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Udupi: St Peter's Association Mumbai Donates Railway Passenger's Shelter at Barkur

  •   Mon, Feb 02 2009 10:17:47 PM

Report and Pics by Aanson D Almeida
Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (RD/SP)
 
Udupi, Feb 2: A railway passenger's shelter that was constructed at a cost of Rs 50,000 at Barkur Railway Station near here by St Peter's Association Mumbai (Barkur), to mark the Association's  20th annual day celebrations and annual feast of Barkoor St Peter's parish, was dedicated to the service on Sunday February 1.
 
Mumbai-based St Peter's Association has been donating school uniforms to the students of Merinol Higher Primary School, Barkur since the past many years, and also contributing for various development works of Barkoor St Peter's parish.  This is for the first time that Association has extended the facility for the comfort of train passengers and general public.  



Barkur St Peter's School principal Sitaram Shetty inaugurated the passenger's shelter.
 
Barkur St Peter's parish priest Fr R C M Aranha blessed the premises. 
 
Association president Richard Carvalho, secretary Ivan Rebello, organizing committee member Ralph Monteiro, parish council vice president Herald D Souza, Barkur railway station master Sachin Shetty, Srinivas Shetty and Vinod Kumar were present.
 
Richard Carvalho welcomed the gathering while Ivan Rebello proposed vote of thanks.
 
Eric Soans compered the programme.
  

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  • MM ALVARES, MANGALORE

    Tue, Feb 03 2009

    IT IS A WORTHY JOB IN THE INTEREST OF RAILWAY COMMUTERS.BARKUR IS A HISTORICAL PLACE FOR ALL RELIGIONS. I AM A FREQUENT TRAIN TRAVELLER AND THROGHOUT OUR JOURNY WE FIND SUCH REST HOUSES IN MOST OF THE STATIONS, BUILT BY MANY CLUBS / ASSOCIATIONS. IT DESERVE MORE IMPORTANCE IN THE CHANGING SOCIAL NON TOLERENCE BY FEW THAT SOMETHING USEFUL TO ALL AT PUBLIC PLACE WILL HAVE POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE SOCEITY. WELL DONE SPA, KEEP IT UP.

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  • P.ARCHIBALD FURTADO, Barkur / Muscat

    Mon, Feb 02 2009

    Immigrant Barkurians in Bombay having an impressive history of more than a hundred years and it was in the year 1939 they organized themselves under one banner – St. Peter’s Barkurians Association, (SPBA) which was one of the oldest of its kind and very active till the year 1964. Exodus of Young Barkurians to Middle East countries, in the following years compelled to keep the Association low profile, for almost two decades at dormant state. It was the Ex-ICYM Members once again reactivated the Barkurian spirit when they formed St. Peter’s Catholic Youth Association Barkur – Mumbai (SPCYA) under the President ship of veteran Lawrence A. Sequeira in the year 1985. They carried out various public utility programmed both for native Barkur parish and its members in Mumbai for the next three – four years, including the sponsoring of ICYM’s historical three days Decennial celebrations in the year 1987. Eventually the success story of Barkurian youth motivated senior Barkurians to join their hands to come together as giant St. Peter’s Association Barkur – Mumbai (SPA) on 17-04-1988. Since then the Association is at the forefront to support any social cause on one hand and on the other supporting Konkani culture in Mumbai. Every year during Diwali Holidays – some mega event is must….. and thus far half a dozen Wilfy Nite’s, Henry Nite, Fr. Vaz Show, Kazara Upranth, Mhataro Chorbela, Mand Sobhann, Johnny Lever Nite etc. etc….just to mention few. It created a history of its kind when SPA sponsored Parish Feast of Barkur Church in 2008 and perpetuate its memory now donated a Railway Shelter at Railway Station. It is appropriate to call back here that – it was SPA among others who worked hard to get Matsya Gandha – Konkan Railway train to halt at Barkur. We take this opportunity to congratulate the SPA for their yeomen service, for last two decades and call upon the railway commuters to utilize this facility. P. Archibald Furtado – Muscat – 03/02/2009

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