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Development might necessitate a new Airport in city'

August 21, 2011

Mangalore, August 21: Air-traffic flow management, flexible use of airspace and networking civilian and military radars are essential to popularise aviation in India, said D Devraj, Regional Executive Director (Southern), AAI, Chennai.

He was delivering the inaugural address at the National Conference on Indian Aviation and Tourism organised by Mangalore Airport Diamond Jubilee Celebration Committee in association with Department of Business Administration, Mangalore University and Airport Authority of India at Mangalore Old Airport here on Sunday.

Speaking about the phenomenal growth achieved by India in the last two decades Mr Devraj outlined the necessities of vision as development might necessitate a new Airport in the city within 50 years.

“By 2020, Indian tourism could contribute Rs 8.5 lakh crores to the GDP of our nation”, he observed.

Terming Airports as the gateways of nation he said it was necessary to present a good outlook about our country at the airports.

Appreciating the growth observed in the field of tourism, he opined that aviation industry is bound to grow as India is becoming a popular destination for medical tourism.

Noting that the state government has recently allotted Rs 450 acres for upgrading the Hubli Airport, he said AAI is developing 35 Airports across the nation to meet the growth recorded in aviation.

Anantha Krishna, Chairman, Karnataka Bank Ltd observed that one third of passenger load in Mangalore Airport is international and said that it was extremely necessary to provide better facilities at the Airport.

“We should have several selling points and a unique selling point (USP)”, he said advising on the ways to improve tourism in our state.

He also noted that there were many unique aspects of our district that can be successfully marketed to increase tourism in our district.

Mrs LathaKini, President, Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) had three proposals to Mr D Devaraj. They were to upgrade the Mangalore Airport to the status of International Airport, Cargo terminal and naming the International Airport as Ullal Srinivas Mallya International Airport.

Abhayachandra, MLA, Mulky-Moodbidri constituency, N Narendra, Chairman, Indian Overseas bank, G G Mohandas Prabhu, Former President, KCCI were among the dignitaries present among others.

Old airport will host paper presentations and discussions on varying themes of tourism and aviation for two days.

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Deepak Shetty Qatar
June 19,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 19: A repatriation flight from Doha brought 178 passengers to Mangaluru today. This is the first flight operated from Qatar to Mangaluru under the Vande Bharat Mission. 

The Air India Express flight, which took off from Hamad International Airport in Doha at 12 noon (Qatar time) landed at Mangaluru International Airport around 6.30 pm IST.

Indian embassy had prepared the list of passengers to be flown in the flight. Stranded people who were in need of emergency repatriation such as pregnant women, senior citizens and those in need of emergency medical treatment were given priority while finalising the list of passengers. 

Kannadiga organisations in Qatar such as Karnataka Sangha, Tulu Kuta Qatar, Karnataka Muslim Welfare Association, Mangalore Cricket Club, Bunts Qatar, Mangalore Cultural Association, South Canara Muslim Welfare Association, Qatar Billawas had been striving for the repatriation of stranded Kannadigas by exerting pressure on the elected representatives to operate flights. 

Kannadigas in Qatar have thanked former Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Jayaprakash Hegde for persuading the authorities concerned to facilitate the repatriation. 

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January 16,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 16: It was necessary to revise rates under the ECHS, CGHS and GIPSA schemes for private hospitals to be able to sustain, doctors from private hospitals have opined.

Under the banner of the Association of Healthcare Providers of India (AHPI), doctors from top private hospitals in the city spoke about the dues pending from the union government schemes. They said they could not give a deadline as to when they would stop offering the scheme.

In a press release issued here on Thursday association said, which had previously told the government that they would not treat patients under the scheme owing to dues, mellowed down after the government released Rs 250 crore out of the Rs 1,000 crore dues.

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January 24,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 24: The Srushti Kala Vidyalaya will be conferring it's 'Srushti Kalabhushan Award' to ace Yakshagana Bhagvatha Patla Sathish Shetty.

The award ceremony will be held at RV Dental College and Hospital in JP Nagar, Bengaluru on February 2, as part of the decennial celebrations of the Vidyalaya.

Chayapathi Kanchibail, founder of the Vidyalaya, said, "The award is being given to Shetty for his services to promote the art of Yakshagana and for his welfare work through the Yakshadhruva Patla Foundation."

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