KCCI demands expansion of Mangaluru airport runway: P.B Abdul Hameed
Mangaluru, October 31: Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) urged the state and central governments to expand the Mangaluru airport runway to ensure the development of the city.
Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, KCCI president P.B Abdul Hameed said that expansion of the airport was necessary for the development of Commerce, Industry, Tourism and Information technology. The lighting system in the airport should be upgraded for the safety purpose. The state government should take decision to provide required land for the expansion, he said.
The Smart City Project could give impetus to the stalled projects in the city. KCCI would urge the government. If the Smart City Project implemented effectively, shifting Bus stand, Parking lot development, Doubling of railway tracks, Roads and Ports would be developed, he said.
He said that the national highway authority officials have promised of completing the Pumpwell Flyover work within six months. KCCI has been demanding the government to develop tourism, IT sector, Linking roads, Mangaluru-Bengaluru connecting road, Maritime Board, Industrial zones and others. The KCCI would hold a discussion with the district minister on the development of the district in November, he said.
KCCI vice president Isaac Vaaz, Secretary Prashanth CG, Shashidhar Pai Marur, Ganesh Kamath and others were present.
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PM Modi, myself don't have 'wife issue': Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (PTI): In a friendly banter, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he didn’t have "the wife issue", as the Congress MP emphasised that everyone has learnt from women in their lives.
Participating in a debate in the Lok Sabha on the three bills introduced for amendments to the women's quota law and setting up a delimitation commission, Gandhi said women are a driving force in the national imagination and national perspective.
"All of us in this room have been influenced, taught, and have learnt a lot from women in our lives – from mothers, sisters, wives," Gandhi said.
"Of course, the prime minister and myself don't have the wife issue, so we don't get that input, but we have our mothers and sisters," he said while referring to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju's light-hearted remark that he got a scolding at home as he did not pen a poem for his wife like Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal did.
Gandhi also lauded his sister and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi's speech in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
"Yesterday, I was watching my sister achieve in five minutes what I have not been able to do in 20 years of my political career – make Amit Shah Ji smile," Gandhi said to peals of laughter.
