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Mangaluru International Airport's taxiway to be extended to 2,400 metres

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July 16, 2016

Mangaluru, Jul 16: Mangaluru International Airport will soon have a long additional taxiway as the Board of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has recently approved the extension of the taxiway being built now to length of 2,400 metres long.

1taxiTaxiway is the stretch or the track connecting the runway with the apron (parking stand for aircrafts) in the terminal building. Aircraft use the taxiway for entry and exit from the parking stand to the runway.

The additional taxiway being built at the airport since August 2014 is 1,200 metres long and 23 metres wide. Its work is expected to be completed by next two months. The AAI board has now agreed and approved to extend the taxiway further by another 1,200 metres to make it a 2,400 metres long taxiway.

The current first phase work under progress is being implemented at a cost of Rs. 40 crore and second phase will cost Rs 106 crore as a deep valley has to be filled.

The additional taxiway particularly helps aircraft in saving time in the entry and exit from the parking stand to the runway. Airport Director J T Radhakrishna said that as of now, aircraft that are ready to take off have to wait for 10 to 15 minutes if their departure timing clashes with a flight that is scheduled to land, due to the procedures involved. It has to wait till the arriving plane completes its course on the runway and rolls into the apron.

With the additional taxiway in place, aircraft could move from the parking stand, wait in the additional taxiway and enter the runway for take off immediately after the plane that has landed exits the runway. Once the additional taxiway is ready, there would be separate and fixed entry and exit paths.

The additional taxiway particularly helps in the long run when the number of flights increases in the airport.

Mr. Radhakrishna said that bids for taking up the II Phase work is likely to be called in October. The works might start from January or February next. The contractor would have a year to complete the work, he added.

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Rajesh Sequira
 - 
Sunday, 17 Jul 2016

This is good news to hear that there is continuous development at Mangalore Airport.

Admadi
 - 
Sunday, 17 Jul 2016

Boss we dont need taxi/bus/train ways, we need only safest runways to land international flights. saale sab chor hi

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July 13,2020

Mangaluru, July 13: Dakshina Kannada district in-charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary on Monday said that all COVID-19 patients in the district will be treated for free in the hospitals of all medical colleges in the district.

Speaking to newsmen after visiting the COVID-19 treatment facility at KMC Hospital here, Poojary stated that all COVID-19 patients including BPL families, APL families, migrant workers and those without a ration card, will be treated free of charge in the district’s medical colleges. Patients can show their Aadhaar card at the hospital and get free treatment.

Provision of free treatment for COVID-19 patients at Wenlock hospital will be continued. In Dakshina Kannada district, the number of people recovering from the virus and being discharged hospitals is high. There is no need for the people of the district to panic. The government is committed to the health of the people, Poojary said.

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February 29,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 29: The state general assembly (SGA) of Karnataka unit of the Popular Front of India was held from February 27 to 29, 2020 at Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district wherein new functionaries were elected for the next two years.

Yasir Hasan was elected president of the state unit of the organisation while Nasir Pasha was elected general secretary. Ayub K Agnady, Mohammed Sharief and Shahid Nasir were elected vice president, secretary and treasurer respectively.

The state executive committee members are: Abdul Khader, Abdul Majeed, Sharief Kodaje and Mohammed Tafseer.

The SAG commenced with the hoisting of flag by outgoing president Muhammad Saqib on February 27. The three day meeting analyzed the growth and activities of the PFI for the past two years. It was observed that the organization has received positive acceptance among the society.

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July 3,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 3: The Karnataka government is allowing select asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic Covid-19 patients to recuperate at home as part of home isolation guidelines, an official said on Friday.

"Only those who are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic shall be allowed to be in isolation at home," said a health official, highlighting that such patients should be properly oriented on home isolation.

However, before home isolation, a health team will visit the patient's house and assess its suitability for executing home isolation.

Similarly, the patient should be provided with a tele-consultation link for initial triage, daily follow up and during the entire home isolation time.

For a daily update, the patient isolated at home should give a report on his health status to the physician or health authorities.

"The home isolation shall be with the knowledge of the family members, neighbours, treating physician and local health authorities," said the official.

Though home isolation is allowed, it is not a blanket permission for all asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic cases in Karnataka to avail.

"Such cases should have the requisite facility at their residence for self-isolation and also for quarantining the family contacts. A care giver should be available to provide care on 24x7 basis," said the official.

Likewise, the caregiver should also have a regular communication link between him and the hospital during the home isolation.

No patient above 50 years will be allowed to avail home isolation.

"If the patient has the following comorbidities: hypertension, diabetes, obesity, thyroid disease, they shall be well managed and under good clinical control as assessed by medical officer," he said.

However, patients with comorbidities such as kidney diseases, dialysis, heart diseases, stroke, tuberculosis, cancer and HIV cannot avail home isolation.

Likewise, immunity compromised patients and those on steroids also cannot be on home isolation.

Though pregnant women are not allowed to avail this facility, lactating women are allowed after due instruction and assessment.

The Health Department has also issued several other guidelines and protocols for a patient choosing home isolation.

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