Protesters sit in mud puddles to protest against Hejamady toll plaza
Padubidri, Feb 7: The agitation of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, against Hejamadi toll plaza entered 32nd day on Thursday. The agitators on Thursday, sat into the puddles of mud to express their dissent against the toll plaza and the company managing the toll ‘Navayug’.
“Though the representatives of central and state governments and elected representatives and officials of the company have visited the place where the agitators have staged dharna, they have not committed anything to resolve the issue. But the Lok Sabha MP has no time to meet the agitators”, Vedike Vice President Asif told reporters.
Vedike’s District President Ansar Ahmed said that the Toll Company should give relaxation to Padubidri residents and Lok Sabha Member Shobha Karandlaje should make sure that this is implemented to help the residents.
Vedike Taluka President Syed Nizamuddin, Budan Saheb, Naveen N Shetty, Hassan Bava and others were present.
About the issue:
Residents have been protesting against the toll and its managing company for not excepting the residents of nearby localities from paying tolls. The protesters claim that it has burdened people who frequently travel to adjoining cities like Mangaluru, while some travel on daily basis, causing severe financial inconvenience. However for more than one year now, the protesters’ demands of excepting the local residents from toll have gone unheard.
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Airlines got 999 hoax bomb threats till Nov 14 this year; 256 FIRs filed: Govt
New Delhi, Nov 28: Airlines received 999 hoax bomb threats this year till November 14 and as many as 256 FIRs have been filed while guidelines have been issued by aviation security regulator BCAS for objective assessment of threats, the government said on Thursday.
In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol said a total of 1,148 hoax bomb threat messages/calls have been received since August 2022 till November 14, 2024 threatening the operations of international and domestic air travel.
While 999 threats were received by airlines during the period from January to November 14, 2024, the count stood at 122 last year and at 27 for the August-December 2022 period.
"256 FIRs have been filed since January 2024 till 14 November 2024, out of which 163 FIRs have been filed during 14 October- 14 November 2024. 12 arrests have been made in view of hoax bomb threat since January 2024 till 14 November 2024," the minister said.
The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has issued guidelines for objective assessment of threats. The indicative factor has been useful in reducing time taken by the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) during the decision-making process.
"Also, to reduce the overall time taken for convening BTAC to less than 5 minutes, virtual assembly of BTAC through pre-generated video link has been set up. Further, advisories for compulsory 10 per cent of secondary ladder point check-in for all flights, strict monitoring of non-scheduled flight operations, enhanced security measures and surveillance at cargo terminals were issued," Mohol said.
Further, the minister said the government is considering amending the Aircraft (Security) Rules, 2023 to put hoax threat messenger in the no-fly list.
"It is also being considered to amend Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation for covering Aircraft in flight as well as on ground, airport etc," he added.
