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Development might necessitate a new Airport in city'

August 21, 2011

Mangalore, August 21: Air-traffic flow management, flexible use of airspace and networking civilian and military radars are essential to popularise aviation in India, said D Devraj, Regional Executive Director (Southern), AAI, Chennai.

He was delivering the inaugural address at the National Conference on Indian Aviation and Tourism organised by Mangalore Airport Diamond Jubilee Celebration Committee in association with Department of Business Administration, Mangalore University and Airport Authority of India at Mangalore Old Airport here on Sunday.

Speaking about the phenomenal growth achieved by India in the last two decades Mr Devraj outlined the necessities of vision as development might necessitate a new Airport in the city within 50 years.

“By 2020, Indian tourism could contribute Rs 8.5 lakh crores to the GDP of our nation”, he observed.

Terming Airports as the gateways of nation he said it was necessary to present a good outlook about our country at the airports.

Appreciating the growth observed in the field of tourism, he opined that aviation industry is bound to grow as India is becoming a popular destination for medical tourism.

Noting that the state government has recently allotted Rs 450 acres for upgrading the Hubli Airport, he said AAI is developing 35 Airports across the nation to meet the growth recorded in aviation.

Anantha Krishna, Chairman, Karnataka Bank Ltd observed that one third of passenger load in Mangalore Airport is international and said that it was extremely necessary to provide better facilities at the Airport.

“We should have several selling points and a unique selling point (USP)”, he said advising on the ways to improve tourism in our state.

He also noted that there were many unique aspects of our district that can be successfully marketed to increase tourism in our district.

Mrs LathaKini, President, Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) had three proposals to Mr D Devaraj. They were to upgrade the Mangalore Airport to the status of International Airport, Cargo terminal and naming the International Airport as Ullal Srinivas Mallya International Airport.

Abhayachandra, MLA, Mulky-Moodbidri constituency, N Narendra, Chairman, Indian Overseas bank, G G Mohandas Prabhu, Former President, KCCI were among the dignitaries present among others.

Old airport will host paper presentations and discussions on varying themes of tourism and aviation for two days.

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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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May 17,2020

Bengaluru, May 17: Amidst mounting demand form Kannadigas across the world for repatriation flights in the wake of covid-19 lockdown, Dr Arathi Krishna, former Deputy Chairman of the NRI Forum of Karnataka government, has written to Hardeep Singh Puri Minister of Civil Aviation to operate more special flights to Gulf repatriate Kannadigas from gulf countries. 

Dr Arathi Krishna’s first request in the letter was to add flights from Kuwait, Bahrain and Jeddah to Bengaluru as many (from Karnataka) are stranded in these cities in precarious situations.

In addition, she also requested for a couple of flights from Dammam and Riyadh to Bengaluru as there are more than 3780 Kannadigas registered to return from Saudi Arabia and members of Bearys Chamber of Commerce and Industry are requesting the same. Any number of flights from Dubai to Bengaluru and Mangaluru will also help the stranded people, the letter stated. 

“Old and sick people, pregnant women and others are in urgent need to connect with the world are looking up to you for getting flights from different comers of the world. Indian communities are hopeful that you will use your position to help them to get the much needed mobility at this time,” the letter stated. 

She also said that the people in Karnataka are grateful to you (Mr Hardeep Singh Puri) for adding two flights from Dubai to Bengaluru in the last two schedules and one flight each from Riyadh, Dammam, Muscat and Doha.

Dr Arathi Krishna is currently serving as the Chairman of the NRI Cell of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee and Secretary of Indian Overseas Congress.

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June 13,2020

Chikkamagaluru, Jun 13: Deputy Commissioner Dr Bagadi Gautham said that movement of heavy vehicles has been banned from Tanikodi to S K Border on NH 169 (Mangaluru to Solapur) from June 15 to August 15.

In an official statement issued here on Friday evening, he said that due to heavy rain lashing in the District the minor bridges on the stretch at Umbalagere, Goravanahalli and Gulaganji are in a dilapidated condition. As a precautionary measure, the movement of heavy vehicles has been banned.

As an alternative, all the vehicles (below 15 tonnes) from Chikmagalur can travel via Baliho Nur-Magundi-Kalasa-Kudremukh-SK Border. The vehicles from NR Pura (below 15 tonnes) should travel via Koppa-Hariharapura-Bidaragodu-Agumbe.

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