Kodagu : Rain gives respite, rescue operations pick up
Madikeri, August 18: As the rain gave respite on Sunday, Kodagu district is receiving moderate rainfall. Rescue operations picked up. Army and NDRF teams have been toiling to rescue people in the district which was battered in the rains and landslides.
It is believed that more than 175 people, who have climbed up the hills to protect themselves from flood at Makkandur and Muklodu villages are still at large. Rescue teams have been trying to trace the people despite rains.
Meanwhile, KSRTC has resumed bus service from Mysore and Bengaluru to Madikeri from Saturday. Buses are playing from Mysore and Bengaluru to Madikeri via Kushalanagar and Virajpet via Gonikoppa. Still the service to Madikeri from Mangalore is not possible due to landslides on the road.
Rescue team has protected a two months old baby trapped in flood in a critical situation.
Opposition leader BS Yeddyurappa in Sunday visited flooded Kushalnagar and taking stock of the situation. MPs Shobha Karandlaje and Pratap Simha accompanied Yeddyurappa.
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Air India CEO Campbell Wilson resigns, says source
Mumbai (PTI): Tata Group-owned Air India Chief Executive Officer Campbell Wilson has resigned from the position, according to a source.
Wilson was appointed as Air India's CEO and MD in July 2022 , following former Turkish Airlines Chairman Ilker Ayci's decision not to take up the top job in March 2022 amid a controversy.
Tata Group acquired Air India from the government in January 2022.
"He expressed his desire to resign, conveyed it (to the Board) and resigned," the source privy to the development said.
A response from Air India on the developments was awaited.
Earlier this year, a source had said that the Tata Group was scouting for a suitable candidate to head Air India, as Wilson's five-year tenure at the airline was set to end in 2027.
Air India's low-cost subsidiary, Air India Express also does not have a head since March 19 this year following the resignation of then Managing Director Aloke Singh's exit from the airline after he completed his 5-year tenure at the airline.
Wilson has been under fire since June 12 last year following the crash of the airline's London-bound flight soon after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport, killing 241 of the 242 persons on board the Boeing 787-8 aircraft.
