Bhatkal: The special chartered flight carrying 179 repatriates from Doha in Qatar landed at Mangaluru International Airport on 16th July, in which most of the passengers belonged to coastal Karnataka including those of Uttara Kannada district. This 'Indigo' operated special flight was chartered by Karnataka Cultural Forum (KCF).

The KCF successfully arranged this chartered flight making the stranded citizens reach home, in which passengers belonged from Mangaluru, Udupi, Kundapur, Byndoor, Bhatkal, Murdeshwar, Honnavar and Kumta. The efforts of Abdul Rahim Saadi, Muneer Magondi, Hanif Puttur, and many others were successful, making the stranded people reach their homeland in this tough times.