U T Khader assures to expedite efforts for Mangaluru-Riyadh direct flight

October 30, 2016

Riyadh, Oct 30: Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh (KWAR), a prominent charity organization of non-resident Indians from coastal Karnataka in Saudi Arabia has demanded direct flight service between Managluru and Riyadh.

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A delegation of KWAR led by its president Santhosh Shetty and PRO Parvez Ali met the food and civil supplies minister U T Khader during on the sidelines of a cultural programme in Riyadh recently and urged him to exert pressure on the airlines to launch the direct flight between two destinations.

The minister was duly reminded of the several efforts made earlier by various organizations from Karnataka. The delegation also appreciated the efforts of Mohamed Asif, the founder and CEO of Amaco group of companies and coastalidgest.com and the Mr Khader himself in this regard.

Mr Khader, who also represents Mangaluru assembly constituency, responded positively to the request and assured of his continuous efforts in future as well.

The KWAR delegation also met the Mangaluru North MLA B A Mohiuddin Bava and urged him to persuade the Air India management to temporarily change their current Mangaluru-Saudi schedules to have a convenient connection to Mangaluru.

The MLA promised the delegation that he will discuss with Rajya Sabha member Oscar Fernandes to meet the concerned authorities.

KWAR cultural secretary Prasanna Rao, joint treasurer Nazeer Ahmed, sports secretary Iqbal Shirva, members Ashwath Rai, GK Shaikh, Aboobacker Irfan and Hameed Nazeer were also present in the delegation.

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The honorable minister also promised to arrange with state govt. authorities to form a welfare scheme to facilitate various govt facilities to NRI Kannadigas under the name of NORKA (Non residence Karnataka Affairs) with immediate effect. He is announced in the recently held Beary Guys Beary Sanghama public gathering at Riyadh.

Riyadh Mangalore flight already in the pipe line.

Ut khader sab if possible we need one small hindu temple inside the airport. it will be much better that we can pray and move towards our destination

Dear UTK
I request you to provide a prayer hall inside the airport. Due to lack of prayer hall many muslims are facing problems to pray in the airport. Prayer hall in the airport is the need of the hour. Please do the needful at the earliest.

Riyadh-Mangalore is not cost effective for airlines....that is why they don't go with this adventure...even if they initiate...cost for passengers will be more...

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Karnataka reports 5,536 new COVID-19 cases, 102 deaths

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July 29,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 28: As many as 5,536 new COVID-19 cases and 102 deaths were reported in Karnataka on Tuesday, according to the State Health Department.

With these new cases of coronavirus, the total number of positive cases in the state stands at 1,07,001 including 64,434 active cases, 40,504 discharges and 2,055 deaths.

India on Tuesday reported 47,704 more COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country's count of coronavirus cases to 14,83,157, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Out of the total cases, there are 4,96,988 active cases in the country while the number of patients cured/discharged and migrated stands at 9,52,744. With 654 deaths due to COVID-19 in the country reported in the last 24 hours, the death toll rises to 33,425.

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Covid-19 cases may continue to mount in Udupi as over 3,000 samples still pending

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June 2,2020

Udupi, June 2: The number of positive cases may continue to be more in Udupi district since the results of more than 3,000 samples are pending with Labs.

The district total cases to 260. The figure had seemed far-fetched on May 15, when the number of cases stood at just three. The latest spike has been attributed to the return of migrants from other States as well as from abroad. These samples are from people who returned to the district in the last two weeks.

This delay is because the laboratories testing samples from Udupi are burdened with a high case-load after more than 8,500 people returned to the district, particularly from the neighbouring state of Maharashtra.

"Samples have piled up after the influx of people returning from other states and from abroad," says Dr Prashant Bhat, nodal officer for COVID-19 in Udupi. This delay has caused returnees in institutional quarantine to stay on for as long as 18 days.

The designated laboratory for coronavirus testing in Udupi is Wenlock District Hospital in Mangaluru. The district administration also sends samples to laboratories at the Kasturba Hospital in Manipal, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangaluru, KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangaluru, and Viral Diagnostic Laboratory in Shivamogga. Apart from Udupi, the laboratory in Manipal is also testing samples from Uttara Kannada district. The laboratory in Shivamogga is also testing samples from Shivamogga and Bijapur districts. The laboratories in Mangaluru, similarly, have samples from Dakshina Kannada district.

Dr Avinash Shetty, Medical Superintendent of Kasturba Hospital in Manipal, one of the private laboratories being used by the Udupi district administration, said that they are testing samples in batches. "We received around 600 samples today and we will be testing them now. The backlog of samples should be cleared in the next few days," Dr Avinash said.

All 73 cases reported in Udupi on Monday were patients with travel history of returning from Maharashtra or patients with travel history of returning from abroad.

In cases of some patients who tested coronavirus positive in the past week, people were released from institutional quarantine after a stipulated period only to be tracked down again and admitted in hospitals after their results returned positive.

While two such cases emerged in Belapu and Belman in the district, the administration is now following up with others who were released from institutional quarantine to ensure they remain in home quarantine till their test results are confirmed.

The spike in cases among returning migrants in Udupi also comes at a time the Karnataka government reduced restrictions on interstate travel.

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