New Petrol Station At Barkur

Its Official now.  Gone are those days of playing hide and seek for adulterated fuel when one forgot to fill his tank at Brahmavar or Sasthan. The long awaited and much needed Fuel Station started functioning at Barkur now. Located at the Brahmavar-Barkur main road its much of a relief to the motorists.

Farewell to the Boat Ride

At last, the rejoicing (!!?) commuters bid farewell to the everyday boat ride as the newly built bridge is partially opened for the pedestrians. Final touch up and curing works are in progress and according to the authorities, the bridge will be opened to the vehicles on November 26^th.

Boat man, Boat man where art thou?

Finally the day at hand when the bridge over  River Sita will be operational. It is the time for celebration for all Barkurians and the people from the surroundings, as stressful life comes to an end. However with the opening of the bridge , a lot of names will be forgotten . I’m speaking about the tirelessly serving Boatmen.

Harish Kunder, Hangarkatta and Umesh Naik, Bengare have been tirelessly serving and making an otherwise impossible travel a bit bearable. Fisherman by trade they have abandoned it for the time being to serve the community. They were so selfless in their job, they did not charge  a penny for small children. They have been doing this for about two years on the request of Jayaprakash Hegde, MLA.

Recently their efforts have been  recognized and were felicitated by the Rotary Club of Barkur.

After the end of this month, Umesh and Harish will be lost in the endless sea of names and faces as they are planning to resume their duty as fishermen. They will be fondly remembered as friendly and helpful people.

Pics and Text by :Alwyn D'Almeida Mumbai, on vacation in Barkur

First Holy Communion at Barkur

Six young boys from Barkur parish received their first holy communion on 5^th November at St.Peter’s Church, Barkur.

These boys along their parents and family members took part in the high mass concelebrated by Vicar Rev.Fr.Aranha and Rev.Fr.Furtado and received Jesus for the first time.

The names of the children for the first holy communion are as follows.

Elric Lobo, S/O Jayashree and Fredrick Lobo, Nagermutt, Glen Furtado, S/O Gretta and Late Norman Furtado, Nagermutt, Joyston Barnes, S/O John Barnes, Sankady, Melvyn Picardo, S/O Magdalene and Rocky Picardo, Hosala, Neil Abraham, S/O Sathish and Roshini, Hanehalli and Patrick Andrade, S/O Sharmila and Antony Ronald Andrade, Nagermutt.

We all at barkuronline.com congratulate these children along with their parents and wish all the best.

Final touches to the New Bridge

The reconstruction work of the bridge will be completed on November 9^th and the new bridge will be inaugurated on November 26^th as informed by Minister Dr. V.S.Acharya, after visiting the construction site on 2^nd November.  

Barkur Panchayath President B.Shantharam Shetty, Jnana Vasantha Shetty, Ismail, Engineer Jagadeesh and others were present at the occasion.

Pictures :Kishoo