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U T Khader hits out at Centre over unilateral decision to privatise Mangaluru Airport

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December 1, 2018

Mangaluru, Dec 1: Urban Development and Housing Minister U.T. Khader, who is also the in-charge Minister for Dakshina Kannada, on Friday opposed the move of the Union government to privatise Mangaluru International Airport through public-private partnership model.

Mr. Khader was commenting on the decision of the Union government on November 8 to modernise Mangaluru and five other airports in the country under PPP model.

Mr. Khader told reporters here that the Centre unilaterally announced the decision without taking the opinion of the State government. Claiming that the move will badly hit airport employees and taxi operators, Mr. Khader said the Centre is going for privatisation when Mangaluru airport is doing well under the Airport Authority of India.

Mr. Khader said he has discussed the issue with the Revenue Minister R.V. Deshpande and will shortly raise it during the Cabinet meeting. “We will take a special stand on this move,” he said and added that he will ask Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP, to raise the issue in Parliament.

The Minister said Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will shortly launch the programme to build houses for 840 people who have lost their property following heavy rain in Kodagu in August. Each person will get a new house at a cost of Rs. 9.45 lakh. A proposal has been sent to the Centre seeking funds for permanent restoration of Sampaje Ghat connecting Sampaje and Madikeri, which was ravaged following heavy rain.

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Wellwisher
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Sunday, 2 Dec 2018

Modi Govt sold Red Fort n Telecommunication now they planning to sell our Airport. Give more support to criminal rss backing bjp. Shortly they will sell our country to China or to Israel. 

 

Vote them n support them

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January 5,2020

Madikeri, Jan 5: Frequent attacks by Tigers on their cattle in South Kodagu region has left the dairy farmers a worried lot and causing concern for their life.

Several farmers have been rearing cows to supplement their income when low prices of pepper and coffee affect their earnings. At least 13 cows have fallen prey to Tigers in the months of November and December last year.

The Forest Department provides a compensation of Rs 10,000 if a cattle is killed by a tiger or in the attack. The compensation amount is meagre when it comes to the loss incurred by the farmers.

Though the Forest Department has submitted a proposal to increase the compensation amount to the government, no action has been initiated in this regard.

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January 3,2020

Kasaragod, Jan 3: A serving officer of the Central Intelligence Bureau (CIB) was found dead inside his car in Bekal town near here early on Friday.

Police sources said the officer, Rijo Francis (35) has been under treatment after he had an heart attack last year.

Police suspect that the death could be due to heart failure.

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May 19,2020

Mangaluru, May 19: With lockdown 4.0 coming into force, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) started bus services from Mangaluru to various destinations today.

According to officials, buses started plying from Mangaluru to Bengaluru, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Hubballi and other areas with limited passengers. A bus, which left for Bengaluru from Mangaluru had less than 30 passengers on board.

“Depending on the demand, the buses will be operated with 50% of the capacity. Measures have been taken to ensure that social distancing norms are adhered to while purchasing tickets from the counter,” said S N Arun, KSRTC Divisional Controller.

However, the KSRTC is yet to take a decision on operating Nagarasarige buses in the city. 

“Only those destinations, which can be reached by 7 pm has been considered by the KSRTC while operating the buses. As a result, after 11 am, no buses will travel to Bengaluru from Mangaluru. Further, permission will not be accorded for the travelling of pregnant women, children below 10 years old and senior citizens above 60 years old. Thermal scanning is used for checking the temperature of the passengers before boarding the buses. All the buses are sanitised after each trip,” he said.

Further, he said the contact number, name and address of the passengers are collected by the officials during the travel.

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