Visakhapatnam news as on September 10,2017

Swachh Bharat Pakhwada

Indian Institute of Management, Visakhapatnam organized cleanliness drive on Sunday. Students cleared the premises of Andhra University central canteen and Andhra Bank School of Business block. They removed the weed and picked up the dry garbage strewn across the premises. The initiative was taken as a part of Swachh Bharat Pakhwada, a fortnight long cleanliness drive started by IIM-V.

Technical snag delays flight

Bengaluru bound Air India flight on Sunday did not take off allegedly due to a technical snag. As many as 72 passengers were struck at Visakhapatnam airport for almost 10 hours. According to sources, Flight AI-9539 via Vijayawada was to take off from Visakhapatnam airport at around 7.45am on Sunday. After passengers boarded the flight, the pilot noticing some technical snag did not take off and asked the passengers to disembark. Following the passengers became angry, the authorities arranged a flight at around 12.30pm for Bengaluru passengers and at around 6.30pm, the management arranged a flight for Vijayawada passengers.