Inclement weather, rain spoils PM's trip to M'lore

Mangalore, June 22: Inclement weather and heavy rain forced Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to cancel his visit to the coastal city today as his aircraft could not land at the Bajpe airport here.

After hovering the Bajpe airport here for a few sorties, the IAF Boeing, carrying Dr Singh and his entourage, was re-routed to Bangalore.

The Prime Minister was originally scheduled to have land here at 1135 hrs and proceed to Permude in Dakshina Kannada district by road to lay the foundation stone for the multi-crore refinery complex of Oil Natural Gas Corporation. He was then scheduled to arrive at Bangalore to take part in a couple of programmes during his two-day visit.

However, he was expected to reach Bangalore airport by 1245 hrs.

Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and his Deputy B S Yediyurappa, who went to the the coastal city to receive Dr Singh, were rushing back to Bangalore by road.

UNI

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