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Karnataka Bus met with an accident at Makootam; 15 passengers injured, driver condition critical
The Hindu
As many as 15 passengers were injured when the bus of Karnataka State Road Corporation met with an accident at Makoottam road, which connects Kerala and the neighbouring state of Karnataka. The AC sle
As many as 15 passengers were injured when the bus of Karnataka State Road Corporation met with an accident at Makoottam road, which connects Kerala and the neighbouring state of Karnataka. The AC sleeper coach was travelling from Bangalore to Kannur with the passengers when the accident took place at Methiyadipara at about 4 a.m on Monday. According to preliminary reports, the bus driver lost visibility due to heavy rains and fog. The bus, which lost control went off-road before hitting a huge tree adjoining the road. The doors were locked following the accident.![](/newspic/picid-1269750-20250217064624.jpg)
When fed into Latin, pusilla comes out denoting “very small”. The Baillon’s crake can be missed in the field, when it is at a distance, as the magnification of the human eye is woefully short of what it takes to pick up this tiny creature. The other factor is the Baillon’s crake’s predisposition to present less of itself: it moves about furtively and slides into the reeds at the slightest suspicion of being noticed. But if you are keen on observing the Baillon’s crake or the ruddy breasted crake in the field, in Chennai, this would be the best time to put in efforts towards that end. These birds live amidst reeds, the bulrushes, which are likely to lose their density now as they would shrivel and go brown, leaving wide gaps, thereby reducing the cover for these tiddly birds to stay inscrutable.