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** Three from Karnataka get PM’s award for best houses under govt scheme

Challakere .

It was a proud moment for three beneficiaries of the Prime Minister’s Awas Yojana, from the state, when they were awarded for the best construction of houses at a virtual ceremony on Friday.

The three beneficiaries — B C Pankaja from Challakere in Chitradurga district, Shakuntala from Tawargera in Kushtagi taluk of Koppal district and Rachamma from Chamarajanagar — were given the award by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, through video conference, for best practices in construction of houses under the housing programme for the year 2019.

** Mysuru man connects jobseekers with employers

S Achuthananda, a native of Mysuru, has made use of a simple technology and messaging app to help over 2,000 people get desired jobs in the last three-and-a-half years. Achuthananda, who works as a business unit head at Bengaluru-based company, started a WhatsApp group called ‘Udyoga Nimitham’ in March 2017 with 50 members (40 candidates + 10 HRs)

** Bengaluru’s low-cost post office catches nation’s attention

The success of building a lowcost Sub Post office at Doddanekundi near Marthahalli has caught the national attention and 23 more such offices are set to be replicated across Karnataka and a couple of other states.

The building on 39 square metres has cost the Bengaluru Postal Department a mere Rs 15 lakh

** Cedrick Tandong’s Three Wheels United helps auto drivers switch to sustainable vehicles

The Bengaluru-based start-up has worked with over 30,000 drivers and financed 3000-plus rickshaws

Cedrick decided what he wanted to work on. With Ramesh Prabhu, he started Three Wheels United (TWU), a social enterprise that helps drivers purchase their vehicle and replace their two-stroke auto-rickshaw with the more fuel-efficient four-stroke LPG ones or electric vehicle.

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