Mangalore airport sees increase in passenger traffic

August 25, 2011

Mangalore, August 25: The number of passengers using the Mangalore airport has increased to 4.74 lakh during the first seven months of the year as against 4.83 lakh during the same period last year.

Director of airport M. R. Vasudeva said that international traffic increased from 1.38 lakh passengers to 1.46 lakh passengers and domestic passenger traffic increased from 3.36 lakh passengers to 3.37 lakh passengers during the period.

On the contrary, the volume of flight movements have come down during the same period. The total movement of flights, including domestic and international, ame down to 5,572 from 6,288 last year.

With some more domestic flights scheduled to operate from the winter schedule starting from October 25m air traffic would increase. The weekly movements would increase from 147 now to 194 and this would push the passenger traffic up to nine lakh by the end of the year.

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DK in-charge minister presents CM’s MSP plea to Prime Minister in Mangaluru

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November 28,2025

Mangaluru, Nov 28: Karnataka Health Minister and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Friday handed over Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the severe distress faced by farmers due to crashing crop prices.

PM Modi arrived at the Mangaluru International Airport en route to Udupi, where Gundu Rao welcomed him and submitted the letter. The chief minister’s message stressed that farmers are suffering heavy losses because maize and green gram are being bought far below the Minimum Support Price (MSP). The state urged the Centre to immediately begin procurement at MSP.

According to the letter, Karnataka has a bumper harvest this year—over 54.74 lakh metric tons of maize and 1.98 lakh metric tons of green gram—yet farmers are unable to secure fair prices. Against the MSP of ₹2,400/MT for maize and ₹8,768/MT for green gram, market rates have plunged to ₹1,600–₹1,800 and ₹5,400 respectively.

The chief minister has requested the Centre to:

• Direct NAFED, FCI and NCCF to start MSP procurement immediately.
• Ensure ethanol units purchase maize directly from farmers or FPOs.
• Increase Karnataka’s ethanol allocation, citing high production capacity.
• Stop maize imports, which have depressed domestic prices.
• Relax quality norms for green gram, allowing up to 10% discoloration due to rains.

The letter stresses that MSP is crucial for farmer dignity and income stability and calls for swift central intervention to prevent a deepening crisis.

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