State govt supports opening of fisheries university: CM Siddaramaiah at World Fisheries Day event
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who inaugurated the ‘World Fisheries Day’ and ‘Matsya Mela 2025’ (Fisheries Festival) events organized by the Fisheries Department on Saturday, has announced that the state government would support the opening of a Fisheries University.
“The coastal line of Karnataka stretches up to 320 kilometres as well as 5.5 lakh hectares of inland water resources. The state ranks third in the country in fish production and fourth in fish export. Fishing is the source of livelihood of 10 lakh people of Karnataka,” he said.
Siddaramaiah added, “The annual supply limit of diesel for the mechanized boats has been increased from 1.5 lakh litres to 2 lakh litres since our government came to power. Kerosene for native boats is being provided at a discount rate of Rs 35 per litre.”
The CM lauded the efforts of Fisheries Minister Mankal Vaidya in the development of the Fisheries Department and the families of fishermen.
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SWR announces special trains for passengers stranded by large-scale IndiGo cancellations
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.
