Mangaluru (TNN): Dakshina Kannada ZP member Yashavanthi Alva of the Congress died of cardiac arrest on Monday. She was 62.
Yashavanthi Alva, who was representing Gurupura constituency in the zilla panchayat, is survived by two daughters and a son. She was elected to the zilla panchayat from Gurupura three times. Sources said Alva was suffering from cancer and was undergoing treatment for more than a month.
She died of cardiac arrest at a private hospital. Her body was kept for public viewing at her residence near Shivbagh.