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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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January 20,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 20: A suspicious unattended laptop bag with the suspicion of containing “something harmful” was found abandoned at the Mangaluru International Airport on Monday.

The bag was found kept in the rest area meant for the passengers outside the airport. According to reports, two men came in auto and left the bag near the ticket counter, which is near the VIP vehicles parking area.

The bag, which was lying unattended near the entrance of the airport was removed from the spot by the airport security personnel at 8.45 am.

Bomb detection squad personnel has rushed to the spot and shifted the bag to a safe zone, said Mangaluru Commissioner of Police P S Harsha.

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July 31,2020

Bengaluru, July 31: Denying irregularities in covid-19 equipment purchase by the Karnataka government, the state unit of the BJP has issued legal notices to Congress leaders Siddaramaiah and D K Shivakumar demanding that they apologize or face a defamation suit. 

The notices seek a public apology for the allegations levelled against the government on irregularities in the procurement of Covid-19 equipment and supplies. 

Both Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar, the Karnataka Congress president, have been doggedly pursuing allegations of corruption against the BJP government and have demanded a judicial inquiry. 

BJP general secretary N Ravi Kumar said that while the Congress leaders claimed that Rs 4,157 crore was spent during Covid-19, they also allege that the government has not responded to any of the 20 letters written by them. "If the government has not provided any answer to the Opposition, where did they get the figures from," he said.

None of the allegations of corruption is specific and the statements made are factually incorrect. "These statements, without any basis, have been issued calculatedly to lower the image and damage the reputation of the government, the Bharatiya Janata Party, representatives of the party and the ministers in the government," the notice issued on behalf of Ravi Kumar read.

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May 23,2020

Bengaluru, May 23: SSLC and PUC students residing in containment zones will not be able to write the exams scheduled to be held in June and July, respectively, but will be given opportunity to write the supplementary examination and treated as fresh candidates.

Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar announced this at a press conference on Friday.

In turn, officials in the Department of Primary and Secondary Education will start collecting the list of students in containment zones. However, they are worried since the list of containment zones is dynamic and a particular locality can be declared a containment zone even the night before the examination.

“If any examination centre is located in the containment zone, then we can change the centre and move it to a non-containment zone. However, if a student resides in a zone that is declared containment zone just before the exam, there is no option but for the person to skip the exam,” an official said.

Officials of the department are worried about another scenario as well. “There is a chance that midway through the examination, an area is becomes a containment zone. Then some students may write a few papers and give the rest a miss. Implementation at the district- and block-levels will be a challenge,” said an official.

Sources said that the department is working out several situations that may arise and trying to work on providing practical solutions to the students.

Around 5.98 lakh students have registered for the second pre-university English examination that is scheduled to be held on June 18. As many as 8.48 lakh students have registered for the SSLC examination scheduled to be held between June 25 and 4 July. Currently, there are 261 containment zones in Karnataka that have 5.49 lakh people residing in these zones.

Meanwhile, the Karnataka Secondary Education and Examination Board has decided to ensure that only 18 students are seated in a classroom to write the SSLC examination. This is to ensure that social distancing is maintained in the exam hall.

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