No Hajj flights from Mangaluru Airport from 2018?

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October 12, 2017

The Hajj operations from Mangaluru and a few other Indian airports are likely to be stopped, at least temporarily, as a fresh Hajj Policy drafted by a ministry of minority affairs committee has explicitly recommended reducing the embarkation points for the pilgrimage from 21 to nine.

The five-member panel appointed by the by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government to draft a new policy for the Hajj pilgrimage between 2018 and 2022 has pointed out that reducing the embarkation points will bring down the cost of pilgrimage to a large extent.

“The cost of travelling from smaller airport is double the cost of travelling from major airports. That’s why we have recommended limiting the embarking points to major airports in the country," said Shafi Parkar, a former judge of Bombay HC and a committee member. The nine embarkation points recommended are Delhi, Lucknow, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Begaluru and Cochin.

Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has already confirmed that the 2018 Hajj pilgrimage will be in line with the new Haj policy, which according to him, has been drafted in light of a 2012 Supreme Court order asking the Centre to abolish the Hajj subsidy gradually by 2022.

The Hajj flight operations had commenced at the Mangaluru Airport in 2009, nearly three years after it started handling international flights and three years before it secured the international airport tag. It was a dream come true for many Muslims of coastal Karnataka and neighbouring districts. Until then, Hajj pilgrims from coastal and northern regions of the state had to fly to Saudi Arabia from Bangaluru, Kozikode or Hyderabad.

For the past nine seasons, Mangaluru International Airport had been embarkation point for the Hajj pilgrims from Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Kodagu, Chikkamagaluru and Hassan districts of Karnataka. The local Hajj committee had been providing all the necessary support to the airport authorities to ensure smooth hajj flight operations.

The demand for the direct Hajj flight from the coastal city was first raised during a Hajj camp in Mangaluru in 2007. The very next year a delegation of 32 Muslim leaders from coastal Karnataka comprising of Congress leader U T Khader, Udupi Khazi Ibrahim Musliyar Bekal, Yenepoya University chancellor Y Abdulla Kunhi and others had called on then Union Minister for External Affairs S M Krishna, his deputy Shashi Tharoor, Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel, Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and others in New Delhi and convinced them to take necessary step for the commencement of the Hajj flights from Mangaluru in 2009.

Hajj Bhavan

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had promised that a state-of-the-art Hajj Bhavan would come up in Mangaluru in Mangaluru before the 2018 Hajj season. The state government has also identified a land for the construction of the building near the airport at Kenjar village. However, if the Mangaluru Airport stops operating Hajj flights, the Hajj Bhavan project will lose its significance.

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Very Disappoint news for Hajj Pilgrims .

(Missing Moidin Bava s name)

How can we forget our Leader Moidin Bava's (he was not a MLA @ that time) Initiative taken for this Nobel Cause. i remember he is the one who fixed the appointment with all Leaders (Mrs Sonia Gandhi, Mr, Praful Patel, Mr. Oscar Fernandis, Mr S,M Krishna......) in Delhi.

For Statues and Homas they wasting millions of Tax payers money. But for hajj they reducing few thousand rupees cost. I dont understand why the RSS Jelous on Muslims? What muslims did to them???!!!!

Dont be SAD...

For ALLAH we can go from anywhere... Everyplace belongs to ALLAh...

If financially U are weak .. Trust ALLAH and ask with him Alone and never despair of the plots of the enemies.

ALLAH loves those who trust him and make a way of out such evil chapters.

Very sad.

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Doctor, who had raised alarm about faulty PPE kits, now tests covid positive

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July 4,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 4: A young woman doctor at the Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bengaluru, who had raised an alarm about faulty PPE kits and shortage of N95 masks, has tested positive for the covid-19.

Taking note of this, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha brought the issue to the attention on Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Twitter. Tagging the minister, the MP tweeted, “For your information and I feel, it is a genuine concern.” “Amulya Gowda treated Covid patients at KIMS.

Karnataka Medical Association took to social media to express concern over the development. In a Facebook post it wrote: "Amulya C Gowda is a frontline worker who risks her life every single day. Last week she raised an alarm about faulty PPE kits and shortage of N-95 masks. But the Administrative Medical Officer (AMO) at KIMS, shunned and chastised her for raising this issue. Ever since, she has been buying her own N-95 masks. Today, she tested positive for Covid-19 and appealed to the Hospital authorities and raised her genuine concerns over the faulty protective gear, but she was again harassed and humiliated for raising the issue."

Dr DH Ashwath Narayana, Medical Superintendent, KIMS Hospital, said that all PPE kits at KIMS were certified by SITRA (South India Textiles Research Association), Coimbatore and that they had purchased N-95 masks available in the market. "One cannot claim faulty PPEs are the reason for testing positive. We have purchased whatever PPE kits are available in the market. Healthcare workers across hospitals, private and government, and policemen are also getting infected."

As the new rules by the state government allow healthcare workers home isolation, Narayana said the doctor is recuperating at home and that she is doing fine.

Medical education minister Dr K Sudhakar tweeted, "Doctors are our frontline warriors battling the pandemic. Government has taken all necessary measures to ensure safety of our doctors. I have taken note of supply of defective masks and PPE kits to KIMS doctors and ordered an enquiry. Management will be held responsible if found guilty."

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Udupi: Home Minister asks people to indoors and help govt

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March 30,2020

Udupi, Mar 30: Karnataka Home Minister and Udupi district in-charge Basavaraj Bommai has urged citizens to stay indoors and help government prevent spread of Covid-19.

In a video released by the Minister on Monday, he said, ''Three patients have been cured and we are observing their situation. All the primary contacts of these patients have been quarantined.''

''In Dr TMA Pai Hospital a 100-bed COVID hospital has been set up and a 150-bed SDM hospital in Udyavara is ready to use as isolation facilities,'' he added.

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Mangaluru: No mad rush after lockdown relaxation; people line up in front of liquor shops

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May 4,2020

Mangaluru, May 4: No major crowds were seen in the coastal city of Mangaluru today except in front of the liquor shops after the district administration relaxed the lockdown norms for 12 hours a day (between 7am and 7pm).

There was no mad rush of vehicles either on city roads when the relaxed lockdown began. There were fewer people to buy essentials in front of grocery and vegetable shops as they had time till late evening.

There was no let down in the number of police pickets as well as curbs on vehicular movement across the city either.

The government has allowed sale of liquor in CL2 (standalone wine shops) and CL 11 (MSIL outlets) to mop up revenues when Lockdown-3 commenced from Monday. Compared the other parts of Karnataka, the size of queues in front of liquor shops in Mangaluru were smaller.

Like other parts of the country, the lockdown was imposed in the coastal district on March 24 to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Prior to that, a curfew was imposed in the district from March 22 midnight. The lockdown did not apply to essential services such as sale of food, groceries, milk, vegetables, fruits, and meat and fish. Gradually the district administration had to intensify the lockdown and allow those shops to remain open only between 7 a.m. and 12 noon.

With the lockdown relaxation extending till 7 p.m., Mangaluru today witnessed people and private vehicles moving freely in the afternoon for the first time in more than a month. However, only those who had to go for work and do other essential activities were seen on roads. After 7 p.m. movements of all kinds of vehicles will be prohibited.

The relaxation was to facilitate economic activities that had come to a standstill during the first two phases of lockdown. Mangaluru City Police Commissioner Dr P S Harsha, meanwhile, warned the people against misusing lockdown relaxation and venturing out without any genuine reason.