Mangaluru: The Congress government in the State has failed to utilize various funds released by the Central government, alleged BJP’s state spokesperson Sudesh Sharma.

Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, Sharma said that the State government did not submit the account details about the fund of Rs. 1000 crore that was given to the Minorities Development Corporation.

“The Central government has given funds for various fields including education field, but the State government has failed to make fund reach the needy,” he regretted.

Sharma said “the Yeddyurappa government had given the fund of Rs 910 crore to the Minorities Development Corporation, which had the fund of Rs. 22 crore. Haj Bhavan was constructed at the cost of Rs. 50 crore. But the Congress government in the State is just assuring false promises to the minorities here.”  

Sharma further asserted that the BJP will come to power with the majority of seats in the state.

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Bengaluru (PTI): The South Western Railway on Saturday announced a series of special trains, in coordination with Central, South Eastern and Southern Railways, to clear stranded passengers following large-scale IndiGo flight cancellations across the country.

The special services will operate between December 6 and 10 on high-demand routes, including Bengaluru–Chennai, Bengaluru–Pune, Yesvantpur–Hazrat Nizamuddin, Shalimar–Yelahanka and Ernakulam–Yelahanka, officials said.

According to an official statement, SWR will run Train No. 06255/06256 between Chennai Egmore and KSR Bengaluru, 06257/06258 between Bengaluru and MGR Chennai Central, 06259/06260 between Yesvantpur and Hazrat Nizamuddin, and 06263/06264 between Bengaluru and Pune.

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Central Railway will operate Train No. 01413/01414 between Pune and Bengaluru, while South Eastern Railway will run Train No. 08073/08074 between Shalimar and Yelahanka. Southern Railway will operate Train No. 06147/06148 between Ernakulam and Yelahanka, the statement said.

Railways has advised passengers to check updated timings on its official channels and arrive early at stations.

For at least five days in a row, IndiGo flight operations have been significantly disrupted, with a large number of cancellations and delays causing hardships to thousands of passengers. In many cases, baggage has been misplaced.