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New Mangalore Port welcomes maiden arrival of container rakes

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December 19, 2011

Mangalore, December 19: The New Mangalore Port received the maiden rake with 70 containers run by Container Corporation of India(CONCOR) on Saturday.

This is the first time a rake with containers ply between Bangalore to Mangalore. The rake was received by Dr. P. Tamilvanan, Chairman and Senior officers from NMPT in the presence of Raveen Kumar Reddy, Chief General Manager, CONCOR, Chennai Division and other senior officials from CONCOR & Railways.

Out of the 70 containers, 40 are from M/s NYK logistics and remaining 30 by CONCOR. The entire consignment was discharged within 1 hr 20 min.

Commencement of rake loaded with containers between Bangalore to Mangalore is a boon to the exporters and importers from the hinterland of Karnataka which will ease the congestion and pressure on the roads, especially in the ghat section. This much awaited dream of the trade became a reality when a final announcement was made by CONCOR in the course of the Trade Meet held at Bangalore on December 9.

Now the exporters and importers can make use of this facility which will enable the smooth movement of containers to and from the Port.

The container traffic at the Port has witnessed a steep growth over the last few years. From 9646 TEUs handled during 2005-06, the container traffic has tremendously grown to 40,158 TEUs in 2010-11 with a growth rate of 316%.

The current year 2011-12 also shows positive growth by handling 32,159 TEUS (Upto Nov.2011) as against 26,640 TEUs handled during the corresponding period of last year registering a growth rate of 21%. The growth is mainly due to the increased handling of coffee, raw cashew, wax candles, reefer cargo, etc. Now the frequency of the container vessels calling at the Port has increased to one vessel in every week, which will help the trade to move their cargo faster to the respective destinations at less ocean freight charges. Arrival of Main Line vessels from West Africa has benefited the trade. The advantage of Main Line vessel directly calling at the Port is the lesser transit time and lesser handling cost.

With the commencement of container movement through rakes, the container traffic is expected to grow further during the coming months.

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January 20,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 20: The suspense over chief minister BS Yediyurappa expanding his council of ministers is set to continue until after he returns from his trip to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.

Yediyurappa, who heads a 10-member delegation to the Swiss ski resort, left on Sunday. Prior to his departure, he told reporters cabinet expansion will happen only after his return on January 24. “I discussed the issue with [BJP] national president Amit Shah for 30 minutes or so. He has given a positive response and I will expand the cabinet within two days after my return,” Yediyurappa said.

But sources said Shah, during his visit to Hubballi on Saturday, had indicated the exercise is likely to be delayed further as the central leadership will be busy with the assembly elections in Delhi. “Indications are there is no possibility of expanding the cabinet until February 11 when the electoral process for the Delhi elections ends,” said a source.

The development has obviously left ministerial aspirants, especially defectors from Congress and JD(S) who were re-elected on BJP tickets last month, restive. Moreover, while Yediyurappa has promised ministerial berths to all MLAs who switched to the BJP from Congress and JD(S), sources say Shah is only in favour of inducting six defectors (11 of whom won MLA seats on saffron party tickets in the byelections) into the cabinet.

“Shah’s advice to Yediyurappa is to strike a balance between defectors and loyalists. His concern is loyalists should not be left disappointed, while justice should be served to the defectors as well,” said a BJP functionary.

Meanwhile, KS Eshwarappa, senior party functionary and minister for rural development, said the BJP would never let down the defectors. “The party is indebted to them and I am sure they will all be rewarded,” he said.

BC Patil, one of the defectors, said some of them had met Shah in one-on-one meetings in Hubballi. “It was more a courtesy call and the issue of cabinet expansion didn’t come up during the meeting,” he said.

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August 2,2020

Mangaluru/Udupi, Aug 2: The twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi witnessed sporadic movement of vehicles and relatively less commercial activities today in spite of the withdrawal of ‘Sunday lockdown’ by the state government. 

After the central government announced guidelines under Unlock 3.0, the Karnataka government has removed the complete lockdown concept on Sundays and done away with the night curfews too. So from today (August 2), there will be no lockdown on Sundays.

KSRTC operated its buses as usually. However, compared to other days, today the number of private and city buses on the roads in Dakshina Kannada was limited. 

In Udupi, city buses remained off the roads as the number of passengers was less. However, KSRTC and NARM buses were seen transporting passengers.

In containment zones ban on movement of people will continue till August 31 in Udupi. The Santhekatte market used to function on Saturdays, as there was Sunday lockdown on earlier Sundays. Now the market will be open on Sundays only.

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May 12,2020

Bengaluru, May 12: In a scathing attack on the ruling BJP in Karnataka and warning the Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa government against any move to amend the Labour laws and APMC through an ordinance, former chief minister and JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday asked Mr Yediyurappa to work in the interest of the people and not to budge under any pressure from the Centre or to please party bosses.

Speaking to media here on Tuesday he questioned the urgency to bring forward such ordinances on important subjects and asked the government to have a public debate on it and also discuss it in the assembly.

“I'm warning the government… I have been watching everything silently till now, I have not caused any embarrassment to the government. I want to tell the government, don’t push us to do it,” Kumaraswamy said

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