Kochi-Mangaluru gas pipeline: Work on war-footing in Kerala

coastaldigest.com web desk
October 9, 2018

Kannur, Oct 9: The gas pipeline-laying works of the Gas Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL) in the Kannur district, which is part of the Kochi-Mangaluru pipeline laying project, are nearing completion.

The pipeline-laying activities of GAIL under its Kannur office cover 110 kilometres in two spreads from Neeleswaram in the Kasaragod district to Ayancheri in Kozhikode district.

Of this stretch, pipeline laying was completed in 83 km stretch in the district from Kadavathur in Thrippangottur village to Puthur in Peralam village, an official press release said.

Welding works were completed and pipeline was lowered into the trench for a total stretch of 70 km.

As part of the pipeline laying project, the survey works had already been completed. The Right of User (RoU) of 20 metre width of land for the stretch of 83 km was being acquired for the project under the Petroleum and Minerals Pipeline (P&MP) Act, 1962.

The release said that after the completion of the pipeline, the acquired width would be restricted to 10 metres and the remaining 10 metres would be handed over to the owners.

Compensation

The release said that total Rs. 45.44 crore had been disbursed under GAIL’s Kannur office as compensation of the crops in the land taken over under RoU in the first phase.

Of the total 5,042 people whose land was being taken possession under RoU, 4184 people were given compensation, it added.

It also informed that the disbursal of compensation for buildings in the acquired area had begun.

Also progressing was the work to pay compensation for the 10-metre wide plots being acquired for pipeline laying.

Of the five rivers in the district under which the pipeline passes, pipeline laying was completed under Perumba, Kuppam and Valapattanam rivers. Works to lay pipeline under Anjarakkandy and Eranholi rivers remained, it said.

The press release also said that construction of intermediate pigging station on the 1.5 acre land at Kurumathur was also completed. It also said that 80% of the works of constructing section valve stations for supplying gas for industrial and domestic requirements were also completed. The pipeline laying works in the district would be completed by January, it said.

Comments

Suresh
 - 
Tuesday, 9 Oct 2018

Politicians are not uinderstanding the risk. If anything happens then it affects entire mangalore and kerala. Because its pipe line gas project

Sudheer
 - 
Tuesday, 9 Oct 2018

highly risky project. For personal gain they are riskying innocent people

Harish Thokkottu
 - 
Tuesday, 9 Oct 2018

Compensation is tto less. its a life threat project

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February 25,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 25: Infosys is all set to announce a cyber defence centre in Indianapolis to complement its technology and innovation centre inaugurated early last year.

This will be Infosys' seventh global cyber defence centre. According to its recent cybersecurity report titled 'Assuring Digital Trust,' 83 per cent of executives view cybersecurity as critical, yet 67 per cent are still struggling to have security embedded.

The cyber defence centre will provide end-to-end, real-time, 24x7 cyber security monitoring and protection services to support and guide American businesses in their digital transformation journey, it said.

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Client environment will be monitored round the clock, adopting a follow-the-sun model to deliver services like 24x7 security monitoring, management and remediation, threat hunting, security analytics, incident discovery and response, compliance reporting and malware analysis.

Vishal Salvi, Chief Information Security Officer and Head of Cyber Security Practice at Infosys, said the cyber defence centre is staffed with expert security analysts with niche skills around threat research and intelligence gathering to deliver best-in-class services to customers.

"Additionally, advanced data analytics and machine learning models are deployed to detect zero-day threats by unknown threat actors. This supports our commitment to helping our customers build a resilient cybersecurity programme that operates at scale while increasing operational efficiency and reducing costs," he said in a statement.

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April 5,2020

Madikeri, Apr 5: Following the novel Coronavirus and imposition of Lockdown in the country and departure of the migrant labour force to their hometowns, the harvest of Pepper and post-harvest process of Coffee have taken a hit in Kodagu region of Karnataka.

In the Coffee land, most of the workers at these estates are primarily from north Karnataka and neighbouring districts, including Periyapatna and Hunsur taluks in Mysuru District. Local workers are also sourced for the job as the harvest area is large.

The Kodagu district which already faced severe natural calamity during the last two years now added with the COVID-19 outbreak and the subsequent Lockdown, many workers have returned to their home districts, barring a few who have been working in the plantations for many years and reside in the estates themselves.

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July 9,2020

Jeddah, Jul 9: Karnataka NRI Forum Jeddah, a registered charitable organization under Government of Karnataka & Indian Consulate Jeddah - Saudi Arabia, helping the Kannadigas overseas and in Karnataka state as well, has initiated played its role in helping stranded Kannadigas to travel back to home under Vande Bharath Mission. 

The first flight which was departed to Bengaluru from Jeddah through this mission had 155 passengers. The forum had helped hundreds ofstranded Kannadigas in reaching their destinations with majority passengers were on emergency medical issues and pregnant women.  Still hundreds of Kannadigas are looking ahead for the help to fly back.

Now, the forum has organized two separate charter flights with Spice jet for Mangaluru (IXE)on16TH July 2020 & for Bengaluru (BLR) on18TH July 2020 from Jeddah (JED) airport respectively, with the support of Indian Consulate Jeddah and the Karnataka State Government.

As the huge demands from Kannadigas having very limited seats availability, the passengers (from Karnataka Only) can book and confirm their tickets by submitting their booking data under the link given below. Priority will be given to passengers with critical needs. 

https://forms.gle/BGvFFXoNSxVmrpRh9

Note: The passengers already booked tickets with KARNATAKA NRI FORUM JEDDAH shall not reapply, you will be receiving emails / calls from the Forum shortly.

For further information you can send emails to [email protected] or by calling to below given numbers.

Mohammed Mansoor (President): +966 50459 4752
Shaikh Saoud (Chief Coordinator): +966 55978 3092

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