IAF aircraft lands in greenfield Shivamogga airport ahead of opening by PM Modi
Shivamogga (K'taka), Feb 21: A trial flight of the Indian Air Force plane safely landed at the newly-built Shivamogga Airport in Karnataka on Tuesday, authorities said.
The greenfield domestic airport at Sogane in Shivamogga district has been constructed under the Centre's UDAN scheme aimed to make air travel affordable to all.
Sharing the information on his Twitter handle with the video clip of the aircraft landing at the airport, Shivamogga MP B Y Raghavendra said, "The first trial flight lands at #Shivamogga. Hon'ble PM Shri @narendramodi ji to inaugurate the #ShivamoggaAirport on Feb 27 by landing on this newly constructed Airport. Come, let us all be a part of this historic moment."
PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the airport on February 27.
The well-equipped airport is spread over 662.38 acres land for which the foundation was laid in June 2020 by then chief minister B S Yediyurappa.
Apart from the runway, terminal building, ATC tower and fire station building, it has a taxiway, apron, approach road, peripheral road and compound wall.
ಇದೇ 27 ರಂದು ಸನ್ಮಾನ್ಯ ಪ್ರಧಾನಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳಾದ ಶ್ರೀ ನರೇಂದ್ರ ಮೋದಿಜಿಯವರು ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗದ ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣವನ್ನು ಲೋಕಾರ್ಪಣೆಗೊಳಿಸಲಿದ್ದು ಇದರ ಸಲುವಾಗಿ ಏರ್ಫೋರ್ಸಿನ ವಿಮಾನವು ಪರೀಕ್ಷಾರ್ಥ ಹಾರಾಟ ನಡೆಸಿ ಯಶಸ್ವಿಯಾಗಿ ಲ್ಯಾಂಡಿಂಗ್ ಮಾಡಿದೆ. @BSYBJP @BSBommai @AAI_Official @KarnatakaWorld #ShivamoggaNews #ShivamoggaAirport pic.twitter.com/qdzhNTBuVe
— B Y Raghavendra (@BYRBJP) February 21, 2023
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FIR against Thane man for threatening Dy CM Shinde
Thane (PTI): Thane police have registered an FIR against a 26-year-old man for allegedly threatening to harm Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, an official said on Monday.
Search was on for the accused, identified as Hitesh Dhende, a resident of Varli Pada in Thane city, Sri Nagar police station's senior inspector Gulzarilal Fadtare told PTI.
The accused, in a social media post, used derogatory words against the deputy CM and threatened to kill him, the police said without elaborating.
Based on the complaint by an activist of the Shinde-led Shiv Sena, the police on Sunday registered the case against the man under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 133 (assault or criminal force with intent to dishonour person, otherwise than on grave provocation), 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), 351(1) (criminal intimidation) and 356 (2) (defamation), the official said.
A probe was on into the case.
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