Navy, Coast Guard's joint rescue operation save 9 people struck in sea on tug boat at Kaup beach
Kaup: On Monday, the Navy began its rescue operation to save the ‘Koramandal Express Tug’, which was in imminent danger after being caught at sea near the Kaup lighthouse. The 9 staff members who were on board the stranded vessel were successfully rescued in a joint rescue operation conducted by the Navy and the Indian Coast Guard.
The 9 staff members - who were working on the ‘Koramandal Supporter 9’ shuttle belonging to the KEI R.S.O.R Company, which had received the contract to connect an underground Pipe for crude oil from Mangaluru’s M.R.P.L Company – were rescued by in the joint operation carried out by the Indian Coast Guard and Navy on Monday morning.
The rescue operation was conducted using a speed boat, shuttle, and helicopter. Two of the stranded staff members were rescued through the helicopter, while the remaining 7 were rescued using the speed boat, and taken to the N.M.P.T port on a Coast Guard’s Shuttle-ship. A team of doctors were stationed at N.M.P.T, ready to conduct an overall medical examination of the rescued staff.
The 9 staff workers belonging to the tug which cooperates, aides in the arrival and departure of boats from the new Mangaluru port at Panambur, had crashed into a boulder 5 Nautical Miles away from the Kaup Lighthouse and inadvertently become stuck between the boulders. Adverse weather conditions had hindered rescue operations on Saturday. The rescue operations could not be undertaken even on Sunday. In the background of this, on Monday morning, the helicopter belonging to the Navy arrived from Kochi and aided in the rescue of the 9 stranded staff members, it is learned.
The staff on board the stranded vessel, Captain Mullah Khan, Second Captain Gaurav Kumar, Shantanu A.V, Rahul, Deepak, Prashant, Tushar, Lakshmi Narayan, and Rood Ahmed, are the rescued individuals.
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KSRTC to run 1000 special services to clear Christmas 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.
