By Satish Kumar
Aerospace park planned near Bangalore airport

Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) has acquired land for the proposed 1,000-acre aerospace park to be developed near the international airport at Devanahalli in Bangalore. The park will include an aviation MRO-related activities (maintenance, repair, and overhaul) and 250 acre of an export-oriented aerospace SEZ. The SEZ is to be developed by KIADB and is expected to become operational from June 2010.

The above piece of news was in highlights along the launch of India’s first Aerospace SEZ QUEST at Belgaum. There is a loud noise on decongestion of Bangalore, government committee for regional imbalance, spreading evenly industries across the state.
Then Why today such extra announcements?
Why can’t an Government Aerospace Park shapes up near Belgaum ?
Belgaum can have Public sector players such as HAL and NAL.
This is utter case of discrimination against Belgaum development rising to competition within the state; bet it, they will sell land at very cheaper rate to attract foreign establishment and the land would remain for long periods vacant, but QUEST is much organized so will thrive up and flourish better.

Belgaum best suits for MRO facilities, the government has already paid the farmers in Sambra and Balekundri for additional 370 acres of land acquired around airport the present Airport is on 450 acres of land, Why not develop MRO at Belgaum The MRO (Maintain Repair Overhaul) just need some additional ware housing some new siding bays and hangers along with additional taxi way. Belgaum Airport is situated out of city the place is already a semi sub urban part with cosmopolitan crowd of Defense establishment and being having good scope of Academic thrust of some new collages coming up in the area.

Present Belgaum Airport

It had happened in past with Belgaum a thriving hub of auto component sector and back bone for Pune auto ancillaries, till date haven’t got an automobile plant or industry though one got sanction was driven away by Greedy MP’s and MLA’s of Dharwad/Hubli what are we waiting for more projects to get eyewash and missed out or driven away.

This is how MRO would be based here

This is how it would look like

Now you all think over How should be the government Policies should be discriminatory like this or prove voice of equality towards the entire state, where are the people/Politicians /Think tanks who calls for fight on injustice to north Karnataka and are mum today, besides have forgotten the support garnered for SWR railway head quarter at Hubli. Is not Belgaum In North Karnataka didn’t we fight then for this cause, though pity we still have not got Dharwad Belgaum rail line and trains to capital city of Bangalore, and Bangalore Mysore line is taken up for doubling.

Anguish here is over this attitude of government towards Belgaumites as second class citizen and time has come to ask them to stop this Let me see after reading this, How many voices will be rising , and more importantly Who will hear it, will it go through MPs MLA and Official dignitaries of Belgaum .

Make a difference for living in this society (though bounded by Linguistic territorial boundaries) we do are much dignified, cannot be ignored!!!!

The efforts of Satish in this particular story are immense, I just hope Govt. is reading this. (Does the Govt. ever read Blogs?)

Dr Indira Hinduja has created what perhaps is the biggest gift for childless couples — India's first test-tube baby, Harsha Chevda. What she started in 1988, has led today to a plethora of invitro fertilisation (IVF) clinics across Mumbai. But Dr Indira Hinduja, who first made it all happen, has rightfully earned herself a place in Indian medical history. Most cannot forget that sense of wonder when they heard about the birth of Harsha. For Dr Hinduja, it was a culmination of a three-year-long painstaking research in IVF and embryo transfer. Dr Hinduja has successfully delivered more than 1244 test-tube babies in India.

Dr.Indira Hinduja was born at Shikarpur, (Pakistan) and during the Partition, her family migrated to Mumbai. Indira was only a few months old then.

After living in Belgaum for some years, they moved back to Mumbai in 1963. And ever since, it’s been her home. She studied in Mahila Vidyalaya Belgaum and stayed near Kelkar bag (this is from sources). During her childhood she was unsure of what she wanted to do. She decided to take up medicine when she was in high school. Earlier, she wanted to be a musician. Medicine was decision that came after much thought.

Dr Indira Hinduja is an MD in Gynecology and Obstetrics and she was awarded a Ph D degree for her thesis entitled Human In vitro Fertilisation and Embryo Transfer from Bombay University when she was a full-time practicing obstetrician and gynecologist on the clinical faculty of the Seth G.S. Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. This significant contribution lies in combining her basic successful surgical skills with those of experimental embryology, endocrinology and cell biology, which led to the first ever, scientifically documented 'test-tube baby' in the country on August 6, 1986. This creditable achievement was the result of the collaborated efforts of the KEM Hospital and Institute for Research in Reproduction (ICMR).

She is also credited for developing an acolyte donation technique for menopausal and premature ovarian failure patients, giving the country's first baby out of this technique on January 24, 1991.

For her outstanding performances, she has been felicitated on many occasions. She is the recipient of many awards— Young Indian Award (1987), Outstanding Lady Citizen of Maharashtra State Jaycee Award (1987), Bharat Nirman Award for Talented Ladies (1994), International Women's Day Award by the mayor of Mumbai (1995; 2000), Lifetime Achievement Award by Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecological Society of India (1999) and Dhanvantari Award by the governor of Maharashtra (2000) are a few.

The Union Gymkhana has organized a T20 cricket Belgaum player’s league (BPL) which will begin from 19^th December 2009 and will end on 1^st January 2010.

The Karnataka state Cricket association has affiliated itself with this tournament.

There will be in all 8 teams and each team will consist of 20 players; 14 players from Belgaum district & 6 from Karnataka. Franchises will have the option of selecting two players.

The bidding forms for the teams are available at the Union gymkhana office from today until 2^nd December. The bidding will resume from a floor price of Rs.60,000.

Three matches will be played in a day at 7.30am, 10.30 am & 1.30 pm and players will wear colored dress.

This could be a golden opportunity for the players from the district as they will get good exposure.

Now what will teams be named? Any guesses--

After the success of IPL, then KPL (Karnataka Premier League) now its turn of BPL, Belgaum premier league T 20 cricket tournament. This tournament will be the first district level T20 cricket tournament to be organized in India.

The Union Gymkhana Ltd. is organizing the BPL. The Karnataka cricket association has approved the BPL it is said.

The tournament will consist of 8 teams and will be held in December 2009.

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In Belgaum there are two GTS (Great Trigonometrical Survey) benchmarks. The first is housed in the St.Mary’s church premises in camp and the second one is placed at the Circuit House.

GTS is the standard is for establishing the elevations of the above mean sea level from a specific reference land surface. This was established in 1907 as 2523 feet above mean sea level.

A G.T.S. (Great Trigonometrical Survey) benchmark is a permanently fixed reference survey station (or point), having known elevation with respect to a standard datum (mean sea level). These are established all over India by Survey of India department with greater precision. A benchmark value is quite essential at any survey area, especially for reduction of observed sea level with respect to mean sea level or chart datum (CD). While carrying out bathymetric survey of a survey area, the datum referenced values thus obtained are used to compute the final depth contours of the survey area (with respect to CD). So, a benchmark, having known elevation is quite essential at the survey area, without which, preparation of a bathymetric chart is impossible. In some places, GTS benchmarks are available within a kilometer distance and can be easily transferred to the survey area by fly leveling using an automatic Level instrument and a graduated leveling staff. But in most of the cases, GTS benchmarks may be at far away distance from the area to be surveyed. In these cases, the most common traditional method of transferring the benchmark value using an automatic level instrument is a difficult task, consuming enormous amount of time and labour. To eliminate this process, a method is suggested in this technical report to transfer GTS benchmark from any far distance to the survey area. A latest Electronic Total Station (ETS) is the instrument that can be used for this purpose. The main advantage in applying this method is that considerable amount of time can be saved while maintaining the required accuracy.

It's destination Mumbai for Lakshmi Rai. The Belgaum beauty will now try her luck in Bollywood.

After the likes of Asin and Trisha the beauty from Belgaum is now getting ready to pack her bags and try her luck in Hindi films. She is mostly playing the lead heroine against Himesh Reshamiya in his new movie and she is working hard at the gym these days, because the Bollywood bosses want her to lose nine kilos for the part.

Lakshmi Rai said, she is playing the heroine in a Hindi movie that would begin early next year.

She also dismissed media reports that often link her with co-artistes, cricketers and much recently with her physical trainer, she said she has better things than these to do.

Laxmi Rai/Raibagi is from Belgaum and was the Miss Belgaum for 2 years.The 28 year old is a heart throb of the masses and she has reached the peak of a carrier in just 4 years after her debut in Karka Kasadara (2005).

This very blog had showcased her as a Star of Belgaum way back on 06 May 2008, see it here.

The corporation has gone ahead with the marking on the houses and shops along the RPD college road. The centre of the existing road was taken and 40 feet on both sides was marked which made the residents a bit uneasy and said that nothing should be done without their consent and until they get full compensation.

Still nothing has been decided about the compensation for the persons who will lose their property. The said road has been sanctioned under the special grant of 100 crore and the money can be spent only on the road and not as compensation. The city corporation can easily say that we have nothing to do with it and we cannot compensate.

The residents on Monday will submit a memorandum to the commissioner in this regard. The residents are angry in the manner in which the whole process is being under taken. Residents demanded that first make the ring road and then widen this road. First complete all incomplete works in the city and then come here. As this road has colleges the rush is only until 4 pm and 3 months when there are no classes this road is bare. Residents are ready for the road to be widened to 50 feet but not 80 feet.

Now it is left to be seen how the residents approach this matter and how the authorities handle this. Going to the court for a stay was also on the cards of the residents.

Minister for civil aviation Prafful Patel today said that flights will resume from Belgaum in the next 3 months.

Major work of the revamp and up gradation of the airport has been completed and within 3 months we should see flights taking off from Sambra airport he said. However he did not clarify which airline would start operations.

Kingfisher Airlines, the only carrier that was operating from the Sambra airport, stopped its services June 17 this year citing low load factor. Airport officials here said land acquisition for developing airport infrastructure has been completed. However, farmers in the region complain that their fertile land was acquired for the modernization project.

If this 3 month deadline is met Belgaum will be again on the air map and business will get a great boon.

Minister of Civil Aviation who was here for the inauguration of the QUEST SEZ in response to questions said that it is a chauvinistic' attitude of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and Shiv Sena, which had opposed Samajwadi Party Legislator Abu Asim Azmi taking oath in Hindi in the recently constituted Assembly.

Government to infuse Rs 800 crore into Air India soon and we are looking it to do it in 2 months.

At 4pm CM Yedurappa left for Khanapur where he will inaugurate the mini Vidhan Soudha and will proceed to Hubli from there.

Source: Meri News & ET

There are 60 marriage halls Kalyan mantaps in the city and they have not taken any permission from the city corporation.

This fact was revealed as a reply to a RTI application to Bhagojirao Patil & Bhaskar Pharfod. Out of these halls a few are running for over 40 to 50 years and they haven’t paid any fees to the corporation. How this has happened and the corporation has lost its income for so many years, who is responsible for this loss is yet to be answered.