Kingfisher starts B'lore-Hubli-Mumbai flights

Kingfisher starts B'lore-Hubli-Mumbai flights
BS Reporter / Chennai/ Hubli January 24, 2007







(photo source:flykingfisher.com)

The Kingfisher Airlines has started daily Bangalore-Hubli-Bangalore and Hubli-Mumbai-Hubli flights from Monday.

The plane will take off from Bangalore airport at 8.30 am and land at Hubli airport at 9.30 am.

The same aircraft will depart from Hubli for Mumbai at 10.10 am and land at Mumbai airport at 12.05 pm. It will take off from Mumbai at 12.50 pm and reach Hubli at 2.25 pm. The aircraft will leave Hubli at 2.55 pm and land at Bangalore airport at 4.15 pm.

The fare for the Bangalore-Hubli flight is Rs 2,525 and between Hubli and Mumbai, it is Rs 3,025 (non-refundable). The fare with the refund facility is Rs 3,000 and Rs 3,500 respectively, according to Hubli airport authorities.

The cititizens of Hubli will find Kingfisher's flights from the Hubli airport a boon as they were not happy with the existing services which has had complaints of irregular operations.

The regular flight service from Hubli airport to Bangalore and Mumbai is expected to boost efforts to attract investors to Hubli and Dharwad.

The government is making efforts to develop Hubli as the industrial hub of North Karnataka and a lack of air connectivity was a reason for the investors’ reluctance to consider Hubli a destination.

The Karnataka cabinet has approved the proposal of the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation to allot 53 acres of its land to IT/ITeS companies. Karnataka Revenue Minister Jagadeesh Shettar said, the allotment letters would be issued to selected companies.

The development is the sequel to the IT Investors’ meet held at Hubli in May 2006 to project Hubli as the Tier II investment destination for IT/ITeS sector in view overstretched civic infrastructure and land scarcity in Bangalore.

The HDMC had set aside the land near Rayapur, between Hubli and Dharwad, through a resolution passed unanimously at its council meeting in July 2006 and sent a proposal to the government.

Hubli all set for Incomex-2007

Hubli all set for Incomex-2007
The Newindpress.com
Wednesday January 24 2007 11:18 IST

HUBLI: Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCCI), Hubli has started preparations for the industrial exhibition ‘Incomex-07’, a mega event of the industrial sector in the region. The event is held once in five years.

President of KCCI S I Munavalli, in a press release issued here on Tuesday, said that the booking for nearly 400 stalls are in progress by both small and big names in industries, including Jindal Steel Works, Kirloskar, BEML, Hospet Steels, SW Railway, NWRTC, HMT, NROC, CSIR, NSIC, NABARD, SEABIRD, Kaiga, BHEL, etc.

To coincide with the exhibition, seminars and conferences have been planned on various topics, sectors viz steel and iron, readymade garments, IPRS trade work, export promotion, food processing, women entrepreneurship, vendor development, auto components etc, he said.

Special articles on steel, valves, textiles, media promotion, energy conservation, casting and forging, tourism etc will be published. Chairman of Jindal Steel Works Sajjan Jindal will be felicitated for his contribution for the industrial development of region.

Jindal has invested Rs 15,000 crore and is planning to invest Rs 12,000 crore more.

Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy will be inaugurating the exhibition on Febraury 25. Sriramulu, Minister for Textiles and Tourism, will be the chief guest.

Jindal, Kirloskar, Baldota, Y Mahabaleshwarappa and Sons, MLC Janardhan Reddy, Y Basavarajappa, B N Sing, CP Rangachar, Srinivas Sirurkar and other business tycoons will be present.

Netas' battle impedes growth

Netas' battle impedes growth
MANU AIYAPPA - TIMES NEWS NETWORK
25 Jan, 2007 0108hrs IST

HUBLI: When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. That's exactly what is happening in the case of the row over allotment of land to IT firms and the proposed law university.

The prolonged tussle between revenue minister Jagadish Shettar and opposition leader H K Patil over the issue has become a major stumbling block in the development of twin cities. "I don't understand why these two senior leaders are making a fuss of such a minor issue when both these projects are for the benefit of Hubli-Dharwad", some residents rued.

The row of allotting land to IT companies is brewing here since the last six months. It all started when the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation decided to allot 50 acres of land at Rayapur for IT Companies. This was after some major IT companies had evinced interest in setting up shop here.

However, former minister H K Patil, in an attempt to push through his dream project of setting up a law university, raised an objection, thus depriving investment from major IT companies.

"It is not right to change the whole plan just for the sake of one or two companies. Let them (IT firms) opt for their land wherever they want, but not at a place where it has been reserved for the law university", was Patil's contention.

His argument was that the previous government had notified the land near Rayapur for the law university and had even appointed a special officer to look into the details. Even primary and secondary education minister Basavaraj Horatti had endorsed his view at that point of time.

But he was convinced after a meeting of public representatives and officials was held in November. In the meeting, it was decided to allot the land to IT companies as several such firms wanted that land at Rayapur. Moreover, they also felt that the law university needed land of over 100 acres to set its campus.

But all these developments had little impact on H K Patil, who took up the issue at the government level. By then, the issue had also taken a political turn and district minister Jagadish Shettar, under pressure from his party men, took up the issue with renewed interest.

Due to his efforts, the cabinet finally gave its nod for allotting 50 acres of land at Rayapur to IT firms. With this, just when everyone though the dust has settled on the issue,H K Patil has once again sent ripples when he announced on Tuesday that he had made a representation to Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy seeking land at Rayapur for the law university.

To add to this, some organistions and law students have also joined hands in support of H K Patil's demand.