Mangaluru Airport PRO rubbishes report of Airport's closure during monsoon season
Mangaluru: Rubbishing the reports claiming that Mangaluru International Airport will be closed during monsoon season, the Airport's PRO confirmed to Vartha Bharati that there is no such proposal in place.
He also confirmed that the operations at the airport were also running without any changes or alterations, adding that a flight departed to Dubai at 12:40 with 165 passengers from the Airport.
Flights under Vande Bharat Mission, Charter flights, domestic flights to and from Bengaluru, Mumbai and Hyderabad are also plying to the airport, the PRO said while also informing that a flight coming from Bengaluru was sent back to Bengaluru due to bad weather, on Saturday.
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BWSSB to extract biogas from sewage sludge
Bengaluru (PTI): The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) is set to roll out a major biogas initiative to extract compressed biogas from sewage sludge, aiming to generate over Rs 120 crore in additional revenue over the next two decades.
The project approved by the state cabinet is expected to be the largest of its kind in the country, utilising about 550 MLD of sewage across five major sewage treatment plants, according to an official release.
"This brilliantly structured PPP model allows us to generate over Rs 120 crore in fresh revenue without investing a single rupee in capital or operations," BWSSB Chairman Ram Prasath Manohar said in the statement.
Under the project, raw biogas currently used for in-house power generation or flared will be upgraded to CBG meeting national standards for injection into the city gas distribution network or use as a clean transport fuel, the release said.
The initiative will be executed on a public-private partnership model, with the private concessionaire bearing the entire Rs 85 crore capital expenditure and operational costs, while BWSSB will provide land within treatment plant premises.
Describing it as a step towards energy security and the circular economy, officials said the project could serve as a national model for similar urban initiatives.
