200k+ Likes and over 202K FOLLOWS for www.facebook.com/allaboutbelgaum ; most definitely merits a Wow!!!

On the sentimental scale. When AAB began as a one-man passion, little did we realize that it would evolve to assume the status of being a “Commitment”.

People joined hands, the likes grew upon us and the humble effort seems to be gathering both momentum and followers.

While it feels nice to rest upon the acceptance value of the endeavor, some issues still continue to remain matters of concern. While the highlighting of things that mean so much to us and matter so much in our daily lives has been a satisfactory accomplishment and the quantum of readers has been satisfactory we can only hope for the contributors to grow, especially in terms of the comments and suggestions. One can also hope that the headlines that we present, spur both the people and the authorities to action so that the little anomalies are resolved before they attain unmanageable proportions and grow on us to take the shape of the problem.

While some issues are unique to our city, most, in general, encompasses matters that concern citizens across India and often across the globe. Local, national or international, worries will still be worries, concerns would still give sleepless nights and accomplishments would still generate the euphoria of joy in achievement.
We at All About Belgaum, especially the founder members and the contributors wish to extend our sincere thanks to our readers, friends, critics, and well-wishers for making ours such a wonderful journey.
The temptation is super and we cannot but help reiterate that 2,00,000 is most certainly worth a Wow!!
Thanks for making us such a “Happening” platform/forum and excited about the journey onwards.
Let us re-commit ourselves to sharing everything that matters and is so typical of this wonderful place of ours.
All About Belgaum, in more that sense is All About Humanity!!!!

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The government has asked Tahsildars of the respective taluks to seize factories which failed to clear a major chunk of the pending dues of growers. Many other sugar factories in the state are also expected to be seized by the government in the next few weeks

Chief minister HD Kumaraswamy recently had made a statement against sugar mills which have not cleared dues of farmers.

As many as nine factories in the district have failed to pay the complete payments to farmers according to the fair remunerative price (FRP) announced by the central government.

The nine factories which will be seized are: Bhagyalaxmi sugar factory of Khanapur, Renuka factory of Munavalli, Gokak Sugars of Kolavi, Someshwar factory of Bailhongal, Vishwaraj Sugars of Hukkeri, Athani Sugars, Krishna Sugars and Ugar Sugars of Athani, Malaprabha factory of MK Hubli.

For the past few months, the sugar factories were unwilling to abide by the rules and regulations laid down by the government to ensure that growers were paid as per the fair and remunerative price (FRP) fixed by the Union government for the financial year 2018-19.

Nine factories owe Rs 350.71 crore to farmers in 2018-19. These include Laila Sugars of Khanapur (Rs 32.40 crore), Ranukar Sugar of Munavalli in Savadatti taluk (Rs 45.07 crore), Gokak Sugar of Kolavi in Gokak taluk (Rs 22.40 crore), Someshwar Sugar of Bailhongal (Rs 11.91 crore) Vishwaraj Sugars of Bellad Bagewadi in Hukkeri taluk (Rs 33 crore), Athani Sugars of Athani (Rs 64.60 crore), Krishna Sugars of Athani (Rs 17.15 crore), Ugar Sugars of Ugar Khurd in Athani taluk (Rs 102.53 crore) and Malaprabha Sugars of MK Hubli in Bailhongal taluk (Rs 21.65 crore)

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The Belagavi airport is coming back to its old glory from June 20 when the total number of flights from Belagavi will reach to 8 flights a day to 5 destinations namely Bengaluru (4), Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Pune.

Currently, all the planes are smaller aircraft, even when the airport is capable of handling big Airbus and Boeing air crafts.

Air India was the lone operator which was plying an Airbus in the Bengaluru route but it shifted the service to Hubballi.

370 acres had to transfer to the AAI for the Belagavi airport but only 344 acres has been transferred as on date.

The 26 acres in question is under litigation and hence authorities are struggling to transfer the same.

For big aircraft like CAT-1 lights play a key role and due to nontransfer of land four CAT-1 lights are outside the compound of the airport. 16.4 gunthas of land is the immediate requirement for the CAT-1 lights to be under the AAI premises.

On the southern side as well AAI has not been able to take possession as the land is part of a graveyard and the district administration is yet to provide and alternative land for the same.

A road for the villages of Mavinkatti and Honyal villages passes right through the airport compound and the administration has still not made a road on the periphery of the airport boundary.

Also as per the Airport Director Rajesh Kumar Maurya, a proposal has already been sent to the AAI for another terminal building.

4 more booking counters will be set to accommodate more flights and operators. The installation of the ILS, the instrument landing system is in its last phase would be made operational shortly.

Under the second phase, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) plans to make Belagavi airport single-use plastic free. Single-use plastics or disposable plastics are used only once before they are thrown or recycled. Items like plastic bags, straws, coffee stirrers, soda and water bottles, six-pack rings, plastic party cups, and most food packaging fall under the single-use plastic category.

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The Bishop of Karwar, Most Rev Dr. Derek Fernandes was installed on Wednesday as the 6th  bishop of the Diocese of Belgaum.  He was appointed as the Bishop of the Diocese of Belgaum by Pope Francis on Wednesday, May 1, 2019.

The appointment came after a period of one year, after the former Bishop of the diocese, Most Rev Dr. Peter Machado was appointed as the Archbishop of Bengaluru in May last year.

The Installation of Bishop Derek took place in the presence of Most Rev Dr. Peter Machado, Archbishop of Bengaluru, Most Rev Filipe Neri Ferrao, Archbishop of Goa and President of the CCBI, India, Msgr Javier Fernandez, delegate of the Apostolic Nuncio from Rome in Delhi, Most Rev Bernard Moras, Archbishop Emeritus of Bengaluru and Bishops from all over India and our Civil Dignitaries.

Born on May 14, 1954, in Sirsi, Bishop Derek was ordained Priest for the Diocese of Belgaum on May 5, 1979. He has a doctorate in Canon Law from Urbaniana University, Rome. As a priest, he has worked in different capacities in the diocese and also served as the Administrator of the Diocese from 2004 to 2006, till he was consecrated Bishop of Karwar on March 20, 2007.

An able administrator, Bishop Derek has been blessed with exceptional communication skills. Apart from English, he knows Konkani, Kannada, Hindi, Marathi, German, Italian and Tamil and is a proficient preacher with a soft corner for the poor and the marginalized.

He knows the diocese well and was instrumental in the construction of Churches and Educational Institutions and has worked closely with three former Bishops of the diocese, late

Bishop Ignatius Lobo, His Grace, Most Rev Bernard Moras, Archbishop Emeritus of Bengaluru, and the present Archbishop of Bengaluru, His Grace, Most Rev Peter Machado.

He is known for his affiliation for the people of other communities and he maintains a good relationship with them. The Canonical Possession and Installation Ceremony, the religious function that included the Eucharistic Celebration [Holy Mass] and the installation were held at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Family Rosary of Fatima, Camp, Belagavi.
12 other Bishops and about 400 priests, Sisters and about 3000 Christians from across the region were a witness the ceremony.

Bishop Derek who arrived in Belagavi on Monday 17 the June, has urged people of all religions to pray for him so that he could be at the service of all the people of the region.

“God has been very kind in gifting us a Good Shepherd in Bishop Derek Fernandes, who is also known for his all-around personality. We thank and praise God for his goodness towards us”, Fr Eusebio Administrator of the Diocese of Belgaum stated.

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With the advent of technology, the fraudsters have found new ways to con people. The use of OTP is one way, while others opt to use websites.

The online fraud cases are reported on the drastic rise, which has victimized several innocent persons in Belagavi in recent days.

Uzeerahmed Kagzi, resident of Malmaruti Extention was in search of some furniture wherein he noted furniture for sale in Belagavi. The furniture was felt to be much more expensive, but the selling price on the website was just Rs 8,500. Kagzi left his contact number for the seller on the website, after which the seller called and identified himself as Akshay Singh on Tuesday.

Kagzi thought it to be a good deal but wanted to have a first-hand look at the furniture. Responding to the same, Singh asked him to meet at the Airport in Sambra and he will show the furniture. Kagzi reached the Airport after which Singh asked him to get the gate pass for which he has to pay a deposit Rs 560 per person, which was refundable. As Kagzi was accompanied by one of his friends, he asked to deposit Rs 1,020. However, when inquired to which counter the deposit has to be paid, Singh asked to wait as he will call back immediately.

Kagzi said that Singh again called back immediately and asked him to pay the amount in a provided online account and he will arrange the gate passes. Kagzi denied and said he is ready to pay only to the official personnel’s at the airport and not to any online account. Singh tried to convince Kagzi, but he stood firm with his decision. Due to the same, Singh disconnected the phone and after that his mobile phone has remained switched-off. The logic and practical thinking of Kagzi saved him from becoming victim to the online cheaters.

Several fraud messages are going viral on mobile phones and people need to be alert to skip from getting victimized to them.

Never share your OTP with anyone. If you receive an OTP for a transaction that was not initiated by you, then immediately contact the bank or card issuer. Be extra careful not to share the OTP, especially over a phone call. It may be a fraudster who has initiated the transaction and would be seeking the OTP from you to complete it. In case you receive such a call asking for OTP, then it is time for you to immediately change your password for that account.

Card verification value (CVV) is used in situations where the personal identification number (PIN) cannot be used. The CVV is printed on the reverse of a credit or debit card. For such transactions, like at an ATM or point of sales (POS) terminal (shop), the customer is required to enter the PIN to validate the transaction. However, despite instructions by banks, people are found sharing PINs with near and dear ones. Some even write it on a paper and keep it along with the card or share it with restaurant waiters while paying their bills. No wonder, a thief would have a ball, if he lays his hands on it.

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The stray dog menace hasn’t been controlled by the Belagavi City Corporation (BCC) and it has failed in tackling the nuisance of stray dogs since more than a decade.

Now a group of animals lovers who have come under the banner of Belagaum Animal Rescue and Care (BARC) organization Belagavi has come forward to take up the challenge to provide a permanent solution to the problem without harming the dogs.

The stray dog menace can be curbed with systematic and proper methodology and the members of BARC have come forward to take up the responsibility.

President of BARC Surya B Kulkarni said that vaccination, sterilization, and adoption can play a major role in bringing control on the menace of the stray dogs. He said that BARC has been doing activities for the welfare of animals in trouble in urban territories since last several months.

Sucheta Inamdar, Director, BARC said that the members of the organization have been engaged in doing welfare activities for the stray animals like providing medical aid to the injured and sick animals, helping people adopt them and more by spending from their own pockets.

Varun Karkhanis, Director, BARC said that awareness will be created in the society for changing the negative attitude of people about stray animals.

BARC has approached BCC to provide it more than 5 gunta land for establishing a shelter for the helpless and sick stray animals within the outskirts of city premises. That center will take care of all ill and injured stray animals. Their vaccination and sterilization will be taken care of.

Currently as they don’t have a shelter they can only undertake care to a limited extent, but if the Corporation can allot them one place it will help them to open a complete shelter for all animals.

For any help please contact: 9739867050

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Forest Department, the Belagavi City Corporation and the Hubballi Electricity Supply Company have taken up a joint operation in which they will prune around 500 odd trees and 25 will be cut down to prevent them from getting uprooted during the monsoon season.

Three teams of personnel began marking the trees and pruning them after ensuring the power supply was stopped in the work-site.

Then Deputy Commissioner R. Vishal held a meeting with officials on April 29, 2019, and instructed them to count trees that had shallow or damaged roots or trunks that faced the threat of uprooting. Forest officials told him that around 95 % of the 523 trees would be pruned while 5 % had to be cut down across the city.

Trees have been identified and grouped into most dangerous, dangerous and least dangerous categories.

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The Smart City project will implement the e-rickshaw project under the Centre’s Smart City Mission program in Belagavi and promote women empowerment 7 out of the 31 E-Rikshaws will be driven by Women.

All permanent residents of Belagavi can apply for the same up to July 15 2019.

The form is available here or at the Smart city office in Tilakwadi.

Earlier as well the Corporation has given rikshaws under various schemes but this time 7 have been earmarked for women.

The allottees will have to pay a certain sum like men will have to pay 90,750 that is the 50% value of the E-Rikshaw. While the women will have to pay only 25%, that is 45375.
The person who applies for the e-Rikshaw will have to be run by himself or her self and cannot be given to anyone else.

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SpiceJet airlines today commenced its Bengaluru-Belagavi-Mumbai-Belagavi-Bengaluru sector flight from today.

It is the 4^th flight operation (Pune, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad) by and Mumbai operations started from today out of the 13 routes alloted under UDAN 3.0.

MLA Abhay Patil and Airport director Rajesh Kumar Maurya cut the ribbon along with the first few passengers of the flight.

Spicejet will operate on a daily basis from Bengaluru to Belagavi at 1205 and departure to Mumbai at 1225 and return from Mumbai at 1605 at IXG and depart to BLR at 1625.

The load factor of Mumbai flight, incoming passengers from Bengaluru 55 and outgoing to Mumbai 50 out of the 90 seater Q-400 aircraft.

Apart from the Mumbai flight, Spicejet also commenced its Bengaluru flight in the evening except for Wednesday.

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The Belagavi KAT (Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal) bench was inaugurated on 17th December 2018 and within a month now the sitting has been “canceled with effect from January 16, 2019, until further orders.”

Now the bench will sit from 24-6-2019 as per the latest notification.

Mr. T Narayanswamy, honorable Judicial member will sit at the KSAT bench Belagavi on a permanent basis.

All new fresh cases including contempt of tribunal applications arising out of eight districts coming under the Belagavi Bench (Belagavi, Bagalkot, Bellary, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, Koppal and Uttarra Kannada shall be filed before Belagavi bench w.e.f 20-6-2019 and such applications will not be received at the principal bench Bengaluru.

Karnataka Appellate Tribunal (K.A.T) was established under the K.A.T Acts of 1976. It hears appeals against the orders of the competent authorities under the Karnataka Land Revenue Act 1964, Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act 1959, Karnataka Sales Tax Act 1957, Karnataka Entertainment Tax Act 1958 & Karnataka Entry Tax Act.

It is thus a common Appellate Authority for the Revenue Department, Department of Co-operation & the Commercial Taxes Department, but it is attached to the Revenue Department. The K.A.T. consists of the Chairman and 8 Benches. The Chairman is a very Senior I.A.S. officer of the Above Super Time Scale Grade. Each Bench has one Judicial Member and one administrative Member. There are two Revenue Benches, two Co-operation Benches & Four Commercial Tax Benches

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The Central Zoo Authority has given permission to the Kittur Rani Chennamma Nisargadhama at Bhutramanhatti to keep Lion, Tiger, Bear, Leopard, Fox, Gaur along with other few animals and birds.

The Zoo Authority of Karnataka has floated tenders for the same to the tune of
Rs. 1,50,70,000 and the details are as below:

Construction of EMU Enclosure at KRCND Mini zoo Bhutaramanahatti Belagavi – 1200000.00

Construction of Zoo Hospital Building at KRCND mini zoo Bhutaramanahatti Belagavi – 2760000.00

Construction of Hyena Holding Room at KRCND mini zoo Bhutaramanahatti Belagavi – 1980000.00

Construction of Boundary chainlink Mesh at KRCND Mini Zoo Bhutaramanahatti Belagavi – 4450000.00

Construction of Tiger Safari Chainlink Mesh at KRCND Mini Zoo Bhutaramanahatti Belagavi – 4680000.00

As per master plan layout, new Tiger safari is to be developed in 20 hectares and all the work will have to complete in 6 months.

At present, the Zoo falls in ‘Mini Zoo’ Category as per the classification of Zoos by the Central Zoo Authority.

The Mini zoo is spread over 34 hectares the mini Zoo was started in 1989.

The Mini Zoo is open from 10.30 am to 5 pm with an entry fee. Wednesday Holiday.

With the zoos being the best places to impart values on biodiversity and motivate visitors for its conservation, they can as well sensitise visitors on endangered species, in-situ and ex-situ conservation, and many other issues.

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Inox Chandan

Bharat (UA) Hindi

10:40 AM

The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir (UA)English

10:45 AM 06:25 PM

Kabir Singh (A) Hindi

11:00 AM 02:35 PM 04:05 PM 06:10 PM 08:40 PM 09:45 PM

Toy Story 4 (U) English, 3D

01:50 PM 07:35 PM

I Love You (Nanne Preethse) (UA) Kannada

03:50 PM

Carnival Cinemas

Kabir Singh (A) Hindi

09:45 AM 11:45 AM 03:00 PM 06:15 PM 09:30 PM

Toy Story 4 (U) English, 3D

09:45 AM 06:15 PM 08:15 PM

The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir (UA) English

01:00 PM 10:15 PM

Bharat (UA) Hindi

03:15 PM

Swaroop-Nartaki

Kabir Singh (A) Hindi

11:45 AM 03:00 PM 06:15 PM 09:30 PM

GLOBE CINEMA

Kabir Singh (A) Hindi

11:45 AM 03:00 PM 06:15 PM 09:30 PM

NIRMAL

CHITRA–

Amar (UA) Kannada

12:15 PM

Haftha (UA) Kannada

03:15 PM 06:15 PM 09:15 PM

HIRA
Closed

I Love You (Nanne Preethse) (UA) Kannada

12:15 PM 03:15 PM 06:15 PM 09:30 PM

KGF – Kannada12.00 PM  3.00.PM  6 PM, 9.00.PM.

Disclaimer: Though every effort is made to ensure the appropriateness of the movies information, we suggest that you check with the theatre for the exact timings. As the screening of movies and their timings are subject to change.

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Each one has a singer within him, a few remain bathroom singers and a few come out and train hundreds of others who then with their soulful voice create magic. A disciple of senior musician Pandit Nandan Herlekar of Belagavi, Vinayak More, Founder of Swaranjali Music Academy, Belagavi, who is especially known as “Master of group singing”.

It was in the 1990s when there were people in Belagavi who were fascinated with the music, but they were less in numbers. One among them was More, who commenced his profession as a music teacher in the year 1998. Vinayak said there were very few students who were interested in learning music during those days when he turned up to be a teacher. But it was the start and gradually more and more persons were fascinated by music, he added.

 Within a span of a decade, the talent in music has become very competitive across the world, said More. He said that though the flavors of the old music and the new music have changed, the sweetness is the same. “As a music teacher by profession, training music to the students has also become a challenge for us in this competitive world. A teacher has to be updated with the technology, latest musical instruments and the taste of the music while conducting the classes of the students, he said.

 Vinayak teaches in Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 2 and has been in this profession for 22 years. He has won many awards in many competitions held at Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru and other places. Under the guidance of More, as many as 10,000 students from 28 different schools have presented Mass singing programme “Suramayee Bharat” on 26-01-2006 at Union Gymkhana ground in Belagavi. He succeeded in creating Guinness World Record of 5 Patriotic mass singing by 15,800 students of Maratha Mandal Group of Institutions, Belagavi. He also provided free training to differently abled children and succeeded in organizing their program which titled “Differently Abled Artistes”.

 In his guidance, during the 2011 World Kannada Meet, More trained 550 students of B Ed and D Ed to present Naadageete State anthem “Jay Bharat Jananiy Tanujate”. To create awareness among budding teachers about the importance of imparting “Music Education” and also the benefits of listening to the music More has been organizing free Music workshops for teacher trainees of all B Ed colleges in Belagavi every year. He also provides free music education to all interested children every Sunday at Vadagaon in Belagavi.

“Best teacher” award by Bharat Vikas Parishad,  “Karnataka Kala Bhooshan” Prashasti at Bengaluru, “Rashtiya Sangeet kala Bhooshan” by Shikshak vikas parishad at Goa, “Sadbhavana prashasti” by State Human Rights Board, “Rashtriya Sirigannada prashasti” and many more accolades are to his name.

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By Satish Kumar

Its called “you need spark to shine” well I believe not always though, some will have it in them naturally, I am talking about people of liveable loveable Belagavi, this place had made special place in many hearts, and being Belgaumite that I proudly call myself, I found many such people along, just sharing about few fellow Belgaumites today.

It was when my blog buddy Uday who always run AAB for a good and common cause for citizens of Belagavi, got me into FOAB (Federation of Association of Belagavi) WhatsApp group headed by Chaitanya Kulkarni (CREDAI President) started as Save IXG campaign and I realized there are so many who aspire and have broad vision for Belagavi to grow as city with sustainable development without losing its charm. The Save IXG won its objective of getting flight connectivity back to Belagavi airport, from loss of 5 to 0 to nearby city and now 1 to 8 flights daily back in skies of Belagavi, it was a tremendous success to cheer.

Now the journey to fight back to get flight doesn’t end up here, I am talking about few same aspiring young boys, I should call them responsible netizens or twitteratis of Belagavi, started a group with so many questions to seek and see city grow and get good facilities, better air, and rail connectivity that should benefit common people of Belagavi.

Namely Ashwin Patil, Nikhil Patil, Krishna Giriyannavar Atul Magdum, went ahead to meet Airport Director Rajesh Kumar Maurya, such a wonderful soul he is (Mr. Mourya), seeing their enthusiasm, their vision for city and Airport, and what’s on card for future growth of Belagavi Airport, new flights, cargo hold, MRO new hangers, Mr. Maurya gave around good time to chat and as a goodwill gesture of the visit he twitted their zeal on official twitter of @aaiblgairport and also opened his office door every Saturday for students, Artist and professional to meet him with suggestions and discussion.

And there are more these boys wanted now, that was when our Hon MP Mr Suresh Angadiji got inducted into Union Cabinet as MOS Railways, along with Shiva and Shailesh a Vlogger makes YouTube videos on railway development happening in and around Belagavi, approached me for plans that can be submitted to our Hon MP so this will give a boost and thrust to city of Belagavi and its people.

I am sharing the same vision with all the inputs these boys have given me, and they just aspire like you and I do something good and see something better for Belagavi in the near future.

Proposed design: Track layout and Southside entrance

The south side access is already permitted by Hon MOS Mr. Suresh Angadiji and tender is out and soon work will begin to progress, this will be the only station in Karnataka after Bangalore and Mysore to have full fledge platform and building with a double-sided entrance.

Lines sidings and pit lines to enable more trains to originate from Belagavi, a stabling yard, and pit lines are needed for primary level maintenance, washing charging, and water filling. Shown below.

The plan for the good shed being moved to Sambra there was a question why not Desur the next pic its answered

The tender for movement is already permitted by our Hon MOS Suresh Angadiji, so this plan is taking shape.

About Desur it is already homing two important railway sidings one for Oil bulk depot and other for ICD (inland container depot or kind of dry port) CONOCR container corporation of India, it will enable direct sealing of containers by Excise and customs so goods can be moved out to ports directly, the industrialist need to support and utilizes this facility of ICD to export and expand. So in order to avoid congestion here at Desur, the goods shed movement to Sambra was taken, besides with overall growth and future perspective, Sambra will serve as a future satellite station and be renamed as Belagavi junction and current station as Belagavi City.

So further what more these boys want for us is the much-needed faster connectivity to Bangalore, Belagavi to Dharwad direct rail line, that will save huge time cost and fuel, reduce carbon footprints decongesting the busy NH4.

And another line to connect north interior hinterland of Karnataka to give port connectivity from Vishakhapatnam-Vijayawada- Hyderbad-Raichur-Bagalkot-Lokapur-Belagavi-Londa-Vasco

And just not this we need new trains from Belagavi to start, here is the wishlist

And the boys say “Yeh Dil Mage More”

A number of trains to start and terminate from here are very limited only three passenger trains Belagavi-Miraj two and one Belagavi-Hubli fast passengers originate from here, occasionally a weekend or festival special is run from Yeshvantpur- Belagavi.

Possible needs and trains to run from here with possible benefit and profit routes are listed below Belagavi Vasco Daily Intercity -Hiranykeshi Express (will help Défense people for onward journey to south on KR)

Belagavi Pune Daily Intercity — Tamrpani Express
Belagavi Bengaluru Daily Jan Shatabdi and overnight Mallaprbha Express
Belagavi Chennai Express Belagavi Mysore Express Belagavi Vijayawada Express
Belagavi Solapur Passenger
Belagavi Satara Passenger
Belagavi Gadag Passenger
New trains to pass through from
Belagavi Mysore Nizamuddin Swarnajayanti Daily
Humsafar express Daily
Pune Erankulam Daily

Belagavi Railway facilities and institutions
New Electric loco shed
Since Belagavi is centrally located and in view of future lines of expansion, it will best serve as a center point for an electric loco shed to be established here, this will fuel the growth of employment and already many Belagavi based foundries and Hydraulics industries are OEM supplier of railways.

Railways staff training college
The serene beauty and celebres climate have made Belagavi training center for most central government organization such as IT BP (Recreation Center), Indian Army (Commando School), Indian Air force (AT l), State Bank of India, Medical Council of India research center, its an urge for research Railways too establish, some level of staff training college here

New Kendriya Vidyalaya and Hospital for Railways staff The growing trends and feasibility of the development of railways in Belagavi would need more educational and medical support for railway employees, so KVS can be written to set up a Kendriya Vidyalaya school here and also a railway hospital at par with Miraj and Hubli.

This is my tribute to all the people of Belagavi along with these young boys, and my blog buddy Uday the first net connect for Belagavi and its development, besides it is just an e-connect via twitter with these boys, we all are yet to meet soon though, but more than that it was their zeal vision and growing aspiration for city, I am glad many getting to net and social media to raise and demand the concerns for society and the city we live in, I ask for more voices and such net connects, let it thrive more and I wish the liveable loveable Belagavi make more place in hearts of many.

I remain as is “The Proud Belgaumite”

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The Airport director of Belagavi Airport has tweeted I am getting a lot of messages from students/Professionals/Artists, who wants to meet me & know about @aaiblgairport contribute their creativity at Belagavi Airport. It is decided to keep one hour every Saturday at 1100AM to 12 00Noon at the Airport.

Anyone wants to meet me or discuss something on the growth of Airport and related subjects. All are welcome. Come with some original Govt ID. Time is limited,11 00 am to 12 noon Only. Maurya Rajesh Kumar, Airport Director

#AAICares (1/2)I am getting lot of masseges from students/Professionals/Artists,who wants to meet me & know about @aaiblgairport contribute their creativity at Belagavi Airport. It is decided to keep one hour on every Saturday at 1100AM to 12 00Noon at the Airport .Old pics.APD pic.twitter.com/k9afYCRaFD

— Belagavi Airport (@aaiblgairport) June 21, 2019

#AAICARES (2/2)Anyone wants to meet me or discuss someting on the growth of Airport and related subjects .All are welcome,Come with some original Govt ID.Time is limited,11 00am to 12 noon Only.Maurya Rajesh Kumar,Airport Director.@aaiblgairport(some old pics ) @AAI_Official pic.twitter.com/J6nbGj3BSX

— Belagavi Airport (@aaiblgairport) June 21, 2019

This is a welcome step taken by the Airport Director. Already the Airport lobby has paintings made by local artists. Also, a dedicated art gallery is planned where paintings, sculptures made by local artisans will be showcased and travelers can buy it.

Every Saturday 11 AM to 12 PM at the Airport.

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In January 2016, Belagavi was selected in the first 20 cities which were to come Smart under the Ambitious smart city project.

After 3 years about 6-7 projects minor in nature have been completed like Bus shelters, Water kiosks, Etoilet to mention a few.

The first Smart road undertaken is still under construction and only the Lord can tell when the same will be made open for use.
The KPTCL road is closed for traffic for more than 2 years now and work is never-ending, the Smart city work is been done the Dumb way, citizens say.

The next road picked up was Mandoli Road, now it is no more a road. It is all mud and dust and in the monsoon, it will be one hell of a ride in the sludge.

Congress road work picked up the pace but work continues the dumb way. All traffic on one side was blocked on June 2 from the Third gate towards Gogte Circle and the white topping work was done. But there are patches which have not been filled and the police say as work is yet to be completed it cant be open for traffic.

The road currently in use was put to use in just 7-8 days after laying the concrete but the other side it’s more than 20 days.
The smart contractors make their dumbness known to all. Look at the patch near Pop in cross it has been left without concrete for 20 days now. When total traffic is blocked why wasn’t that part also laid.

In many places the utility duct one side on Congress road is not connected due to electric poles, trees.

Now the Smart guys will realize they left it and would start to work on it and again would request the police to block traffic for another 21 days.

The Shukurwar peth work is also in progress, there also the work is begun from Budhwar peth cross and commuting from that road is also a big headache.

Work on smart roads in Shree Nagar is also in progress and also Nehru nagar.

KPTCL road is not yet ready but the Dumb guys blocked the road in front of Sukh sagar hotel up to Dharmanth Bhavan for white topping. So now commuters have to take the service road of the highway.

There is hardly any barricading or signages put up except for some Road is closed which are placed at points where it is not visible.

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Rani Chennamma Express has been provided with Utkrisht rake to provide greater comfort to passengers from June 22.

This could be the termed as the first gift from MOS Railways Suresh Angadi.
The exteriors of the coaches are painted apricot yellow and blood red. The interiors have been refurbished with a provision of LED lights. The coaches have bio-toilets with health faucets and trash bins placed near the wash basins. 

The rakes have also been given a new color scheme on the exterior – beige, and maroon. The rakes will provide better facilities to passengers, including LED lightings, odorless toilets.

The toilets of all the coaches have improved fittings, vinyl wrapping provided at the doorways of the coaches, night glow stickers and Braille signages inside the coaches and new colour scheme.
The unique feature of this Utkrisht Rake is the provision of Swachh Rail Toilet (SRT), which is a hybrid design of the bio-toilet system.
Toilet has the advantages of less water consumption, no chocking of the system, complete sealing of odour and maintenance friendly.

All coaches of this rake are fitted with energy efficient LED tube lights, panel of LED lights in doorway and gangway, provision of dustbins in the toilets, stickers with ‘Go Green’ messages, provision of integrated basin-cum-dustbins in AC coaches.

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The demand for an overnight train to Bengaluru has been a long pending demand and now with Suresh Angadi as the MOS railways, it seems it is materializing.

The SWR has proposed to commence a new special overnight train from KSR Bengaluru – Belagavi- KSR Bengaluru Daily Express from June 29, 2019.

Tentative Timings: 
SBC-BGM Daily
SBC- Departure: 2100
BGM – Arrival: 0730

BGM-SBC daily
BGM- Departure: 2100
SBC – Arrival: 0730

Thanks to Mr.Suresh Angadi for this train which will put off some load from the always full Rani Chennamma Express which also have been given new Utkrishit Rakes.

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The South Konkan Education Society, popularly known as SKE Society is celebrating 75 years of its glorious presence in the field of education ranging from kindergarten to post-graduation and research. In the backdrop of this, the Society is organizing a year of celebratory events culminating in Grand Fest in December this year.

The fest beginning on the 21 st of December 2019 will have a special day for all the alumni of SKE’s institutions such as the RPD College, the GSS College, Thalakwadi High school, Swadhyay Vidya Mandir, besides others.

The day will begin with registration and Breakfast in the morning, will include lunch and high tea concluding with a cultural program beside a day full of entertainment events. During the day, the alumni will be entertained with a photo-galleria of past and present events, a selfie corner for memories and other attractions.

On the 22nd evening, a function will be organized for the general public where an eminent speaker will address the gathering followed by a classical dance recital by Parshwanath Upadhyay and group.

The extravaganza will mark a unique confluence of past and present students, the staff of various institutions of SKE Society.

The Alumni of all SKE Society institutions are requested to register for the Alumni function by logging into the website www.skesocietybgm.org or by contacting their respective schools and colleges. For RPD Degree College – Sri. Prasanna Joshi 9844522005, RPD PU College – Sri. Pawan Kumar 8904731950, GSS PU College – Sri. SN Desai 9448875620, GSS Degree College – Sri. B.M. Topinkatti – 9448875429, M.R. Bhandari School – Ms. Shweta Chikmath 9663393993, Swadyay Vidya Mandir School– Sameer Joshi 9448758396, Thalakwadi High School– Prin. C. Y. Patil 9980432793, V.M. Shanbhag School – Sri. Abhijeet Deshpande 8073908534, SKEs Sports Academy Sri. Ramkrishna N. 9986108369

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Shri Suresh C. Angadi, Hon’ble Minister of State of Railways inspected Kapileshwar Bridge of Belagavi and conducted window trailing inspection of Belagavi – Hubballi Section. Later he held a works review meeting with officers of South Western Railway at Rail Soudha, Gadag Road, Hubballi today i.e. on 23.06.2019.

During inspection, he stressed on the provision and maintenance of passenger amenities. He advised for making museum/ Heritage room in Platform No. 1 at Belagavi Railway station, showcasing a rich history of Belagavi.

At Kapileshwar Railway Over bridge, he has asked Officials to explore the option of providing lift/ Subway to facilitate pedestrian movement.

He asked Railway officials to speed up doubling and electrification works in Londa – Miraj section.

Work for construction of new station building at Belagavi Railway Station along with second entry shall begin soon, he said. Hon’ble Minister instructed for taking up work of construction of Goods shed at Sambre on the fast track so that Belagavi goods shed can be dismantled on completion of said work.

Later he chaired a review meeting with officials of South Western Railway. In this meeting, he instructed all the officers and staff to work diligently for expeditious completion of projects. He stressed that Safety, punctuality, and cleanliness shall be the focus areas.

He instructed to open Kottur-Hosapete line & Alnawar-Ambewadi line for passenger traffic at the earliest.

The highlight of inspection and meeting was Hon’ble Minister of State of Railways has directed to introduce a new daily special train between Belagavi and Bengaluru by next week. A 14 coach train with one each of First AC, second AC and third AC and 7 sleeper coaches will be introduced. Tentative timings of the train will be Belagavi / Bengaluru departure around 9 pm and arrival at Bengaluru/ Belagavi by 7 am next day morning. Hon’ble Minister has also enquired the status of the proposal of extension of train no.17301/2 Mysuru-Dharwad-Mysuru exp. up to Miraj.

Shri Ajay Kumar Singh, General Manager; Shri B.B Singh, Additional General Manager; Shri Rajesh Mohan, Divisional Railway Manager; B.G Mallya, Principal Chief Electrical Engineer; and other officers were present.

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