NRIs urge Riyadh-Mangalore direct flight

Riyadh: NRIs hailing from coastal Karnataka and northern Kerala have been constantly making relentless efforts to have direct airline connectivity between Mangalore and Saudi Arabia. As part of their continuous efforts in this direction, Jam?iyyatul Falah Riyadh Unit recently submitted a memorandum to External Affair Minister Shri. Pranab Mukarjee during his visit to Riyadh and urged for his assistance to start direct flight from Riyadh to Mangalore.
In the memorandum the unit members have explained the inconveniences caused to thousands of NRIs from Coastal Karnataka and Northern Kerala living in Saudi as they have to fly to Mangalore via Mumbai airport and other points in India. "The introduction of direct flight from Riyadh to Mangalore will help these people in saving time, money and reduce the stress" they said in the memorandum.
Jam'iyyatul Falah had also started a signature campaign and the copy of around 1000 signatures collected so far was submitted to the minister along with the memorandum.
26/04/08 Iftikhar Ahmed/Mangalorean.com

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