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Coastal districts included in cyclone risk mitigation project'

March 14, 2012
Mangalore, March 14: Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts have been included under National Cyclone Risk Mitigation project which is funded by the World Bank, said Secretary (Disaster Management) Amar Narayan.

Secretary (Disaster Management) Amar Narayan (Centre) chairing a meet in Mangalore on Tuesday. (From left) Udupi ADC Prabhakar?Sharma, Udupi DC Dr M T Reju, DK DC Dr N S ?Channapa Gowda and Uttara Kannada DC Imkongla Jamir look on.Speaking at a meeting, he said under the project, the three districts would get Rs 34.66. The fund will be shared by the Centre and the State on 75:25 ratio.

The meeting discussed on various measures taken for disaster management and also to check sea erosion.

Deputy Commissioner Dr N S Channappa Gowda said that Dakshina Kannada requires a boat and a wood cutting machine. Boat is essential during floods in monsoon. He raised the issue of problems faced by the fishermen and the landslide in Konkan railway route during monsoon, to which, Amar Narayan promised to sanction three boats to three districts. The funds have been released for all the 30 districts for taking up programmes related to disaster management. He urged the DCs to give a proposed list of demands.

On artificial floods in Mangalore City Corporation limits during monsoon, MCC Commissioner Dr Harish said that owing to precautionary measures which were taken up last year, there was no major problems related to artificial floods last year. All the precautionary measures will be taken to check artificial flood this year too, he added. Amar Narayan said there is no restriction over the purchase of emergency materials during disaster. The materials can be handed over to KSRP, police or Home Guards to maintain. It is left to the DC to decide on the maintenance of the materials.

Fisheries Deputy Director stressed on the need for high power communication frequency to avoid delay in communication during monsoon.

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August 8,2020

Mangaluru, Aug 8: As visuals of the Air India Express flight crash at Kozhikode international airport emerge, one cannot help but be reminded of an eerily similar and unfortunate accident that occurred a decade ago. The August 7, 2020 tragedy brought back memories of the 2010 crash.

It was on May 22, 2010 that an Air India Express Boeing 737-800 flight from Dubai to Mangaluru over shot the runway while landing at Bajpe airport and fell into a cliff. Of the 160 passengers and 6 crew members on board, 158 were killed (all crew members and 152 passengers) and only 8 survived.

Even back then, the plane had split into two. The crash has been termed as one of India's worst aviation disasters.

The final conversations between Air traffic control (ATC) and the pilot prior to the landing showed no indication of any distress.

Like the Mangaluru accident, Karipur crash too happened when the flight was attempting to land.

The captain of the aircraft which crashed at Mangaluru, Z Glucia, was an experienced pilot with 10,000 hours of flying experience and had 19 landings at the Mangalore airport. Co-pilot S S Ahluwalia, with 3,000 hours of flying experience had as many as 66 landings at this airport. Both the pilot and co-pilot were among the victims.

An investigation into the accident later found that the cause of the accident was the captain’s failure to discontinue an ‘unstabilised approach’ and his persistence to continue with the landing, despite three calls from the First Officer to ‘go-around’.

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March 30,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 30: Police on Monday registered a case against a man, who, after return from Dubai, had failed to adhere to lockdown guidelines of house quarantine.

The case was filed by Assistant Commissioner, Puttur, Dr Yathish Ullal.

The man, who returned from Dubai on March 21, had a seal on his hand and was supposed to stay at home for 14 days, but was seen roaming around the city, hence he was taken into custody and a case registered.

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January 25,2020

Udupi, Jan 25: The accused, who planted a crude bomb at the Mangalore International Airport on January 20, was brought to Udupi on Saturday, to collect information, as part of the spot investigation, police said here.

According to police officials, accused Aditya Rao was brought to Karnataka Bank Kadiyali branch, where Rao had a Safe Locker. The team opened the locker and seized the documents, along with a Box.

They said the seized documents, along with the Box, will be sent to the FSL for investigation.

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