187 passengers reach Mangaluru from Dammam on chartered flight arranged by Mangaluru NRIs
Mangaluru: Trading Allied Industrial Services Corporation, Dammam as a part of its corporate social responsibility, organised a charter flight for the repatriation of standard Kannadigas from Dammam to Mangaluru on Saturday, 22nd August.
Allied Corporation in a release noted it received several requests from the stranded expatriates, who failed to avail seats in earlier charted flights due to scarcity of seats. “There were requests from pregnant women, jobless expatriates, patients who required urgent medicals assistance in the home as they could not afford local medical care. There were expatriates with expired work and family visas who were in dire need. Thus, the Allied team extended their support to the plight of fellow Kannadigas and repatriated them back home” it stated.
Allied Corporation repatriated 175 passengers and 12 infants on Saturday including 38 pregnant women, 32 children, 2 cancer and 1 paralyzed patient, and senior citizens.
Allied Corporation specially thanked to Fayaz Muzzain and Irfan Abdul Khader for their support and assistance in fulfilling all required local government formalities. It also extended gratitude to Indian Embassy officials for their support, Imran Falcon and to Mumtaz Ali for assisting locally.
Allied Corporation is owned by Mangalore based Kannadigas Mr Ameer Hussain and Mr Thouseef Ahmed is been operating since 2011 in the city of Al Jubail Saudi Arabia, employing numerous Kannadigas in petrochemical and refineries sectors.
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KSRTC to run 1000 special services to clear X'mas rush
Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation will operate 1000 additional special services in view of the Christmas festival.
In addition to the existing schedule, the special services will run on 19.12.2025, 20.12.2025 and 24.12.2025. Further, special buses will be operated from various places of intra & Interstate places to Bengaluru on 26.12.2025 & 28.12.2025.
Special buses will be exclusively operated from Bengaluru Kempegowda Bus Station to Dharmastala, Kukkesubramanya, Shivamogga, Hassan, Mangaluru, Kundapura, Shringeri, Horanadu, Davangere, Hubbali, Dharwad, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Gokarna, Sirsi, Karwar, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Ballari, Koppala, Yadgir, Bidar, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Hyderabad and other places.
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Special buses from Mysuru Road Bus Station will be exclusively operated towards Mysuru, Hunsur, Piriyapatna, Virajpet, Kushalanagar, Madikeri.
The corporation has also announced a discount of 5 per cent on the fare if four or more passengers book tickets under a single reservation. A discount of 10 per cent will be extended on return journey tickets if onward and return tickets are booked simultaneously.
In addition to the above, special buses will be operated from all Taluk/District Bus Stands in the jurisdiction of KSRTC based on the traffic needs.
