the NDMS Pilot Program, said John Vanchiere, MD, PhD. 'We take this privilege and responsibility seriously and will work tirelessly to prepare and execute a disaster response that delivers an optimal outcome for those injured in a war or natural disaster.' According to the release, LSUHS is also a member of the National Center's Joint Disaster Medicine and Public Health Ecosystem, a national resource comprised of leading organizations across the U.S. that have demonstrated excellence in disaster medicine and public health. LSUHS was one of the first Ecosystem partners and the only partner in Louisiana. For more information about the NCDMPH and the NDMS Pilot Program, visit Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBC
09-02-2025
- Health
- CBC
'You can do it,' says this Sanirajak, Nunavut, man to others who live with a disability
Tyrone Apak is proud to call himself a deaf person — but it's taken him many years to come to terms with his disability. The 25-year-old resident of Sanirajak, Nunavut, started to lose his hearing when he was just a toddler, though he only realized he was deaf when he started school. His words are interpreted by his American sign language (ASL) teacher, Dinah Pikuyak. "I used to use implants at school at first. I was struggling a little," he said. Pikuyak first started working with Apak in Grade 5. "When I first started working with him, he didn't want to communicate with anybody and he was not able to look at anybody," she said. "I had another student who was hard of hearing … so I had them challenge each other [to practice] ASL." Apak, who's been working at the local Northern store for the last five years, eventually learned to embrace his disability and connect with others. In 2023, he became the first deaf person in his community to get a driver's licence. "I was crying a little bit … I felt proud and happy, all the mixed emotions," he said. "I can say, try your best. Even if you're deaf, you can do it." Teacher's mission for youth to accept their disability According to research published in the International Journal of Audiology in 2021, an estimated one in five school-aged children in the Canadian Arctic have hearing loss significant enough to affect their learning and development. Pikuyak, who teaches at the local school in Sanirajak, said one in four children there have some form of hearing loss. "I know some of them get panic attacks [about it]," she said. She also understands how isolating that can feel. She began to lose her own hearing when she was a child. But she said she realized she had to accept that part of her. "I started using my hearing aid at age 11. It was kind of hard for me to cope with everything at first. I was picking up every little sound," she said. "I started to understand that I'm missing a lot, so I had to accept my hearing aid." Nowadays, she wears a bright blue hearing aid, which she chose so that it would stand out to others. It's her way of normalizing life with a disability. "They start to manage … [when they realize] they're not alone and accepting who they are," she said. Pikuyak believes there are simple steps for others to be allies to those with hearing loss – whether it be learning some sign language, or treating everybody with the same kindness. "I always tell them they're not different from anybody." Working together to be more inclusive Noah Papatsie is a board member of the Nunavummi Disabilities Makinnasuaqtiit Society (NDMS). He lost his eyesight in 1999 while doing lighting work in Cambridge Bay. He had multiple surgeries in the years that followed, but eventually, doctors told him they couldn't do much else to save his eyesight. Instead of letting that get him down, Papatsie said it spurred him to "grab the bull by the horn" with adjusting to his new reality. "It opened a new doorway for me to try and get better. Nobody's going to do it for me. I have to do it for myself because I have a growing family. I'm also a grandfather," he said. According to 2019 data from Statistics Canada, one in five Inuit live with some form of disability — though NDMS believes that figure could be several times higher due to the limited data available in Nunavut. Papatsie stresses that people with disabilities shouldn't be the only ones advocating for themselves. It's about working together to ensure services are accessible to everyone, he said. After all, that is the spirit of the Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit principles – the system of beliefs which guide respectful relationships, management practices, and governance. "I think it's important that the able society understand the word better, what 'inclusion' is. I think there's so much we can achieve together," he said.
