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M'lore air crash: private complaint filed against Air India, AAI, DGCA

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March 7, 2012

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Mangalore, March 7: Nearly two years after Mangalore air crash, which claimed 158 lives, a Mumbai based lawyer has filed a private complaint before the JMFC II here, against Airport Authority of India, Air India and Director General of Civil Aviation.

Advocate Yeshwant Shenoy, who is the president of 812 Foundation, in his complaint said that lack of fire-fighting preparedness and emergency access roads, wrong marking on the runway, issue of License to airport, Air operator and pilot in violation of Aircraft Rules were some of the major reasons for the tragedy.

The complaint was filed in JMFC?II?after the Panambur police reportedly refused to file his complaint.

Mr Shenoy making his case before the JMFC II judge Kulkarini SR, named 15 persons including Air India (AI), Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and Airports Authority of India (AAI) in the complaint.

He said as per norms emergency access roads should be provided for an aerodrome where terrain conditions permit their construction, to facilitate achieving minimum response times - which is at the maximum three minutes. In Bajpe air crash, the fire fighters had reportedly reached in 15 minutes.

Mr Shenoy quoting the writ petition filed in Karnataka High Court in 1997 pointed out that in crash of the Alliance Airlines in Lucknow, as in the case of the crash of the AB-320 airplane in Bangalore, even lesser physical impediments caused a very high response time resulting in unnecessary loss of life and property.

The complainant also brought to the attention of the judge that in 1997 one Arthur Pereira had filed writ petitions Airports Authority of India (AAI) in the Karnataka High Court regarding standards for providing the minimum area for a stop way / a clear way in the event an aircraft undershoots or over-runs the runway. AAI filed a detailed statement of objections and both the writ petitions were disposed off by the High Court directing the AAI and the Government to ''comply with all laws''. Even a Special Leave Petition filed in the Supreme Court elicited the same response.

Referring to the presentation made by Capt. Mohan Ranganathan, a member of the Civil Aviation Safety Advisory Council (CASAC) to the DGCA / Ministry of Civil Aviation, Shenoy said the marking on the runway was wrong stating it is exactly at that point the pilot made the decision of taking offagain. ''The marking shows the availability of 2000 ft of runway when there was virtually no runway available.

The accused were duty bound to maintain the airport in accordance with the ICAO standards and to ensure no licenses were issued to airports that did not meet the ICAO norms. The judge will decide on admitting the complaint on Wednesday.

812 Foundation is a trust formed by Yeshwant Shenoy to help the victims.


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August 4,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 4: With preparations underway for conducting exams for the final semester/ year students in the state, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Dr CN Ashwathnarayan on Monday directed the respective universities to conduct exams for the backlog papers as well.

"In the wake of COVID-19, it has been decided to hold exams only for the students of final semester/year courses. It has come to our notice that some universities have decided against conducting exams for final year students who have a backlog to clear from previous semesters. This is unpardonable," the Deputy Chief Minister said.

"Our intention is to see that the final year students finish their course. In the present situation, conducting only final semester exams won't help. We have to help the students in clearing their backlogs," added Ashwathnarayan, directing all universities to compulsorily conduct these exams.

Meanwhile, Ashwathnarayan thanked the staff and officials of various government departments who were responsible for successfully conducting the CET exams even amidst the difficult situation in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.

"In all, 1,94,419 students had registered for the CET exams, of which 1,75,428 wrote the exams. The percentage of students who took up the exams this year was equivalent to that of the previous years, in normal times," the DCM informed.

"After we successfully conducted the exams, Arunachal Pradesh is going to conduct the Public Service Commission exams on the lines of how we successfully conducted the exams. Likewise, even our KPSC has said it will conduct the exams. We must appreciate the good work of the Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA), which has set an example for others," Ashwathnarayan said.

The deputy chief minister said that 33 colleges in various districts across the state faced shortage of land and that it is the responsibility of the District Commissioners (DCs) to get the lands sanctioned for all these colleges.
In Bagalkot district alone land has not been sanctioned for six degree colleges, he said.

Reacting to this, Bagalkot DC Captain Rajendra assured to look into the matter as soon as he receives the proposal from department officials.

"Similarly, there is shortage of land for five Diploma colleges and 28 ITI colleges in different parts of the state. The DCs must immediately pay attention to this. Once they get the land, buildings will come up within no time," the Karnataka deputy chief minister said.

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April 28,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 28: With fresh guidelines on the COVID-19 lockdown expected soon, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday chaired a meeting with key ministers, officials and Deputy Commissioners of districts and discussed about re-starting economic activities in the state, as he took stock about of the pandemic.

"At the video conference with DCs, CM took stock of COVID-19 situation and measures taken to control its spread. Discussions also happened regarding starting of certain economic activities in parts of the state," official sources said. The state government would take any decision in this regard after the Centre issues fresh guidelines or directives, they said, without elaborating.

The meeting came hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a video conferencing with Chief Ministers to discuss the situation arising due to COVID-19 in the country, which is under lockdown since March 25 to contain the pandemic. Only nine chief ministers spoke in the virtual meeting with the Prime Minister and Yediyurappa did not get an opportunity.

A senior Minister, who attended the meeting told PTI, necessary directions regarding the lockdown after May 3, they were likely to come in a couple of days.

"Most of the Chief Ministers wanted the lockdown to continue to contain the spread.... nothing concrete emerged, but we expect the necessary directions will follow in couple of days. This is what we expect after seeing what has happened as a followup to three to four such video conferences in the past," he said.

The Minister said the larger opinion was that the current measures should continue and interstate or inter-district movement should not be allowed. Regarding movement within the districts that are green zone, some decision may be taken soon, he said, adding the Prime Minister also asked states to concentrate on reforms, aimed at attracting investments in the days to come.

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March 24,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 24: Seven people were arrested on Tuesday for violating prohibitory orders imposed under Section 144 of CrPC in Mangaluru during the lockdown in Karnataka, Commissioner of Police PS Harsha said.

Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday had announced a complete lockdown in the state till April 1.
"In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the entire state will be locked down from 12 am of March 23 to April 1. People are requested to strictly follow it to contain the coronavirus spread," he said.
Earlier, the state government had ordered the suspending of all public and private transport services.
According to the data compiled by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the total number of the infection-related death toll in the country rose to nine on Tuesday, while the total number of active cases reached 482.

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