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MLA Pramodh Madhawarj said as much as Rs 80 lakh would be spent on providing drinking water facilities in Udupi assembly constituency, apart from the proposed two projects under multi village drinking water scheme.

Speaking at the meeting held to discuss water shortage problems in the constituency, he said water issues would be sort out on priority. The areas deprived of adequate drinking water facilities would be ensured with tanker water.

Rs 80 lakh is released in two phase to take up water related construction works through the task force set up for the purpose, he added.

Asserting that measures are taken in the direction of realising the pledges assured during poll campaign, he said Udupi assembly constituency comprises of 30 villages.  Of which 26 villages are already under the plan envisioned to provide permanent drinking water facilities. As many as two multi village drinking water programmes are allotted for the constituency.

Areas like Badanidiyur, Tenkanidiyur, Haradi, Varamballi, Aroor, Neelavara, Cherkadi, Karje, Handadi, Paduthonse, Mudathonse,  are among other villages that are included in the multi village drinking scheme. He added that the detailed project report is underway fro the mutli village drinking water scheme taken up  at Kokkarne-Chantaru. The both projects are taken up at the cost of Rs 80 crore. The other project is taken up at ‘Madi’ near Cherkadi is in the  process of primary report. The consultancy is already appointed, he added.

First phase

Pramodh Madhawarj said the first phase amount of Rs 40 lakh is being spent on 24 project works, of which 18 are completed and the remaining are in progress. He added  out of 30 villages, Kenjur, Kalthur Santhekatte, Nalkaru and Nanacharu are the four villages that are kept out of the purview of the drinking water programme.

He said a separate multi village drinking water programme would be taken up comprising all these four villages adjoining the project to Jomlutheertha river. He said the estimate would be made and the proposal would be sent to the government. He also directed the officials to chalk out plans aiding water project construction works for the amount of Rs 40 lakh released under the second phase.

The MLA directed the officials to take up programme ensuring water facilities to all houses in the assembly constituency there should not be any politics involved in providing the basic infrastructural facilities. He said the salt water problems  in the areas like Bennekudru, Haradi and Baikadi has created massive water problem  to the people in the area. He said the officials should chalk out plans to provide water facilities to these people at the earliest.

Transplantation panel covering Mangaluru, Udupi planned

A proposal to start West Zonal Coordination Committee of Transplantation, Karnataka, covering Mangaluru and Udupi has been initiated.

It has been decided to impress upon the State government on the same, A J Hospital and Research Centre Medical Director, Urologist and Transplant Surgeon Dr Prashanth Marla said.

Briefing reporters, on Saturday, he said setting up of West ZCCK, will benefit the patients from coastal belt.

The proposal is in its infancy stage. With the Zonal Coordination Committee of Transplantation, Karnataka, functioning in Bengaluru, patients from this region have to get registered in Bengaluru. “If we get a ZCCK here, more number of patients who are in need of organ transplant can register their names and avail the benefit. This will also help in creating awareness on cadaveric transplant in the coastal region.

Udupi man gets kidney

Dr Marla said the kidney of Leena Binoy (42), who was delared brain dead on Friday, has given a fresh lease of life to a  32-year-old man from Udupi, who was suffering from renal failure and was on dialysis for the last one year. With this, the first ever cadaveric kidney transplantation was done successfully, at A J Hospital and Research Centre in Mangaluru. The recipient is doing fine following the surgery.

The transplanted kidney has started functioning immediately and the recipient would be discharged probably within two weeks.

Nephrologist Dr Sushanth said only if a patient is declared brain dead can his/her organs be retrieved.

ZCCK guidelines mandate that a team of doctors including a neurosurgeon / neuro-physician, the treating doctor; a specialist and the Medical Superintendent of the hospital should decide if the patient is brain-dead or not. Twenty four hour after a head injury, brain dead is declared.

The second declaration is made after six hours of the first declaration. “In this case, after the family of Binoy wished for cadaveric organ donation, we immediately convened to the ZCCK. After necessary legal clearances of the Organ Retrieval Team of ZCCK came from Bengaluru to retrieve the organs. In the meantime, list of our patients who had registered under ZCCK was activated and we identified the recipient from the same blood group and informed him at 2 pm.

 As per the ZCCK guidelines, one kidney will be given to the hospital where it is retrieved for transplant and another for ZCCK list,” he added.

Dr Marla said there is a need for 25,000 kidney transplants every year, but on the contrary 3,500 transplants are being done per year in India. An increased awareness among people regarding organ donation will help in future for those who need organ replacement.

From January to June, under ZCCK, 40 cadaveric kidney has been transplanted. Brain-dead cases are mostly reported after road accidents, where victims are rushed to hospitals in a critical state.

If about 20 per cent of such people’s relatives wish for cadaveric organ donation, it will help significant number of patients, he added.