Bidar: Villagers lock Panchayat members for failing to resolve water issue
Bidar: In a unique protest over the ongoing water crisis, residents of Eklur village in Basavakalyan taluk locked Panchayat members inside the Gram Panchayat office, expressing their frustration over the lack of action to resolve the drinking water problem.
The incident unfolded as villagers, angry over the irregular water supply, sometimes unavailable even once a week, demanded accountability from local representatives.
Among those detained by the villagers were Gram Panchayat Vice President Jagannath Domme, members Kalyanrao Mudabe and Tulsirama Kambale, as well as family members of female panchayat members, including Devendra Shinde, Sanju Kumar Domme, and Mallinath Malipatil.
The villagers accused the members of negligence and failure to address their long-standing grievances.
Following heated discussions, the panchayat president assured the residents that necessary steps would be taken to resolve the issue within a week.
Only after this promise did the villagers release the detained officials, bringing the tense standoff to an end. The protest highlights the severity of the water crisis in the region and the growing impatience of villagers with local governance failures.
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Air India flight from Delhi to Bengaluru diverted to Chennai due to 'operational reasons'
Bengaluru, Mar 24 (PTI): An Air India flight from New Delhi to Bengaluru was diverted to Chennai on Monday due to certain "operational reasons on the runway," sources said.
Air India confirmed that its flight AI2415 was diverted to Chennai.
The flight departed from Delhi at 9.55 am and was scheduled to reach Bengaluru at 12.50 pm.
It is learned that the plane was refuelled in Chennai before leaving for Bengaluru at 1.38 pm.
"Yes, there was a diversion for our Delhi-Bengaluru flight. It was only for a short while, and the flight returned immediately after the restriction was lifted," an Air India official told PTI.
The flight was diverted to Chennai due to operational reasons and returned to Bengaluru shortly thereafter, he added.
However, a source at Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), which manages Kempegowda International Airport, said there was no such restriction.
He explained that a notice is issued every Monday stating that flights cannot land or take off from the south runway for an hour due to maintenance.
"All flights and airline companies are aware of the restriction on the south runway," the source said.
"To land on the northern runway, which is older, pilots require specific expertise. If a pilot does not have the necessary certification, they cannot land on the northern runway—only for that one-hour window," the source explained.
He emphasised that there is no restriction, but this practice has been followed for a long time.
"We haven’t stopped any aircraft from landing, but it needs to be checked with the airline if they faced any issues," he added.
