Mangaluru: City bus services in DK to resume from July 1
Mangaluru: The city and service buses in Mangaluru and Dakshina Kannada District will resume services starting July 1 nearly two months after the services were halted due to COVID lockdown.
The information was shared by Canara Bus Owners’ Association President Rajvarma Ballal and DK Bus Owners’ Association President Dilraj Alva.
Dilraj on Thursday added that the guidelines set by the government cannot be adhered to and accommodating on 50% capacity of passengers on the buses will not bring any income and profit to the bus owners. He also added that the situation is coupled with the hike in rates of diesel and they were also not in a position to hike the prices of tickets owing to the pandemic.
“We have put forth some of our demands before the government which have not been fulfilled yet. So we will look into the situation and resume services from July 1” Dilraj said.
Ballal noted that the disruption in bus services has hit the employees and bus owners alike and they are going through financial crunch due to the pandemic.
“Government is not paying heed to our demands and the employees and owners are going through crisis. We had detailed discussion on the matter today and have taken a decision about this” Ballal added.
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Lebanon appoints new representative for talks with Israel, rejects linkage to Iran
Beirut: Lebanon’s has moved to underline its independent position in ongoing regional developments, amid attempts to link the country to the broader conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel.
President Joseph Aoun, while announcing the appointment of former US ambassador Simon Karam as Lebanon’s representative in talks with Israel, made it clear that Karam would be the sole representative for Lebanon and that there would be no substitute.
The move comes in response to what the Lebanese officials see as efforts by Iran to tie Lebanon’s situation to the wider regional conflict. Iran had indicated that there would be no ceasefire involving the US, Israel and Iran unless it also included a ceasefire in Lebanon.
Some groups, including Hezbollah and its supporters, had expressed support for linking the situations, citing concerns that the Lebanese government has limited leverage in negotiations with Israel. Lebanon is not formally a party to the conflict, and its army is considered weak.
However, others, including Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, have opposed this approach. They view Iran’s stance as an attempt to influence Lebanon’s internal affairs and see it as undermining the country’s sovereignty.
Officials backing the government’s position say the move is aimed at reaffirming Lebanon’s sovereignty and ensuring that decisions about peace and ceasefire within the country are not dictated externally.
They also see it as a safeguard, so that any breakdown in talks between the US, Israel and Iran does not automatically lead to renewed conflict in Lebanon.
