Inclement weather, rain spoils PM's trip to Mangalore

Mangalore, June 23 (UNI) 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 over 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 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 the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation. He was then scheduled to go to Bangalore to take part in a couple of programmes during his two-day visit.

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.

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