VRL:

normal rate for 2+2 seating is Rs. 330 the same for festive season (Ramzan-Ganesh) is Rs.530. Same is the case with Volvo normal is Rs.500, festive rate is a whopping Rs.1200.

AAB did call up Pai travels and PVG and they said they haven’t raised any prices in the tickets.

Isn’t there are control on these people. Are these operators any less than robbers.

We should oppose this unruly price hike made by these bus operators who are nothing but LOOTING the common man.

When there are holidays in line like Saturday Sunday Monday; be sure the price has been hiked.

We should all do something against this, it’s our necessity and these bus operators are exploiting the same.

If any of the private bus operators are reading this story I request you comment on this and explain to the public and ratify your price hike.

Why is that the govt. does not do anything on this?

This happens each year, people want to go home for the festive season which does not mean that operators like VRL can double their ticket price.

In Maharashtra, the Swabhiman Sangthna run by Rane’s gave a stiff warning to travel operators in the state going to Konkan, that if they find that they have raised the ticket rates for this particular 2-3 days , they will have to face the consequences.

In India, no one hears when you speak calmly, they need some sounds and breaking.

Jago Grahak Jago !

Here is the direct link .

One can book only tickets of PAI from Pune to Belgaum only from this site.

Tickets can bee booked upto 7 days in advance. The site is also offering a discount of Rs.10 per ticket for the booking.

The seats for web booking seem to pre allocated.

http://www.prasannatours.com/

Thanks Amod Belavadi

The concessions announced by the state government would indeed be key factors for his airline to launch services for these destinations.

55-seat ATR on these routes.

Kingfisher Red, which was earlier flying to Belgaum from Bangalore, suspended its operations over a year ago citing poor demand.

This will bring some cheer to sky filers from Belgaum.

Source: Deccan Herald

The deceased identified as Vishwantah Konnur of Ramdurg aged 21 was bathing when a few stones tumbled on him and he was injured along with a few others.

He was admitted to the local hospital where he was advised to to be taken to Belgaum civil hospital.

The police have clarified that no tourist are under the debris and the work of clearing the road is on. This might take another 2-3 days the officials said.

Landslide on the road

The cause of worry for the PWD there is that even now mud is scaling down near the same spot and it is feared that he road has been badly damaged.

Beautiful waterfalls and the landslide

Very few tourists were seen as the road is blocked. This is the main season in Amboli and due to this landslide business has been hit.

Jeetesh Shah who had been there yesterday clicked these photos. Thanks Jeetesh.

The locals fear of tourists being under the debris, however the officials on the spot have not categorically denied this fact. The army has been called in to help clear the debris.

Traffic to Savantwadi has been cut off and now is diverted from Kankavli.

It could take a while before the debris is removed and it also feared that he road might have been badly damaged.

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The deficit making MSRTC in a statement today said that if this situation prevails for more then they will face a huge loss which will be irrecoverable.

The KSRTC is no different with losses due to non operations, it wants the service to resume as early as possible.

As the buses are off the road the Railway is seeing a huge rush for traffic towards Miraj. The Ekadashi is on Wednesday where people travel to Pandharpur from here, they are facing a very hard time.

Still it is very unclear when operations would commence but sources told the blog that as things have now come under control we could see these buses on the road tomorrow in phases.

Commuters are facing hardships and now if one has to travel to Kolhapur, one needs to go to Nippani and then take a tempo to Kagal and then reach Kolhapur.

People fight – people suffer.

Temple

As seen from KHB layout

Map mentioning the temple route at KHB layout

The place is accessible by road till the end from where one has to climb about 50 steps to go to the top. The place is quite pleasent and beautification works are going on like a garden, a small area with slides etc.

Stairs towards the temple. To climb up use the one on the Right

Entrance to the main shrine

The main shrine

Hall of the shrine is like a cave

View of the Belgaum city from the top

Park

How to go there:

Go to Auto Nagar – Tata power Plant

Take a right next to Tata power plant and go straight

Then later go through a smal street and then take a Left and reach the Karnataka housing board layout.

Go straight you will find a board follow it

Distance: About 10 kms from Chenamma circle

How to go: own vehicle

All Photos: UkMaD

Newly built Mysore Airport

CM BSY recently wrote to the Secretary of civil aviation to look into the possibilities of resuming air traffic from Belgaum and Bidar.

The Karnataka government plans to develop airports in each district of the state and has sought private participation to develop this infrastructure.

New Terminal building at Sambra unutilised

We Belgaumites will have keep dreaming of flying from here as major operators are unwilling to fly from Mysore then who will come to fly from Belgaum. The load factor is a major reason for not commencing operations. The Belgaum airport was recently renovated at a cost of Rs.3.57crores which now boasts of a fully AC terminal building. Mr. Praful Patel had said that by January 2010 air services would resume from Belgaum. But nothing has materialized.