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No runway expansion at Mangaluru Airport for now

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August 21, 2017

Mangaluru, Aug 21: Even though Karnataka government has set aside Rs 3,399.36 lakh for acquisition of 396.67 acres of land for the expansion of Mangaluru International Airport, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) has reportedly postponed its plan of runway expansion.

In a fresh development, AAI chairman Guruprasad Mohapatra has written to Karnataka Chief Secretary Subhash Chandra Khuntia saying the expansion project is not feasible.

However, the state government has decided to go ahead with the plan of acquisition of 34 acres of land to set up RESA (Runway End Safety Area) will be done as per the directions of DGCA (Director General of Civil Aviation).

After 2010 air crash, the AAI had proposed to expand the new runway from 2,450 m to 2,740 m. The existing runway meets the requirements of Airbus 320/321 and Boeing-737 aircraft. However, expansion is must to felicitate the landing of wide-bodied aircraft like Boeing-777 and Boeing-747.

The expansion will also increase the number of destinations/connectivity worldwide. Currently, Mangaluru is directly connected to Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Chennai with multiple daily flights in this domestic sector and Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Dammam, Sharjah, Doha, Bahrain and Muscat in the international sector.

If sources are to be believed, high cost and other challenges including table-top runway forced the AAI to postpone the expansion plan. On the other hand AAI may take other steps to maximise operations at the Airport in the present scenario, limiting the operations to Airbus 320/321 and Boeing-737 with load penalty.

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Mohammed Ali
 - 
Monday, 21 Aug 2017

Once again the Kerala lobby working on behind. Note that the Kannur Airport will commence soon.

Suresh
 - 
Monday, 21 Aug 2017

They need more time to loot money so postponed

Sandesh
 - 
Monday, 21 Aug 2017

DOnt make communal issue on this matter.  

Unknown
 - 
Monday, 21 Aug 2017

Because most of the fraud things done by you people only

Ibrahim
 - 
Monday, 21 Aug 2017

First M'luru airport staff should expand thier mind. Thier beahaviour towards a muslim is not good

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January 16,2020

Udupi, Jan 16: The mandatory implementation of FASTag, across the country, was not enforced in the toll gates located in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts.

The toll gate personnel cited that they had not received any directions from the NHAI and hence vehicles were being allowed to ply as per the current practice.

As per government order, two gates each have to be reserved for locals, emergency entry and cash transactions. All other lanes are to be used for FASTag.

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February 29,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 29: The state general assembly (SGA) of Karnataka unit of the Popular Front of India was held from February 27 to 29, 2020 at Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district wherein new functionaries were elected for the next two years.

Yasir Hasan was elected president of the state unit of the organisation while Nasir Pasha was elected general secretary. Ayub K Agnady, Mohammed Sharief and Shahid Nasir were elected vice president, secretary and treasurer respectively.

The state executive committee members are: Abdul Khader, Abdul Majeed, Sharief Kodaje and Mohammed Tafseer.

The SAG commenced with the hoisting of flag by outgoing president Muhammad Saqib on February 27. The three day meeting analyzed the growth and activities of the PFI for the past two years. It was observed that the organization has received positive acceptance among the society.

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June 22,2020

New Delhi, Jun 22: With an increase of 14,821 new cases and 445 deaths, India's COVID-19 count reached 4,25,282 on Monday.

According to the latest update by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), 13,699 deaths have been recorded due to the infection so far in the country.

The rise in confirmed cases today is lower than the highest spike of 15 thousand plus cases registered on Sunday.

The count includes 1,74,387 active cases, and 2,37,196 cured/discharged/migrated patients.

Maharashtra with 1,32,075 confirmed cases remains the worst-affected by the infection so far in the country. The state's count includes 60,161 active, 65,744 cured, discharged patients while 6,170 deaths have been reported due to the infection so far.

Meanwhile, the national capital today became the second-worst affected region in the country with the number of confirmed cases in Delhi reaching 59,746 as opposed to Tamil Nadu's 59,377 cases.

While 2,175 deaths have been reported in Delhi due to the infection so far, the toll in Tamil Nadu stands at 757.

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