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Air crash victims' kin engage Swedish firm

March 14, 2011

Mangalore, Marc 14: The Air Crash Victims' Families Association, set up to fight the cause of the victims of IX812 crash near here on May 22 last year, on Sunday engaged the services of Swedish law firm Advokaterna Liman & Partners, a mid-size independent firm, for settlement of compensation claims.

After talks on modalities of fee and other issues with the firm's representative Stephan Eriksson, the association decided on the firm's intervention, association president Mohammed Beary told TOI on Sunday.

The firm will charge 30% fee above a certain compensation limit, that is, if the victim had a salary of Rs 50,000, the legal firm will not charge any fee for a compensation amount up to Rs 1 crore.

The firm processed many documents on Sunday and the representative will also receive documents in the third week of March as many did not have proper documents with them. Beary expected the firm to handle at least 75 cases. The firm's representative will also visit Dubai soon to collect documents from families residing there.

The engagement of the Swedish law firm follows alleged failure of Air India-appointed legal counsel Mulla and Mulla failing to arrive at satisfactory settlement. The association demanded the compensation amount to be based on "worth of life of each individual and not merely on his or her income''.

Pradeep G Kotian, one of the survivors, said he was offered a total package of Rs 3.70 lakh, which includes Rs 2 lakh offered as interim compensation and Rs 70,000 for baggage loss. "I was earning dirham 2,900 gross. I still cannot lift heavy things with my right arm as my wrist is still weak. Doctors have advised exercise and till date there's not much of improvement, said Kotian. He wants a job which provided the same lifestyle as his earlier job in Dubai and compensation for the loss of income after the crash.

Another member Abdul Razak said as of now 70 families had been called by Mulla and Mulla and according to their information about 50 cases have been settled.

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March 12,2020

Hassan, Mar 13: In what could have been a major tragedy, an under construction flyover across Hassan-Mangaluru railway level crossing, near the new KSRTC Bus stand here collapsed today.

Fortunately no casualties occurred despite six concrete beems of 50 feet height, collapsed and broke into pieces.

The much awaited project was completely neglected by the successive governments for over a decade due to politics.  It was sanctioned eight months ago.

The Rs 42 crore project was taken up by a joint venture between state, center and South Eastern railway. The contractor or the Engineer were not present when the incident occurred.

Blaming the contractor, the locals alleged that poor quality of work led to the incident. No contractor or engineer was present even during construction, they added. Siddaiah, who runs an eatery near KSRTC bus stand said that it could have been a major tragedy if people were underneath the flyover when it crashed. The incident should be probe and the contractor should be punished, he added.

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March 15,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 15: The week-long ban imposed by the Karnataka Government from Saturday is yet to get a total response in the State to fight against the spread of killer disease Coronavirus (COVID-19).

The ban has witnessed a considerable reduction in the travelling public by Bus and train. Bus terminal and Railway stations wore desert look or only a very few public travelling. KSRTC, which was maintaining service for every 10 minutes once between the State Capital and to City of Palaces, was forced to cancel most of the service due to very little patronage. 

"We were left with no option but to cancel the fleet since there are no passengers," sources at the KSRTC Bus terminal told media persons.

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July 23,2020

Mandya, Jul 23: Upset over contracting Covid 19, a 55-year-old man, ended his life by hanging himself, at the designated Covid hospital, in Mandya, on Wednesday night.

The deceased patient is from Kandegala village, Malvalli taluk, Mandya district. He was ailing from renal problems and was under treatment. 

However, he contracted the virus and tested positive for Covid-19. Upset over this, he ended his life by hanging himself on the window grill, in the hospital bathroom, midnight. The incident came to light when other patients went to the toilet.

His last rites were conducted as per the designated Covid-19 protocol, on Thursday, said District Health Officer Dr H P Manchegowda.

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