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Workshop on Table Top Airports on Oct 29, 30

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October 27, 2011

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Mangalore, October, 27: The department of Civil Engineering of NITK and Mangalore Airport Diamond Jubilee celebration Committee will be jointly organising a two day workshop on October 29 and 30 at Silver jubilee auditorium, Suratkal.
“As a part of silver jubilee year of the Mangalore Airport, NITK will be conducting a two-day workshop on 'Table Top Airports and Safety Aspects'. It is being organised with the aim of clearing apprehensions in the minds of people about Table Top Airports and will also highlight the need to extend the present runway in order to handle international flights and to upgrade the other required facility”, said Prof Sandeep Sancheti Director, NITK, addressing a the press meet here on Thursday.
He said that the workshop provides a platform for exchange of latest ideas and concepts concerning Table Top airports. The workshop would be of interest to all professionals, educationists, researchers associated with airports and navigation systems and the general public, he added.

He said over 200 delegates including students are expected to take part in the workshop.

Normally constructed by chopping off the top of a hill, Table Top airports are often thought of as complex for landing aircrafts because of the gorges all around the airport.

Mangalore's Table Top airport came under sharp focus following the plane crash that killed 158 people. However, it is a fact that runway 24 has handled over 32000 successful landings since it was commissioned in 2006, which underlines the fact that landing a plane on a table top airstrip should not be a problem for pilots with normal training, he said.

Dr M Veerappa Moily, Central Minister for Corporate Affairs will be the chief guest at the inaugural of workshop. D Devraj, Regional Executive Director, Airport Authority of India, M R Vasudeva Rao, Director, Mangalore Airport and T S N Murthy, Deputy Chairman of NMPT, will be the guest of honour, he said.

Prof Shivashankar, Department of Civil Engineering NITK, and Prof Umesh, Dean, Research and Development, NITK were present in the press meet.



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January 23,2026

Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot read only three lines from the 122-paragraph address prepared by the Congress-led state government while addressing the joint session of the Legislature on Thursday, effectively bypassing large sections critical of the BJP-led Union government.

The omitted portions of the customary Governor’s address outlined what the state government described as a “suppressive situation in economic and policy matters” under India’s federal framework. The speech also sharply criticised the Centre’s move to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, commonly referred to as the VB-GRAM (G) Act.

Governor Gehlot had earlier conveyed his objection to several paragraphs that were explicitly critical of the Union government. On Thursday, he confined himself to the opening lines — “I extend a warm welcome to all of you to the joint session of the State legislature. I am extremely pleased to address this august House” — before jumping directly to the concluding sentence of the final paragraph.

He ended the address by reading the last line of paragraph 122: “Overall, my government is firmly committed to doubling the pace of the State’s economic, social and physical development. Jai Hind — Jai Karnataka.”

According to the prepared speech, the Karnataka government demanded the scrapping of the VB-GRAM (G) Act, describing it as “contractor-centric” and detrimental to rural livelihoods, and called for the full restoration of MGNREGA. The state government argued that the new law undermines decentralisation, weakens labour protections, and centralises decision-making in violation of constitutional norms.

Key points from the unread sections of the speech:

•    Karnataka facing a “suppressive” economic and policy environment within the federal system

•    Repeal of MGNREGA described as a blow to rural livelihoods

•    VB-GRAM (G) Act accused of protecting corporate and contractor interests

•    New law alleged to weaken decentralised governance

•    Decision-making said to be imposed by the Centre without consulting states

•    Rights of Adivasis, women, backward classes and agrarian communities curtailed

•    Labourers allegedly placed under contractor control

•    States facing mounting fiscal stress due to central policies

•    VB-GRAM (G) Act accused of enabling large-scale corruption

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