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Swagat Seva' service introduced at Mangaluru International Airport

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August 30, 2016

Mangaluru, Aug 30: The Mangaluru International Airport has launched Swagat Seva', a unique initiative to help passengers, especially elderly people and women travelling alone.

SwagatSevaAccording to airport authorities, this paid service will make the entire procedure from getting boarding passes and X-Ray of baggage to being seated in the flight smoother and hassle free. It will help the passengers who are not familiar with formalities.

Over a dozen airports across India already offer such services in collaboration with private agencies. In Mangaluru the service started two weeks ago. The fee per head is Rs. 250.

A passenger should make the payment at the counters at the entrance of the departure and at the arrival hall to avail this service, said J T Radhakrishna, director of the airport.

While departing, the staff would take the luggage, assist in check-in and other procedures and lead them to the security hold area where passengers would be made to sit before boarding a flight. In the arrival hall, they would take the luggage, take a taxi and help till they leave.

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MSS
 - 
Tuesday, 30 Aug 2016

Dear Badruddin Panambur- Suratkal

Good comment.

Comment No. 4 is also from your friend.

Badruddin panambur
 - 
Tuesday, 30 Aug 2016

Similar service are given by the already engaged porter services
Who are not taking more than 100/- even if you hv 3/4 passengers
(Family bunch)even then They don't demand...Rs. 250/- too high

Althaf
 - 
Tuesday, 30 Aug 2016

This is not Swagat Sewa this is Money swaha... Mangalore airport is famous for making money and looting the passengers.

Rikaz
 - 
Tuesday, 30 Aug 2016

Another way of money making tactics of airport.....why not free service...already paying so much for various services.....

MSS
 - 
Tuesday, 30 Aug 2016

This is a service and assistance of information.

Any way such needy persons are very few. Airport should provide this service as a courtesy without any charge.

abubakar
 - 
Tuesday, 30 Aug 2016

WHY 250/-????????????? IT SHOULD BE FREE.............

Abdul Latif
 - 
Tuesday, 30 Aug 2016

good initiative...

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August 4,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 4: Karnataka on Tuesday reported its biggest single-day spike of 6,259 Covid-19 cases and 110 fresh deaths, taking the total infection count to 1,45,830 and the toll to 2,704, the health department said.

The day also saw a record 6,777 patients getting discharged after recovery, outnumbering the fresh cases. Out of 6,259 fresh cases, a total of 2,035 cases were from Bengaluru Urban district. The previous biggest single-day record was on July 30 when the state added 6,128 cases.

A bulletin from the department said cumulatively 1,45,830 Covid-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state and it included 2,704 deaths and 69,272 discharges. Out of the 73,846 active cases, as many as 73,212 patients were stable in isolation at designated hospitals while 634 in the intensive care units.

Among the fresh deaths, Bengaluru Urban accounted for 30 followed by Dakshina Kannada (13) and Mysuru (9).

Most of the people who succumbed either had a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) or Influenza-like illness (ILI), the bulletin said. Besides Bengaluru Urban, the other districts which reported higher fresh cases on Tuesday are Mysuru 662, Kalaburagi 285, Ballari 284, Belagavi 263, Dakshina Kannada 225, Davangere 191, Dharwad and Hassan 188. Bengaluru Urban district continued to top the list of positive cases with a total of 63,033 infections, followed by Ballari 7,638 and Dakshina Kannada 6,388.

Among discharges too Bengaluru Urban tops the districts with 27,877 discharges, followed by Ballari 3,724 and Kalaburagi 3,470. A total of 14,89,016 samples had been tested so far, out of which 42,458 on Tuesday with 29,488 being rapid antigen tests.

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June 7,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 7: A mobile app and a portal offering technology-driven solutions to manage and mitigate floods in urban areas were launched here on Saturday by Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka.

The mobile app 'Bengaluru Megha Sandesha' was developed to disseminate information on rainfall and flood forecast, location-specific dynamic weather directly to the public. "The in-built features of the app and the information provided for a city is the first of its kind in the country," a press release said. This is a system of providing rainfall, flood forecasts and early warning to the officials of government agencies in the city through SMS to their mobile phones, social media platforms and a dedicated web portal, the release said.

The information provided would help the civic authorities act in advance and manage the floods, it said. The portal 'Varunamitra' is for information on the weather. The information provided is based on real-time data from 100 telemetric rain gauges installed and maintained at various locations across the state, it said. Rainfall forecast is based on the weather research and forecast models developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Ahmedabad, the release said.

The information on flood forecast is based on the hydrological model, hydraulic routing and automation of the results. The Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre, along with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), took up this project on the urban flood model for Bengaluru city. The project was funded by the Central government's department of science and technology, the release added. 

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January 10,2020

Chikkamagaluru, Jan 10: At least 15 RSS activists protesting against the 16th Chikkamagaluru District Kannada Sahitya Sammelan at Sringeri were detained, Police said here on Friday.

The Sangh Parivar activists gathered near the entrance of the hall where the event was being held and started sloganeering against the election of the leftist Kalkuli Vittal Hegde as the president of the literary gathering. The police then interfered and detained several protesters to bring situation under control.

Despite protests from the right wing organisations, the event went ahead and began as per the schedule.

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