Mangaluru: The Indian Airlines Authority has taken up a project to construct a well-equipped sewage system at Malavoor village located next to Mangaluru airport. In this regard, the Indian Airlines Authority will sign an agreement with the State Government next week, said a release.

According to the National Disaster Management Act, the scheme will be implemented through the management of the state government. The project has been taken up to protect the properties of the people residing near the airport from natural disasters like flood, the Airport Authority said.

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Nagpur (PTI): A student was killed and several students and teachers were injured as the bus carrying them to a picnic spot overturned near here on Tuesday morning, police said.

The accident took place when students and teachers of Saraswati High School in Shankar Nagar area here were heading for a picnic spot in neighbouring Wardha district in five buses.

One of the buses, with some 50 persons on board, overturned near Deoli Pendhari village on Hingani Road in a hilly section on the outskirts of the city, said an official of Hingna police station.

The deceased boy was a Class 7 student, he said, without disclosing the name. A girl and a teacher sustained severe injuries and were rushed to the All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, while others were taken to a nearby rural hospital.

Investigation is underway to determine the cause of the accident, police said.