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mangalore mania

June 23rd, 2011, 10:43 AM

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Mangalore, June 23: On the one hand Mangalore city has grown rapidly with concrete roads, high rise buildings, new dividers and so on.

However, the development has taken away the bus shelters in the city. When the Mangalore City Corporation undertook widening and concreting of roads, several footpaths and bus shelters were demolished. Even after completing the road work, the bus shelters are still missing at several places in the city.

As a result, passengers are forced to wait for the buses on the road itself. State Bank area, K S Rao Road, Nav Bharath Circle, Bunts Hostel, PVS Circle, Bendoorwell, Balmatta are some of the places which need bus shelters in the heart of the city.

Though there is a bus stop at Lady Goschen Hospital area, the shelter exists only for namesake as passngers have to wait on the road itself to board a bus.

On the other hand, a bus shelter exists at Pumpwell. However, buses do not stop near the bus shelter. As a result, passengers have to wait on the road itself.

With all types of buses racing, no lane discipline is followed and two/three wheelers invariably ply on the wrong side posing a serious threat to the passengers alighting/boarding buses at RTO stop. Without the bus shleter at State Bank, the passengers are forced to wait for the buses on the road itself, putting their life into risk.

“A bus shelter at Nav Bharath Circle is need of the hour as there are three schools in the vicinity and children wait for the buses on the road itself. Few buses which drive harshly and children are put to hardship,” said a passenger.

Bus bays

The non-implementation of bus bays on Mangalore roads has put passengers and road users in the city to a lot of hardships. The recommendation of the Mangalore traffic police to the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) to earmark bus bays was gathering dust till recently. The recommendation has been the work of two Superintendents of Police N S Megharikh and Kamal Panth, who served the district between 1997 and 1999.

MCC speaks

MCC Commissioner Dr K N Vijayaprakash said according to a survey, the city corporation limits had 284 bus shletres. Of which, 89 were dismantled while carrying out concreting work. Few bus shelters are getting ready. “The City Corporation has realised the problem faced by the passegers without bus sheleters. Bus shelters will be developed with the help of private participation. The MCC officials have already been asked to identify the places which require bus shelters immediately in the city.”

He said a model bus shelter with basic facilities was set up with the private participation at Jyothi. Similar bus shelters will be set up in other areas. The private participation helps the MCC to fetch revenue through advertisements.

“We have already identified 18 places where bus bays will be set up in the MCC limits. A detailed report on the bus bays will be ready by the month end after consulting the stakeholders,” said the Commissioner.

At the same time, City Transport Traffic Plan by the ICRA consultancy is ready. “We are planning to set up some unique designs of bus sheleters which will suit the city atmosphere.”
Coastaldogest (http://www.coastaldigest.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26478:bus-shelters-missing-in-city&catid=57:news-stories&Itemid=68)

mangalore mania

June 24th, 2011, 07:23 AM

Even though the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation has been seeking permit to operate city services in Mangalore for more than a year, the Regional Transport Authority, headed by the Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner, has kept quiet.

KSRTC Managing Director Gaurav Gupta attributed this delay to opposition from private bus operators. “As Mangalore city comes under non-nationalised sector, the corporation should have permit to operate services,” he said
The Hindu (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2130668.ece)

mangalore mania

June 24th, 2011, 08:24 PM

ಮಂಗಳೂರು: ಮಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರದ ಕೇಂದ್ರಭಾಗದ ಹಂಪನಕಟ್ಟೆ , ಸ್ಟೇಟ್*ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್* ಪ್ರದೇಶಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊಸ ಬಸ್* ಸಂಚಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಪರವಾನಿಗೆಗಳನ್ನು ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸಿ 21 ವರ್ಷಗಳು ಕಳೆದಿವೆ. ಈ ಅವಧಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹೊಸ ಬಸ್ಸುಗಳನ್ನು ಆರಂಭಿಸಲು ಖಾಸಗಿಯವರು ಹಾಗೂ ಕೆಎಸ್*ಆರ್*ಟಿಸಿ ಉತ್ಸುಕವಾಗಿದ್ದರೂ ಅವರ ಪಾಲಿಗೆ ಸಂಕಷ್ಟ ತಂದಿಟ್ಟಿರುವುದು ಡಿಎಂ (ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ದಂಡಾಧಿಕಾರಿ-ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಧಿಕಾರಿ) ಅಧಿಸೂಚನೆ.

ಈ 21 ವರ್ಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಗರ ಹತ್ತು ಪಟ್ಟು ಬೆಳೆದಿದೆ. ನಗರದೊಳಗಿರುವ ಹಾಗೂ ಬಂದು ಹೋಗುವ ಜನಸಂಖ್ಯೆಯಲ್ಲಿ 20 ಪಟ್ಟು ಹೆಚ್ಚಳವಾಗಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ತಕ್ಕಂತೆ ಬಸ್* ಸೌಲಭ್ಯಗಳು ಬೆಳೆದಿಲ್ಲ. ಬಸ್ಸು ಗಳ ಪ್ರಮಾಣ ಹೆಚ್ಚದಿರಲು ಮತ್ತೂಂದು ಕಾರಣವೆಂದರೆ ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ಮೂಲ ಸೌಕರ್ಯ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ.

ವಿಶಾಲವಾದ ಬಸ್ಸು ನಿಲ್ದಾಣ, ಅಗಲವಾದ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳು ಇಲ್ಲದೆ, ಸಂಚಾರ ಒತ್ತಡ ಹೆಚ್ಚುತ್ತಿದೆ.ಇದನ್ನು ನಿಯಂತ್ರಿಸಲು ಜಾರಿಗೆ ಬಂದುದು ಡಿಎಂ (ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ದಂಡಾಧಿಕಾರಿ-ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಧಿಕಾರಿ) ಅಧಿಸೂಚನೆ. ಅದು ಈಗ ಸರಕಾರಿ ಬಸ್ಸುಗಳಿಗೂ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಯಾಗಿ ನಿಂತಿದೆ. ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸಾರಿಗೆ ಸಚಿವ ಆರ್*.ಅಶೋಕ್* ನಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ಸರಕಾರಿ ಬಸ್ಸು ಓಡಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ ಎಂದು ಹಲವು ಬಾರಿ ಘೋಷಿಸಿದ್ದರೂ ಅದು ಜಾರಿಯಾಗದಿರುವುದು ಇದೇ ಕಾರಣದಿಂದ.

ಮಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರದೊಳಗೆ ಹೊಸದಾಗಿ ಬಸ್*ಗಳ ಸಂಚಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ನೀಡುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ನಿಷೇಧ ಹೇರಿ 1992ರಲ್ಲಿ ಆಗಿನ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಧಿಕಾರಿ ಅವರು ಅಧಿಸೂಚನೆಯನ್ನು ಹೊರಡಿಸಿದ್ದರು. ಇದರಂತೆ ನಗರದ ಕೆಪಿಟಿ ವೃತ್ತ, ಕಂಕನಾಡಿ, ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಟ್ಟೆ, ಲೇಡಿಹಿಲ್*ವರಗೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ನೂತನ ಪರವಾನಿಗೆಗಳನ್ನು ನೀಡಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ.

ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಉದ್ಬವವಾಗಿರುವ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಯೆಂದರೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನವರು ಈ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳಿಗೆ ಸೀಮಿತಗೊಳಿಸಿ ಬಸ್*ಗಳ ಸಂಚಾರ ಆರಂಭಿಸಲು ಮುಂದೆ ಬರುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ. ಅವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲವು ಪರವಾನಿಗೆಯನ್ನು ಉಲ್ಲಂಘಿಸಿ ಸ್ಟೇಟ್* ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್*ವರೆಗೆ ಬಂದು ಹೋಗುತ್ತವೆ.

ಇದನ್ನು ತಡೆಗಟ್ಟುವ ನಿಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾರಿಗೆ ಇಲಾಖೆ ವಲಯ ನಮೂದಿಸುವ ನಿಯಮವನ್ನೂ ಜಾರಿಗೆ ತಂದಿದೆ. ಇನ್ನು ಪ್ರಯಾಣಿಕರು ಕೂಡ ಅನಿವಾರ್ಯ ಸಂದರ್ಭಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊರತುಪಡಿಸಿ ಈ ಬಸ್*ಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಯಾಣಿಸಲು ಬಯಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಲಾಭದಾಯಕ ಅಲ್ಲ ಎನ್ನುವ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಿಂದ ಇಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಬಸ್*ಗಳನ್ನು ಓಡಿಸಲು ಮಾಲಕರು ಮುಂದೆ ಬರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.

ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ವಂಚಿತ ಸರಕಾರಿ ಬಸ್*ಗಳು

ಮಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರಕ್ಕೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಗ್ರಾಮಾಂತರ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳಿಗೆ ಸರಕಾರಿ ಬಸ್*ಗಳ ಸಂಚಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಡಿಎಂ ಅಧಿಸೂಚನೆ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆ ತಂದೆಯೊಡ್ಡಿದೆ. ಕೆಎಸ್*ಆರ್*ಟಿಸಿ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿರುವ ಒಟ್ಟು 37 ಅರ್ಜಿಗಳು ಈ ಕಾರಣದಿಂದ ಪ್ರಾದೇಶಿಕ ಸಾರಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಾಧಿಕಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಂಜೂರು ಗೊಂಡಿಲ್ಲ. ಕೆಎಸ್*ಆರ್*ಟಿಸಿ ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ಕೋರಿರುವ ಮಾರ್ಗಗಳು ಡಿಎಂ ನೋಟಿಪಿಕೇಶನ್* ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳನ್ನು ಹಾದುಹೋಗುತ್ತದೆ .

ಡಿಎಂ ಅಧಿಸೂಚನೆ ಮತ್ತು ನಗರದೊಳಗೆ ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಇರುವ ಖಾಸಗಿ ಬಸ್* ನಿಲ್ದಾಣ ಸ್ಥಳಾಂತರ ಪ್ರಸ್ತಾಪದ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಈ 37 ಅರ್ಜಿಗಳು ಇತ್ತೀಚೆಗೆ ನಡೆದ ಪ್ರಾಧಿಕಾರದ ಸಭೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಂಜೂರುಗೊಂಡಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ಸಾರಿಗೆ ಇಲಾಖೆಯ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳು ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ಡಿಎಂ ನೋಟಿಫಿಕೇಶನ್* ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿ ಪ್ರದೇಶದ ಹೊರಗಡೆಯಿಂದ ಬಸ್*ಗಳನ್ನು ಓಡಿಸಲು ಕೆಎಸ್*ಆರ್*ಟಿಸಿ ಕೂಡ ಆಸಕ್ತಿ ವಹಿಸುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ. ಇದರ ಒಟ್ಟು ಪರಿಣಾಮವಾಗಿ ಮಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರದ ಜನತೆ ಸರಕಾರಿ ಸಿಟಿಬಸ್* ಸೌಲಭ್ಯದಿಂದ ವಂಚಿತರಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಮಂಗಳೂರು ಪ್ರಾದೇಶಿಕ ಸಾರಿಗೆ ಇಲಾಖೆಯಿಂದ ಸ್ಟೇಟ್* ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್*ಗೆ ಆಗಮಿಸಲು 215 ಸಿಟಬಸ್*ಗಳಿಗೆ ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ಇದೆ. ಇತರ ಕಡೆಗಳಿಂದ ನಿರ್ಗಮನಕ್ಕೆ 157 ಸಿಟಿಬಸ್*ಗಳು ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ಹೊಂದಿವೆ.

ಸ್ಟೇಟ್*ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್* ಬಳಿ ಇರುವ ಸರ್ವಿಸ್* ಬಸ್* ನಿಲ್ದಾಣಕ್ಕೆ ಆಗಮಿಸಲು 263 ಬಸ್*ಗಳು ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ಹೊಂದಿವೆ. ಇತರ ಕಡೆಗಳಿಂದ 299 ಬಸ್*ಗಳಿಗೆ ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ಇದೆ. ಇದಲ್ಲದೆ ಅಂತರ್* ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ, ಮತ್ತು ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸಾರಿಗೆ ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಬಸ್*ಗಳು ಸಂಚಾರ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿವೆ . ಇದೆಲ್ಲ ಒಟ್ಟು ಸೇರಿದರೆ ಸುಮಾರು 2,000 ಬಸ್*ಗಳಿವೆ.

ಪರ್ಯಾಯ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯಾದರೆ ಪರಿಶೀಲನೆ: ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಧಿಕಾರಿ

ಮಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರದೊಳಗೆ ವಾಹನ ದಟ್ಟಣೆ ಮಿತಿಮೀರಿದ್ದು ಒಟ್ಟು ಸಂಚಾರ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳನ್ನು ಎದುರಿಸುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಆದುದರಿಂದ ಡಿಎಂ ನೋಟಿಫಿಕೇಶನ್* ರದ್ದುಗೊಳಿಸುವ ಪ್ರಸ್ತಾಪ ಸದ್ಯ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಪರ್ಯಾಯ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಗಳು ಆದರೆ ರದ್ಧತಿಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಪರಿಶೀಲಿಸಬಹುದು ಎಂದು ದ.ಕ. ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಧಿಕಾರಿ ಚನ್ನಪ್ಪ ಗೌಡ ಅವರು ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ನಗರದೊಳಗೆ ಅವಕಾಶವಿಲ್ಲ: ಆರ್*ಟಿಒ

ಡಿಎಂ ನೋಟಿಫಿಕೇಶನ್* ಜಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿದ್ದು ಮಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರದೊಳಗೆ ಹೊಸದಾಗಿ ಬಸ್*ಗಳ ಸಂಚಾರಕ್ಕೆ
ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ನೀಡಲು ಅವಕಾಶವಿಲ್ಲ. ನೋಟಿಫಿಕೇಶನ್* ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿಯ ಹೊರಗಡೆ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳಿಂದ ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ನೀಡಲು ಅಡ್ಡಿ ಇಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ಮಂಗಳೂರು ಪ್ರಾದೇಶಿಕ ಸಾರಿಗೆ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಯವರು ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
Udayavani (http://www.udayavani.com/news/77296L15-%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%B8---%E0%B2%B8-%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%AD-%E0%B2%AF-%E0%B2%B9-%E0%B2%9A-%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%B3%E0%B2%95-%E0%B2%95--%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%A1-%E0%B2%A1-%E0%B2%AF-%E0%B2%97-%E0%B2%A6--%E0%B2%A1-%E0%B2%8E--%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%A7-%E0%B2%B8-%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%A8-.html)

s.yogendra

June 25th, 2011, 10:21 PM

Traffic comes to a standstill

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The traffic near Ayyappa Gudi near Santhekatte in Belthangady came to a standstill for more than an hour after a huge tree uprooted. A car was partially damaged when the tree fell on it.

©DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/photo.php?id=6870)

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s.yogendra

June 25th, 2011, 10:51 PM

Major proposals for Mangalore railways

details:- http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=80304384&postcount=1076

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mangalore mania

June 26th, 2011, 12:26 PM

The World Class Station in Mangalore, as promised by the then Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, can be a reality only if the authorities concerned arrive at a consensus

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Mangaloreans were excited when the then Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee announced a surprise gift to Mangalore on June 3, 2009 in the railway budget. The gift: Upgradation of Mangalore railway station into a World Class Station (WCS). Besides, the budget also earmarked Rs 800 crore for civil works in Karnataka, which is twice what it got in the previous year.

After that, Mamata presented railway budgets twice, but the upgradation of Mangalore railway station lies only on paper.

What is WCS?

The railway station which has the facilities of international standard is termed as World Class Station (WCS). The concept was introduced in 2009-10 railway budget by Mamata Banerjii. The WCS includes superior service to passengers, smooth and safe road traffic flow to and from the station, adequate parking facilities, real and perceived security of high standards, surveillance of CCTV, multi–functional complexes, food courts, shopping facilities etc. The construction of WCS will be in a sustainable and environmental-friendly way and constructed in a Public Private Partnership (PPP).

The confusion

In the 2009-10 budget, Mamata Banerjee announced that 50 stations across India will be upgraded into world class stations.(In the next year budget, 10 more stations were included in the list). It includes three stations in Karnataka, namely Bangalore City, Baiyapanahalli and Mangalore. Some of the other stations included in the plan were Mumbai CST, New Delhi, Kochi, Trivandrum, Howrah, Guwahati and Lucknow.

Even though Mangalore has been promised a WCS, the minister did not specify whether it would be the upgradation of an existing station or building a new one. The two stations, Mangalore Central in Hampankatta and Mangalore Junction in Kankanady, both are having problems to comply with the WCS regulations. The Railways don’t have land in Mangalore Central to develop it into a world class level. Moreover, all the trains which go to North India cannot come to the central station. So the railways selected the second option, the Mangalore Junction railway station at Kankanady for upgradation. But the station is far from the city and doesn’t have proper travelling facilities.

The move to construct WCS at Mangalore Junction was also opposed by the district administration, Mangalore City Corporation and political parties citing the same reason. Since the land acquisition is possible only if there is a consensus between Railway authority, civic bodies and political parties, the railways was forced to search for other land.

Yekkur, which is located between two stations was also considered, but the move was later dropped because the levelling of land would cost crores of rupees which was not feasible. The total estimate of the WCS project in Mangalore is 50 crores. The railway requires minimum 50 acres of land to develop world class station. Now the Railway has identified land between Mangalore Junction and Nethravathi near Jeppu Kudupady, but is awaiting for the nod from civic bodies and people’s representatives. “We have identified the land. But it requires consensus among the three parties. That is the Railways, Civic bodies and political parties,” said Railways Area Officer (Palakkad Division) G Prabhakar. “We can only proceed, if the Government agrees. Once it has been done, then the ball is in our court,” he added.

He also admits that they have not yet received any letter from top regarding the time frame to finish the work or about the facilities in the station.

The proposed WCS will be developed through Public Private Partnership (PPP). “The chances of levying luxury taxes for food items etc inside the proposed station like in airports is remote,” say railway sources. The minimum time required to complete the WCS station cannot be specified now, as this is the first of its kind in India.

Out of the 60 stations selected for upgradation to WCS, only three stations have started the primary works. In Southern Railways, only Chennai started the initial works.
Mangalore is one of the busiest railway stations handling an estimate of 8000 passengers per day.

The World Class Station will surely help to solve many problems of the passengers and authorities regarding travelling facilities. If the authorities and people’s representatives reach at a consensus, then it would be a feather on the cap of Mangalore.
Deccan Herald (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/171343/promises-rly-station-not-track.html)

Now the Railway has identified land between Mangalore Junction and Nethravathi near Jeppu Kudupady, but is awaiting for the nod from civic bodies and people’s representatives
Where Will this place be..? I dont find any level land except on this stretch

mangalore mania

June 26th, 2011, 12:34 PM

I think we shoul a new thread in this forum just to point out the low standard work of IRCON

The retaining wall of NH 66 near the AJ Hospital has collapsed into a private compound adjacent to it on June 26.

The incident took place when the owner of the property, Rotary president Herman Pereira, was returning from work with his son at 7.30 pm and was just entering his house. There was a loud sound as suddenly the wall built to retain the soil collapsed into their compound. Luckily Herman and his son survived without any injuries.
http://mangalorean.com/images/newstemp29/20110626HE-26.JPG
Speaking to mangalorean.com Herman said this wall was built 2 years ago to prevent landslide and soil erosion which were likely to happen during rains and the volume of traffic on NH 66. The quality of work done by IRCON left much to be desired and that may be the reason for the collapse, he said.

The same wall at the other end had collapsed last year because of the poor quality of work, he said. All the stones and rubble has landed in the front side of their house and the way to the house has been totally blocked, making it difficult for them to come out of their house.

Herman said he has already approached Yogish Bhat, Krishna J Palemar, Veerappa Moily and the 2 DC's but nothing happened and no action was taken. There is no proper drainage in the area from KPT to AJ Hospital, he added.

The estimated loss is more than Rs one lakh. The signboard, metal rods, steel racks and pipes stored in the compound are buried under the rubble. The car parked in the compound is also damaged.

A case has been registered in the Kadri police station and investigation is in progress.

A case has been registered in the Kadri police station and investigation is in progress.:lol::lol::lol:

mangalore mania

June 26th, 2011, 12:35 PM

I think we shoul a new thread in this forum just to point out the low standard work of IRCON

The retaining wall of NH 66 near the AJ Hospital has collapsed into a private compound adjacent to it on June 26.

The incident took place when the owner of the property, Rotary president Herman Pereira, was returning from work with his son at 7.30 pm and was just entering his house. There was a loud sound as suddenly the wall built to retain the soil collapsed into their compound. Luckily Herman and his son survived without any injuries.
http://mangalorean.com/images/newstemp29/20110626HE-26.JPG
Speaking to mangalorean.com Herman said this wall was built 2 years ago to prevent landslide and soil erosion which were likely to happen during rains and the volume of traffic on NH 66. The quality of work done by IRCON left much to be desired and that may be the reason for the collapse, he said.

The same wall at the other end had collapsed last year because of the poor quality of work, he said. All the stones and rubble has landed in the front side of their house and the way to the house has been totally blocked, making it difficult for them to come out of their house.

Herman said he has already approached Yogish Bhat, Krishna J Palemar, Veerappa Moily and the 2 DC's but nothing happened and no action was taken. There is no proper drainage in the area from KPT to AJ Hospital, he added.

The estimated loss is more than Rs one lakh. The signboard, metal rods, steel racks and pipes stored in the compound are buried under the rubble. The car parked in the compound is also damaged.

A case has been registered in the Kadri police station and investigation is in progress.

Mangalorean (http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=247456)

A case has been registered in the Kadri police station and investigation is in progress.:lol::lol::lol:

Krishnamoorthy K

June 27th, 2011, 09:44 AM

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-- Udayavani

Rupees 724 crores Surathkal-Kundapura fourlaning project has set aside rupees 175 crores for acquiring land. 40-42 meters wide land is already in possession of government another 10 meters land on both sides are required.
-- Udayavani

Krishnamoorthy K

June 27th, 2011, 09:45 AM

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Uppinangadi-Guruvayanakere state highway (NH-73 or old NH-234?) although resurfaced has gone bad again. Full amount is sanctioned for the development of the road but, the PWD is dillydallying to release the money. Six months back transport miniter Udasi had promised to release rupees 80 lakhs within two days but didn't. Now it has been conveyed that under chief ministers 15000 km road development project rupees 5 crores and under masthakaabhisheka road works rupees 2.8 crores are needed for the road.
-- Udayavani

Krishnamoorthy K

June 27th, 2011, 09:45 AM

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-- Hosadigantha

Krishnamoorthy K

June 27th, 2011, 09:47 AM

Can anyone tell me which is the place?
It looks really beautiful,place filled with greenery,south canara really rocks:banana:

As mentioned in the title "Pangala Kattikere".

:bash::bash::bash:

Udayavani (http://www.udayavani.com/news/76863L15-%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%A3-%E0%B2%AA-%E0%B2%B2-%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%9C%E0%B2%AA--%E0%B2%B5-%E0%B2%B2-%E0%B2%B5--%E0%B2%AF-%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%95-%E0%B2%95--%E0%B2%96-%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%97--%E0%B2%B2-%E0%B2%AC--%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%A1-%E0%B2%A1-.html)

There is no need of reducing the frequency. Every time i see these volvos they are either all seat occupied or standing

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-- Udayavani

Krishnamoorthy K

June 27th, 2011, 09:48 AM

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The vehicles coming from Mangaluru can enter the city at Kinnimulki through the service road and then the overpass. Karavali junction signal lights will be removed in accordance with the national highway rules.
-- Udayavani

Krishnamoorthy K

June 27th, 2011, 09:49 AM

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Jodukatte - Brahmagiri and Malpe Citizen Circle - Beach road will become fourlane. For Ambagilu - Thangadagadi - Kalsanka road widening rupees 13 crores is agreed for land acquisition and technical approval is received for rupees 8 crores road development. Kadiyali - Manipala road CFL street light project of rupees 70 lakhs on BOT basis is inagurated, construction of Konkana Railway bridge and foot bridge are pending on this road.
-- Udayavani

Krishnamoorthy K

June 27th, 2011, 09:50 AM

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-- Udayavani

Krishnamoorthy K

June 27th, 2011, 09:55 AM

Links to earlier posts:
Roads of Mangala Corniche Enclosure: Part - I (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=76594261&postcount=181)
Roads of Mangala Corniche Enclosure: Part - II (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=76594279&postcount=182)
Roads of Mangala Corniche Enclosure: Part - III (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=76594291&postcount=183)
Roads of Mangala Corniche Enclosure: Part - IV (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=78588628&postcount=214)

Kuloor Interchange Casestudy:

Roads of Mangala Corniche Enclosure: Part - IV (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=78588628&postcount=214)
Engineer Akash's Post (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=78617854&postcount=215)
My Post - 1 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=79113076&postcount=228)
My Post - 2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=79320486&postcount=239)

I am continuing the discussion on the Kuloor bridge case study. I am giving importance to this because once we fix this intersection we can follow the same pattern for the other intersections with the highways near the rivers.

Here are a few more suggestions for Kuloor intersection.

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/4903/2qlwmlv.th.jpg (http://img89.imageshack.us/i/2qlwmlv.jpg/)

As discussed earlier we will not have on and off ramps to NH-66 carriageways to avoid weaving problems on express carriageways.

In the second figure Mangala Corniche will have a flyover on only one side. The draw back is vehicle moving straight would be moving at higher speed from left side, that is effectively, over taking from the wrong side.

And to enter/leave NH-66 from/to Mangala Corniche they have to move towards the south on the service roads and in Kuloor-Kavoor intersection take a U-turn and then move in the north direction.

http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/4247/xyc0m.th.jpg (http://img535.imageshack.us/i/xyc0m.jpg/)

In the third figure, scale of NH-66 may be of eightlane and Mangala Corniche may be of sixlane. Both are grade separated but, the interchange is through the service roads. The service roads are of fourlane.

Mangala Corniche along with service roads can be of sixlane within the specified width of 45 meters and NH-66 along with service roads is also within 60 meters except near roundabouts. (Note that in my drawing width looks more than 60 meters as I have not tried to fit lines properly.) Instead of roundabouts if we opt for SPUI (signal light based movements) then the width can be within 60 meters at the intersections also. The pedestrian staircases are also connected to the service bridges assuming they have footpath.

The small circle (roundabout) below the bridge connects all the service roads together so that vehicles can move to or from the service bridges to Mangala Corniche on both the sides. The service bridges are unidirectional but they can be made bidirectional if needed. There are two flyovers from one of Mangala Corniche express carriageway to the side of the service road in the same direction. The other side of the express carriageway is connected to the roundabout passing under express carriageways of NH-66. If running under NH-66 express carriageways is not possible then they can be built from the sides with some additional land requirement.

As there is service bridge, one or both the highway ramps in both Panambur and Kuloor roundabouts can be eliminated. In this case the vehicles have to move all along the service roads, north or south as required, till they find an interchange point to cross over to the highway.

'Queuing' is still an issue on 'down ramps' (or branch of the highway joining intersection or 'off ramps') of the highway. For this reason ramps will touch the ground much before the roundabouts except the one marked 'x' in the inset diagram as there is no space available between the interchange and the bridge to accomodate the queue unless width of the bridge is widened further. 'Queue' on the service roads or the other local roads to join the express carriageways is not that much serious issue as compared to creating 'queue' on express carriageways.

Another issue is how to put signboards. For example, if flyover from Mangala Corniche to service road is missed then next flyover will be available only after travelling a long distance so as to take a U-turn through the service roads and then travel back.

Although in this diagram Mangala Corniche runs closer to the river bank I hope space between the rivers and the road will be much wider in the other places so that the river bank is more green. There could be separate tracks on riverside for the movements of tanga, bicycle, camel or skater. Pedestrian subways could be made wide enough to allow movements of these through ramps in place of staircases. In addition, all parking areas for general vehicles should be on the landside, for example, in Sultan Battery no vehicle is allowed to park on the riverside.

The pipeline crossing the highway near harbour may have to be shifted or run underground to accommodate the bridge/flyover. The pipeline may have to run through a underpass as it requires regular maintenance???

I don't think sand mining trucks need any access to river bank near Kuloor bridge as sand mining is banned here under new CRZ rules. Only tourist boat (and may be fishing boats) berths will be located along the river banks.

Land within roundabouts and between roads leading to roundabouts could be used for planting small trees hoping that they will not mask signboards.

Intersections of Mangala Corniche with the other feeder roads

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/9584/f24z1s.th.jpg (http://img829.imageshack.us/i/f24z1s.jpg/)

The feeder roads could be classified as those which join the service roads and those which join the express carriageways directly. In the western side in many locations the feeder roads are just 500 meters apart hence, enough care to be taken against 'weaving' movements on Mangala Corniche express carriageways between entry/exit points of to/from flyovers for the specified speed of the express road. For this reason a few of the feeder roads identified in Part-I may be demoted to have connection with the service roads only. Also too many flyovers may also spoil the look of the region apart from the cost of construction. Where the road has enough elevation from the rivers' level we can have underpasses instead of overpassing flyovers. (This is to allow rain water from the underpasses to drain naturally into the rivers. Same is true for pedestrian subways but they have less height except for camel passes.) Ideally the roundabouts with overpasses/underpasses could be separated by a kilometer atleast. Irrespective of having underpass or overpass connection with express carriageways all the feeder roads identified in Part-I should be fourlane roads at least to allow smooth movements of buses. To accomodate 'queues' the links between express carriageway and service road ('down ramp' or 'off ramp') should have enough length as discussed earlier.

Intersections of highways:

There may be a need to barricade the sides of NH-66 except for the feeder roads (and busstops through busbays). Anyway there is a natural barricade for vehicles as highway is elevated. Not sure whether access to footpath from highway needed in emergency cases. By all probability median of express carriageways will be barricaded. Most of the feeder roads will be connected to the service roads and a few to the express carriageways. That means gates of houses will not be opening to the roads and no buildings will use the sides of the service roads for parking vehicles. As a few samples, the sides of highway may look like as shown in the following figures in future. I am not sure whether service roads can have diamond interchanges on both the sides but, in the figures they are shown.

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/1179/x2ru2r.th.jpg (http://img18.imageshack.us/i/x2ru2r.jpg/)

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/3973/2zp2mmv.th.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/i/2zp2mmv.jpg/)

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/772/2n8ycci.th.jpg (http://img192.imageshack.us/i/2n8ycci.jpg/)

The diagrams below show Nanthoor circle with 4 level interchange and Bikarnakatte circle with 3 level interchange and Pumpwell circle with 2 level interchange. At Bikarnakatte NH-75 to NH-169 connections are through the roundabout. All the overpasses and the underpasses shown in the diagrams can be eliminated by choosing to move through roundabout to enter/leave one highway from/to the other.

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/952/e1999i.th.jpg (http://img263.imageshack.us/i/e1999i.jpg/)

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/2539/vxgmlu.th.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/i/vxgmlu.jpg/)

The sevice road from Nanthoor-Bikarnakatte-Padil is fourlane road (dual carriageways allowing feeder roads to join it at the intersections and having a limited number of u-turns) as discussed in Part-III as it is a part of extended ring road. And Nanthoor-Bikarnakatte-Kulashekhara is double as it is a part of Shaktinagara ring road which connects all radial roads. NH-66 service roads should have fourlane service roads on the entire stretch and beyond.

The diagrams shows only a few feeder roads but there may be many more roads joining the service roads from one side like Bajjodi Road, etc but they will not be having underpasses or overpasses to join the the service roads on the other side. The overpasses or underpasses can also be designed to join the service road running in the same direction as in the case of Kuloor interchange discussed earlier or vice-versa. All the feeder roads identified in Part-I should have underpass (or overpass) to the opposite side of the highway irrespective of whether they are directly connected to the express carriageways or not.

Notes:

The 'roundabouts' are included within 'interchanges' in one page of wikipedia and in some other pages they have been just identified as 'intersections' as the roads are not grade separated.

We need to identify places for busstops (?) on highways along with busbays and also autobays or taxibays and the connectivity of these bays with service roads within Mangala Corniche enclosure. Where to have busbays - only on service roads or we can have them on the sides of express carriageways? I have not travelled on any BRTS but photographs of Dilli BRTS thread show the busstops on the median itself.

For NH-66 there might be a plan but nothing is available to public otherwise for RTI. I don't know whether the authorities are keeping the plans in internet for public scrutiny and suggestion before implementation. Even MUDA website does not have government building plans. But, I think there is a rule saying that all plans including parking plan should be displayed outside the buildings.

One more topic of interest may be to incorporate modifiable features in the design, for example, expansion of highway from sixlane to eightlane. If a sixlane highway is built having a life of 50 years and a need for expansion to eightlane arises within 10 years then how to expand without much modification in the other parts of the intersections?

<Not The End>

Krishnamoorthy K

June 28th, 2011, 01:13 PM

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Port authorities are not taking up maintenance work as the road belongs to NHAI.
-- Udayavani

Krishnamoorthy K

June 28th, 2011, 01:16 PM

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The question is whether there will be service bridges/flyovers here so that the road passing underneath can be connected to the service roads. The service bridges can be added in the next phase also if not needed immediately.

Suj Mangalore

June 28th, 2011, 06:44 PM

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-- Udayavani
As my hometown is karkala,last time when i visited there no work was happening,i noticed some shops were demolished,compound walls of some houses were razed down,not much progress was seen,well the widening should happen soon,karkala town has a very narrow road,its very difficult for pedestrians to walk:ohno:

Krishnamoorthy K

July 3rd, 2011, 02:33 PM

x-post.
:ohno:

http://www.udayavani.com/udayavani_cms/gall_content/2011/7/2011_7$largeimg202_Jul_2011_223453077.jpg
ಮಂಗಳೂರು: ಮಂಗಳೂರು ಮಹಾನಗರ ಪಾಲಿಕೆ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ ಮೊದಲ ಹಂತದ ವಿಶೇಷ ಅನುದಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೈಗೆತ್ತಿಕೊಂಡಿರುವ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳ ಕಾಂಕ್ರಿಟೀಕರಣ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಆಡಳಿತ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಹೇಳುವಂತೆ ಬಹುತೇಕ ಮುಗಿದಿದೆ. ಮುಗಿದ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅಲ್ಲಲ್ಲಿ ಮತ್ತೆ ಕಾಂಕ್ರೀಟ್* ಅಗೆಯುವ ಕಾರ್ಯ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭಗೊಂಡಿದೆ. ಒಟ್ಟಾರೆ ಕಾಂಕ್ರಿಟೀಕರಣ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನಿತ್ಯ ನಿರಂತರ. ನಾಗರಿಕರಿಗೆ ನರಕಯಾತನೆ.

ಮಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರದ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೆ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ ನೀಡಿದ ಮೊದಲ 100 ಕೋ.ರೂ. ಅನುದಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ನಗರದ 17 ರಸ್ತೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕಾಂಕ್ರಿಟಿಕàರಣಗೊಳಿಸಲು ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಕೈಗೆತ್ತಿಗೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಇವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲವು ರಸ್ತೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಕಾಂಕ್ರೀಟ್* ಹಾಕುವ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಂಡಿದೆ. ಇನ್ನು ಕೆಲವು ರಸ್ತೆಗಳ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಗಳು ಯೋಜನೆಯ ಲೋಪ, ಭೂಸ್ವಾಧೀನ ವಿವಾದ, ಗುತ್ತಿಗೆದಾರರ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳಿಂದ ಅಲ್ಲಲ್ಲಿ ಬಾಕಿ ಉಳಿದಿದೆ.

ಯೋಜನೆ ಸಿದ್ಧಪಡಿಸುವ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಗಿರುವ ಎಡವಟ್ಟು ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಮಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ತಲೆದೋರಿರುವ ಅವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಗೆ ಮುಖ್ಯ ಕಾರಣ. ಇದನ್ನು ಆಡಳಿತ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಕೂಡಾ ಆಂತರಿಕವಾಗಿ ಒಪ್ಪಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿದೆ. ವಿಶೇಷ ಅನುದಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂದ ಕೋಟಿ ರೂಪಾಯಿ ವಿನಿಯೋಗಿಸುವ ಭರದಲ್ಲಿ ಪೂರ್ವಾಪರ ಯೋಚನೆಗಳಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಯೋಜನೆಗಳು ಸಿದ್ಧವಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಕಾಂಕ್ರಿಟೀಕರಣವೇ ಮುಖ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊಂದಿಕೊಂಡಿರುವ ಆವಶ್ಯಕ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಗಳು ನಗಣ್ಯವಾಯಿತು. ಪುಟ್*ಪಾತ್*, ಚರಂಡಿ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ ಅಲ್ಲೆ ಉಳಿಯಿತು. ನೀರಿನ ಪೈಪ್*ಗ್ಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಕಾಂಕ್ರೀಟ್* ಹಾಕುತ್ತಾ ಸಾಗಲಾಯಿತು. ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಹೇಗಿದೆ ಎಂದರೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಯ ನೂರಕ್ಕೆ ನೂರು ಮುಗಿದಿರುವ ರಸ್ತೆ ಮಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ಕೂಡಾ ಇಲ್ಲ.

ಕೆಎಸ್*ಆರ್*ಟಿಸಿ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣದಿಂದ ಕೆಪಿಟಿ ಜಂಕ್ಷನ್*ವರೆಗಿನ ರಸ್ತೆ, ಕೆ.ಎಸ್*. ರಾವ್* ರಸ್ತೆ, ನವಭಾರತ ವೃತ್ತದಿಂದ ಪಿವಿಎಸ್* ವೃತ್ತದವರೆಗಿನ ರಸ್ತೆ, ಬಂಟ್ಸ್* ಹಾಸ್ಟೆಲ್*ನಿಂದ ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಟ್ಟೆವರೆಗಿನ ರಸ್ತೆ, ಹಂಪನಕಟ್ಟೆಯಿಂದ ಅತ್ತಾವರದವರೆಗಿನ ರಸ್ತೆ, ಕಂಕನಾಡಿ ವೃತ್ತದಿಂದ ಹಂಪನಕಟ್ಟೆ ವೃತ್ತವರೆಗಿನ ರಸ್ತೆ, ಕೆಎಸ್*ಆರ್*ಟಿಸಿಯಿಂದ ಕುಂಟಿಕಾನದವರೆಗಿನ ರಸ್ತೆ ಹೀಗೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳನ್ನು ಪರಿಶೀಲಿಸಿದರೂ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಂಡಿಲ್ಲ. ಚರಂಡಿ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಗಳಾಗದೆ ಮಳೆ ಬಂದಾಗ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳೇ ತೋಡಾಗಿ ಪರಿವರ್ತನೆಗೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿವೆ. ಕಾಂಕ್ರಿಟೀಕರಣವಾದ ಕಡೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಹನಗಳು ವೇಗವಾಗಿ ಸಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದು, ಪುಟ್*ಪಾತ್*ಗಳಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಪಾದಚಾರಿಗಳು ಜೀವ ಕೈಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಿಡಿದು ನಡೆದಾಡುವಂತಾಗಿದೆ. ರಸ್ತೆಗಳ ಬದಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ತಗ್ಗುಗಳು ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಉಳಿದುಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದು, ದ್ವಿಚಕ್ರ ವಾಹನ ಸವಾರರು, ಸಣ್ಣ ಕಾರುಗಳ ಚಾಲಕರು ಭೀತಿಯಿಂದಲೇ ಸಾಗುವಂತಾಗಿದೆ. ರಸ್ತೆಗಳ ಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಭಾಜಕಗಳು ಹಾಕುವ ಕಾರ್ಯ ಬಾಕಿ ಉಳಿದಿದೆ. ಹಾಕಿರುವ ಕಡೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಹನಗಳ ಪಾರ್ಕಿಂಗ್* ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದೆ.

ಈಗ ಅಗೆತ ಸುರು

ಕಾಂಕ್ರಿಟೀಕರಣ ಯೋಜನೆ ರೂಪಿಸುವಾಗ ರಸ್ತೆಯಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ ನೀರಿನ ಪೈಪ್*ಗ್ಳನ್ನು ಸ್ಥಳಾಂತರಿಸದಿರುವುದು ಈಗ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆ ತಂದೊಡ್ಡಿದೆ. ಅಲ್ಲಲ್ಲಿ ನೀರಿನ ಪೈಪ್* ಒಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದು, ಅದನ್ನು ದುರಸ್ತಿಗೊಳಿಸಲು ಕಾಂಕ್ರಿಟ್* ಆಗೆಯುವುದು ಅನಿವಾರ್ಯ. ನಗರದ ಅಲ್ಲಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಂಕ್ರಿಟ್* ಆಗೆಯುವುದು ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ದೃಶ್ಯವಾಗಿದೆ. ಒಟ್ಟು ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಅವಲೋಕಿಸಿದರೆ ನಗರದ ಜನರ ಪಾಲಿಗೆ ಇದು ನಿರಂತರ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಯಾಗಿ ಕಾಡುವುದು ನಿಶ್ಚಿತ. ಅಗೆಯುವ ಮತ್ತು ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಮರಳಿ ಕಾಂಕ್ರೀಟ್* ಹಾಕುವ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ತಿಂಗಳುಗಟ್ಟಲೆ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದು, ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರು ಕಿರಿಕಿರಿ ಅನುಭವಿಸುವಂತಾಗಿದೆ.

ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ ಎರಡನೇ ಹಂತದ ನೂರು ಕೋ.ರೂ. ವಿಶೇಷ ಅನುದಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಚರಂಡಿ ಪುಟ್*ಪಾತ್*ಗಳ ಯೋಜನೆ ರೂಪಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ರಸ್ತೆಗಳು ಸುವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಿತವಾಗಲಿವೆ ಎಂಬ ಭರವಸೆಗಳು ಆರು ತಿಂಗಳುಗಳಿಂದ ಕೇಳಿ ಬಂದಿವೆ.

ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೆ ಅಡ್ಡಿಗಳುಂಟಾಗುವುದು ಸಹಜ. ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರು ಸಹಕರಿಸಬೇಕು. ಇನ್ನು ಕೆಲವೇ ತಿಂಗಳುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇದು ಸರಿಯಾಗಲಿದೆ ಎಂಬ ಡೈಲಾಗ್*ಗಳು ಕೇಳಿ ಬರುತ್ತಲೇ ಇವೆ. ಹೊಸ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಗಳನ್ನು ಕೈಗೆತ್ತಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಮೊದಲು ಹಳೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಗಳನ್ನು ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳಿಸಿ ಸುವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಗೆ ತರುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಆದ್ಯತೆ ನೀಡುವುದು ಅಗತ್ಯ.

Udayavani (http://www.udayavani.com/news/79305L15-%E0%B2%AA-%E0%B2%B0-%E0%B2%A3-%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%B8-%E0%B2%A4-%E0%B2%AF-%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%AA-%E0%B2%B0-%E0%B2%A3-%E0%B2%95-%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%97-%E0%B2%B0-%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%B3----.html)

Krishnamoorthy K

July 3rd, 2011, 02:34 PM

Krishnamoorthy K

July 3rd, 2011, 02:35 PM

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-- Udayavani

Krishnamoorthy K

July 3rd, 2011, 02:36 PM

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BC Road works in front of Somayaji Hospital has started after rain and there is now a big tank by the side of the road. Mud is spread all over service road making vehicles difficult to move. Pedestrian does not have space to walk. Service road works are incomplete.
-- Udayavani

Krishnamoorthy K

July 3rd, 2011, 02:37 PM

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For trees valued rupees 1.4 crores compensation is rupees 69 lakhs. Along with this the forest department will get 50% of value of trees. The forest department has to plant three times the trees cut as per Supreme Court order. Big trees can not be planted in the sides of highway as the water dropping from this during rain will spoil the road and also roots of trees spoil the road. Only small fruit bearing trees will be planted by the sides of the highway. If the forest department plant rest of trees in remote forest areas nobody can verify.
-- Udayavani

Krishnamoorthy K

July 3rd, 2011, 02:38 PM

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Payments are pending for last two years. Contractor have stopped submitting tender for new works. KRDCL contractors are also not paid. All these problems inspite of the government telling that financial position of the state is fine.
-- Udayavani

Is the payment pending due to shortage of money or bad quality of works carried out?

What about Rs. 100 crores special grant? Is it pending for the same reasons?

Krishnamoorthy K

July 3rd, 2011, 02:39 PM

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Lower Bendorewell ESI Hospital road, Shivabaugh, Mallikatte, Capitanio Simon Lane, Red Building Lane are not suitable for driving vehicles. By giving permission to dig roads for cable, drainage, water pipes MCC itself is directly responsible for bad roads.
-- Udayavani

Why these roads does not have footpath? Obviously priority is for pollutant personal vehicles not environment friendly pedestrians.

Here is a few months old news.

Mangalore not ready for monsoons

By Team Mangalorean
Pics by Violet Pereira

MANGALORE June 5, 2011: The other day Mayor Praveen Kumar in a press conference had announced that Mangalore was ready for monsoons, a couple of days later the Deputy Commissioner Chennappa Gowda had announced the same in a tone a tad more certain. But the Mangaloreans find the ground reality is something different and they feel Mangalore was not ready for monsoons 2011.

To be fully ready for monsoons means two different things to people and officials. The former believes in making it safer to commute in the city during the rains, “rains come and go but our life has to go on, our children have to go to school, I have to go to my workplace, my wife has to go to market and my aged parents should get their daily dose of walking, but that is not happening, I find it difficult to ride in the city roads as most of the time the storm water is flowing on the road, many roads do not have paved footpaths so that my children can get a safe pathway to their schools and markets are shambles, they are nothing but an open ground with traders have put up tents and carrying on their business, the market place is always murky” these are the combined views of people in Mangalore.

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In a series of reality checks carried out by Mangalorean.com found that many of the opinions about the monsoons readiness of the city were apt and true and in fact Mangalore was not ready for monsoons in many ways.

The City has just completed the Rs. 100 crore concretization of its main roads, but in many places the roads are incomplete in the true sense. It has no storm water drains, no paved footpaths. Some of the classic examples are the K.S. Rao Road where the road extends almost to the threshold of the shops and people step out of the shop and they are in the middle of the traffic right away, due to the absence of storm water drains the water flows on the road and the pedestrian has to walk in the thick of the traffic with dirty water splashed on them by every passing vehicle.

The second example of the incomplete concrete road is the road that connects M.G.Road to Mannagudda road branching off at Lalbagh. Earlier, this road had one of the best storm water drains, but after it was widened and concretized the drains have submerged under the concrete road, and when it pours the water enters the houses and shops on either side of the road.
Even where there are perfect storm water drains the water flows on the roads. The M.G. Road is a classic example of that. With every shower the road is flooded the reason was the underground drainage channels were blocked. As a result all the manholes that carry the sewerage also are flooded and the dirty water oozes out on the roads creating an unholy situation for the city.

In many low lying areas in the city flooding was still a problem, in the surrounding areas near Pumpwell residents and shop keepers experienced flooding of rain water mixed with sewerage water . Some of the places have also experienced drinking water with sewerage water which is a health hazard.

Mangalorean (http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=242976)

mangalore mania

July 4th, 2011, 09:14 AM

This is in addition to the three options already placed by the NHAI
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National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will come up with two more options for widening the National Highway No. 66 (formerly NH 17) at Mulky.

This is in addition to three options it has given to Dakshina Kannada district administration on March 11, 2011.

The latest development follows a meeting between the NHAI officials, district administration officials, and some elected representatives at Mulky on June 20 to resolve an issue over widening the highway at Mulky.

Earlier, the NHAI had given three options after the local people opposed the construction of bypass at Mulky. P.N. Gawasane, Project Director, NHAI, Mangalore, told The Hindu that the authority would give two more options as suggested by the Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada N.S. Channappa Gowda at the meeting.

The two options would keep the width (right of way) of the highway at Mulky at 45 metres.

Mr. Gawasane said that this option could not be implemented without land acquisition. The new options entailed demolition of some buildings in the town.

The five options would include constructing a 1.9-km 60-metre wide bypass as originally planned with the design for 100 km speed an hour.

Of the remaining four options, three would be on widening the highway to 45 metres width with the design 80 km speed an hour and the other option would be widening it to 60 metres width with the design 80 km speed an hour, he said.

Meanwhile, Navayuga Udupi Tollway Pvt. Ltd. (NUTPL) which is widening the Kundapur-Surathkal stretch of the highway has laid a temporary road overnight near Mulky where a hillock slipped on Saturday causing traffic congestion .

Vehicles were seen plying on lanes separated by a median on Sunday. At the same time workers of the company with earth movers were seen removing earth slipped on one side of the highway

The Hindu (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/article2157746.ece)

mangalore mania

July 4th, 2011, 09:19 AM

I really appreciate the will and commitment shown by Navyug Corporation on both the instance on the collapse of wall at Netravathi bridge and the land slide at Mulki..

kadri_007

July 4th, 2011, 06:47 PM

Work has again started on the scary entrance of BC road flyover.

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kadri_007

July 4th, 2011, 07:30 PM

Enjoy the greenery from Mangalore..

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kadri_007

July 4th, 2011, 07:39 PM

This place is near BMS garage.. Every rainy season water stands here...I am seeing this from my childhood days... and think it will remain like this for another few years... :(

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With all money drained on concrete work. All other main roads had been neglected.. Now the non maintenance has started to cost.. @ Kadri junction.

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St Agnes junction near VAS bakery

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And the most slippery road of Mangalore is just shining even after several accidents at this place due to smooth surface..

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kadri_007

July 4th, 2011, 07:44 PM

Mallikatte junction still untouched.. rest of the road is concete

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City hospital to Bunts hostel one side road closed since two months... Sleepy work..

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They broke the concrete due to Drainage pipe was leaking.. But it has taken more than 2 months to fix it back.. (A reality of India)

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kadri_007

July 4th, 2011, 07:50 PM

Service Bus stand entry road.. One of the reason for Bus drivers to be short tempered.. Whole day they drive in such bad roads during monsoon with time pressure.. Really a tough job but a sad state of governance

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ananda.padebettu

July 5th, 2011, 04:03 AM

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ಒಟ್ಟು ನಾಲ್ಕು ಟೋಲ್* ಸಂಗ್ರಹ ದ್ವಾರಗಳು ವಾಹನಗಳನ್ನು ಸ್ವಾಗತಿಸಿ ಶುಲ್ಕ ಸಂಗ್ರಹಿಸಲು ನಿರ್ಮಾಣವಾಗಲಿವೆ

ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ಚತುಷ್ಪಥ:

ಉಡುಪಿ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ಚತುಷ್ಪಥಗೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಇದರ ಪರಿಣಾಮವಾಗಿ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ಸುಂದರವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ, ಆದರೆ ಉಡುಪಿ ಮತ್ತು ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕನ್ನಡ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಒಟ್ಟು ನಾಲ್ಕು ಟೋಲ್* ಸಂಗ್ರಹ ದ್ವಾರಗಳು ವಾಹನಗಳನ್ನು ಸ್ವಾಗತಿಸಿ ಶುಲ್ಕ ಸಂಗ್ರಹಿಸಲು ನಿರ್ಮಾಣವಾಗಲಿವೆ. ಆದರೆ ನಿಯಮಾನುಸಾರ ಮೂರು ಟೋಲ್* ಗೇಟ್*ಗಳು ಮಾತ್ರ ಉಳಿಯಬೇಕಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.

ನವಯುಗ ಎಂಜಿನಿಯರಿಂಗ್* ಕಂಪೆನಿ ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುವ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮೂರು ಟೋಲ್* ಸಂಗ್ರಹ ಗೇಟ್*ಗಳು, ಬೈಕಂಪಾಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ಗೇಟ್* ಬರಲಿದೆ.

ಮಂಗಳೂರು ನಂತೂರಿನಿಂದ ತಲಪಾಡಿ ಮತ್ತು ಸುರತ್ಕಲ್*ನಿಂದ ಕುಂದಾಪುರದವರೆಗೆ ಒಟ್ಟು 90 ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಯ ಒಟ್ಟು ಮೊತ್ತ 724 ಕೋ.ರೂ. ಈ ಮೊತ್ತವನ್ನು ಗುತ್ತಿಗೆದಾರರೇ ಭರಿಸಿ ಮತ್ತೆ ಟೋಲ್* ಸಂಗ್ರಹ ಮೂಲಕ ಹೂಡಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಹಿಂಪಡೆಯಬೇಕು. ಹಿಂದೆ ಎನ್*ಡಿಎ ಸರಕಾರ ಇರುವಾಗ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ಚತುಷ್ಪಥ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಶೇ.70 ಭಾಗವನ್ನು ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರಕಾರ ಭರಿಸುತ್ತಿತ್ತು. ಈ ಮೊತ್ತವನ್ನು ನಷ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಸರಕಾರಿ ಕಂಪೆನಿಗಳ ಶೇರುಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾರಿ (ಹೂಡಿಕೆ ಹಿಂತೆಗೆತ) ಸರಕಾರದ ಪಾತ್ರವನ್ನು ಕಡಿಮೆ ಮಾಡುವ ಮೂಲಕ ಭರಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿತ್ತು. ಅನಂತರ ಯುಪಿಎ ಸರಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಬೆಂಬಲ ನೀಡಿದ ಎಡಪಕ್ಷಗಳು ನಷ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಸರಕಾರಿ ಕಂಪೆನಿಗಳ ಶೇರುಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾರುವ ಪ್ರಸ್ತಾವಕ್ಕೆ ವಿರೋಧ ಸೂಚಿಸಿದ ಪರಿಣಾಮ ಆ ಪ್ರಸ್ತಾವ ಅಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಮುಕ್ತಾಯಗೊಂಡಿತು. ಸರಕಾರ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿಗೆ ವೆಚ್ಚ ಮಾಡುವ ಬದಲು ಗುತ್ತಿಗೆದಾರರಿಗೆ ಬಿಒಟಿ ಆಧಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೊಡುವ ಪ್ರಸ್ತಾವ ಬಂತು. ಪೂರ್ಣ ವೆಚ್ಚವನ್ನು ಗುತ್ತಿಗೆದಾರರು ಭರಿಸಬೇಕು. ಇದರ ಪರಿಣಾಮವೇ ಟೋಲ್* ಗೇಟ್* ಪ್ರಸ್ತಾವ ಎನ್ನುವುದನ್ನು ಬೆಟ್ಟು ಮಾಡಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.

ಸುರತ್ಕಲ್*ನಿಂದ ಮಂಗಳೂರಿನ ನಂತೂರು ಮತ್ತು ನಂತೂರಿನಿಂದ ಬಿ.ಸಿ.ರೋಡ್*ವರೆಗೆ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣಗೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿರುವ ಬಂದರು ಸಂಪರ್ಕ ರಸ್ತೆಯ ಒಟ್ಟು ಯೋಜನಾ ಗಾತ್ರ 165 ಕೋ.ರೂ. ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ವಿಶ್ವ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್* ಸಾಲವೂ ಇರುವುದರಿಂದ ಟೋಲ್* ಸಂಗ್ರಹ ಗೇಟ್* ಅಳವಡಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ವಿಶ್ವಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್* ಮತ್ತು ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರಕಾರ 60:40 ಅನುಪಾತದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೂಡಿಕೆ ಮಾಡಿದೆ.

40 ಕಿ.ಮೀ.ಗೆ ಒಂದು ಗೇಟ್*

ಟೋಲ್* ಗೇಟ್*ನ್ನು ಪ್ರತಿ 40 ಕಿ.ಮೀ.ಗೆ ಅಳವಡಿಸಬಹುದು ಎಂಬ ನಿಯಮವಿದೆ. ಅದರಂತೆ ಉಡುಪಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಗುಂಡ್ಮಿ ಮತ್ತು ಹೆಜಮಾಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮತ್ತು ದ.ಕ. ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ತಲಪಾಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಟೋಲ್* ಸಂಗ್ರಹ ಗೇಟ್* ಅಳವಡಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಬೈಕಂಪಾಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರಕಾರದ್ದೇ ಆದ ಟೋಲ್* ಸಂಗ್ರಹ ಗೇಟ್* ಅಳವಡಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆಯಾದರೂ ಇನ್ನೂ ಖಚಿತ ತೀರ್ಮಾನ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡಿಲ್ಲ. 40 ಕಿ.ಮೀ.ಗೆ ಒಂದು ಗೇಟ್* ಅಳವಡಿಸಬಹುದು ಎಂಬ ನಿಯಮಾನುಸಾರ ಹೆಜಮಾಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಟೋಲ್* ಗೇಟ್* ಆರಂಭಿಸಿದ ಅನಂತರ ಬೈಕಂಪಾಡಿಯ ಟೋಲ್* ಗೇಟ್*ನ್ನು ತೆಗೆಯಬೇಕಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.

ಟೋಲ್* ಸಂಗ್ರಹ ಆರಂಭವಾಗುವುದು ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಂಡ ಬಳಿಕ. ಕರಾರಿನ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಗುತ್ತಿಗೆದಾರರು 2013ರ ಮಾರ್ಚ್*ನಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಯನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಡಬೇಕು. ಒಪ್ಪಂದದ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಕಂಪೆನಿಯವರಿಗೆ 25 ವರ್ಷ ಬಿಒಟಿ (ಬಿಲ್ಟ್- ಆಪರೇಟ್*-ಟ್ರಾನ್ಸ್*ಫ*ರ್*) ಆಧಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ವಹಿಸಿಕೊಡಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಅವಧಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ ಅವಧಿಯೂ ಸೇರಿದೆ. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಇವರಿಗೆ ಟೋಲ್* ಸಂಗ್ರಹದ ಅವಧಿ 22 ವರ್ಷ.

ಈಗ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ 40,000ದಿಂದ 45,000 ವಾಹನಗಳು ಸಂಚರಿಸುತ್ತವೆ. ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಮಾರು 15,000 ಘನ ವಾಹನಗಳು. ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಂಡ ಅನಂತರ ವಾಹನಗಳ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಳವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಟೋಲ್* ಗೇಟ್*ನಲ್ಲಿ ಎಷ್ಟು ಟೋಲ್* ಸಂಗ್ರಹಿಸಲಾಗುವುದು ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು ಈಗಲೇ ಹೇಳಬರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಒಂದಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಗೇಟ್* ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸುವ ವಾಹನಗಳಿಗೆ ಒಮ್ಮೆಗೆ ಕಟ್ಟುವ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಇರುತ್ತದೆ. ಇವರ ಮುಖ್ಯ ಗುರಿ ಏನಿದ್ದರೂ ವಾಣಿಜ್ಯ ವಾಹನಗಳು. ಟ್ಯಾಕ್ಸಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಕಡಿಮೆ ಶುಲ್ಕ ಇರುತ್ತದೆ. ಸ್ಥಳೀಯವಾಗಿ ಓಡಾಡುವ ವಾಹನಗಳು ಸೇವಾ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ (ಸರ್ವಿಸ್* ರೋಡ್*) ಮತ್ತು ಎರಡು ಟೋಲ್* ಗೇಟ್* ನಡುವೆ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಚರಿಸಬಹುದು. ಇಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಟೋಲ್* ಅನ್ವಯವಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ವಾಹನಗಳಿಗೆ ರಿಯಾಯಿತಿ ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸುವ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆಯಂತೂ ಇದ್ದೇ ಇರುತ್ತದೆ.

ಆ ವಾದ ಈ ವಾದ

ಟೋಲ್* ಸಂಗ್ರಹಿಸಿದರೆ ವಾಹನ ಮಾಲಕರಿಗೆ ನಷ್ಟ ಎಂಬ ಭಾವನೆ ಒಂದು ಕಡೆ ಇದ್ದರೆ ರಸ್ತೆಯನ್ನು ಸುಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲಿಟ್ಟರೆ ಸಮಯ, ಇಂಧನದ ಉಳಿತಾಯ, ವಾಹನ ಬಾಳಿಕೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಳವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ ಎಂಬ ವಾದ ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ಕಡೆ ಇದೆ. ರಸ್ತೆ, ಕುಡಿಯುವ ನೀರು, ವಿದ್ಯುತ್*ನಂತಹ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಅಗತ್ಯ ಮೂಲಭೂತ ಸೌಕರ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಒದಗಿಸಬೇಕಾದ್ದು ಸರಕಾರದ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯ. ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಸರಕಾರ ಹೂಡಿಕೆ ಮಾಡಬೇಕಾದ್ದೂ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯ. ಇದನ್ನು ಮಾಡದೆ ಗುತ್ತಿಗೆದಾರರಿಗೆ ರಸ್ತೆ ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆಯನ್ನು ಬಿಒಟಿ ಆಧಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ಪೂರ್ತಿಯಾಗಿ ಬಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಡುವುದು, ಬಳಿಕ ರಸ್ತೆ ಗ್ರಾಹಕರಿಂದ ಟೋಲ್* ಸಂಗ್ರಹ ಮಾಡುವುದು ಎಷ್ಟು ಸಮಂಜಸ ಎನ್ನುವುದು ಗ್ರಾಹಕಪರ ವಾದವಾಗಿದೆ.

'ಪ್ರತಿ ಟ್ರಿಪ್*ನಲ್ಲಿ ಟೋಲ್* ಸಂಗ್ರಹಿಸುವುದಾದರೆ ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ನಮ್ಮ ವಿರೋಧವಿದೆ. ಕೆಎಸ್ಸಾರ್ಟಿಸಿ ಮತ್ತು ನಾವು ಇಬ್ಬರೂ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಸೇವೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತೇವೆ. ಆದರೆ ಕೆಎಸ್ಸಾರ್ಟಿಸಿಗೆ ಟೋಲ್* ಅನ್ವಯವಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ನಮಗೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ಏಕೆ' ಎಂಬ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ ಕೆನರಾ ಬಸ್* ಮಾಲಕರ ಸಂಘದ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ ರಾಜವರ್ಮ ಬಲ್ಲಾಳರದ್ದು. 'ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ವಹಿಸಿಕೊಡುವಾಗಲೂ ಸಂಚರಿಸುವ ವಾಹನಗಳ ನಿಖರ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಿಲ್ಲ. ಇದರಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಭ್ರಷ್ಟಾಚಾರ ನಡೆದಿದೆ' ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು ಅಖೀಲ ಭಾರತ ಟ್ರಾನ್ಸ್*ಪೋರ್ಟ್* ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್* ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ ಬಿ.ಆರ್*.ಷಣ್ಮುಖಪ್ಪ ಅವರು ಇತ್ತೀಚಿಗೆ ಉಡುಪಿಗೆ ಬಂದ ಸಂದರ್ಭ ಆರೋಪಿಸಿದ್ದರು.

ಖಾಸಗಿ ಕಂಪೆನಿ- ಸರಕಾರಿ ಕಂಪೆನಿ ಶೈಲಿ

ಸುರತ್ಕಲ್*ನಿಂದ ಕುಂದಾಪುರದವರೆಗೆ ರಸ್ತೆ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣವನ್ನು ನವಯುಗ ಎಂಜಿನಿಯರಿಂಗ್* ಕಂಪೆನಿ ಮತ್ತು ಸುರತ್ಕಲ್*ನಿಂದ ನಂತೂರು, ನಂತೂರಿನಿಂದ ಬಿಸಿರೋಡ್*ವರೆಗಿನ ರಸ್ತೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಯನ್ನು ಇರ್ಕಾನ್* ಕಂಪೆನಿ ವಹಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದೆ. ಇವೆರಡರ ಕಾರ್ಯಶೈಲಿ ನೋಡಿದರೆ ಖಾಸಗಿ ಮತ್ತು ಸರಕಾರಿ ಕಂಪೆನಿಯ ವ್ಯತ್ಯಾಸ ತೋರುತ್ತದೆ. ಸುರತ್ಕಲ್*ನಿಂದ ನಂತೂರು, ನಂತೂರಿನಿಂದ ಬಿಸಿರೋಡ್*ವರೆಗಿನ ರಸ್ತೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಗೆ 'ಕಾಲಮಿತಿ' ನಿಗದಿಪಡಿಸುವುದು ಒಂದು ಜೋಕ್* ಆಗಿದೆ. ನವಯುಗ ಕಂಪೆನಿ ಖಾಸಗಿಯಾದರೆ ಇರ್ಕಾನ್* ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರಿದ್ದಾಗಿದೆ. ಖಾಸಗಿ ಕಂಪೆನಿಯವರಿಗೆ ಕೆಟ್ಟ ಹೆಸರು ಬರುವ ಹೆದರಿಕೆ ಇರುತ್ತದೆ, ಸರಕಾರಿ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಅಂತಹ ಹೆದರಿಕೆ ಯಾರದ್ದಿದೆ?

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s.yogendra

July 5th, 2011, 04:08 AM

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s.yogendra

July 6th, 2011, 11:18 AM

Kulur bridge a nightmare for motorists during monsoon

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Rains bring misery to people who frequent the Kulur bridge across the Gurupur river every year and people are forced to live with it. A few call it a “seasonal problem.” There are two parallel bridges across the river near NMPT. The one taking the city-bound vehicles is in bad shape.

S. Rao, who runs a medical store near the bridge, says: “Enough has been said about the problems we face because of the bridge and because of the slow-paced road-widening work of the National Highway. Nothing is happening. We are fed up”.

A scrap dealer adds: “When it rains, water gets logged on the bridge causing potholes.” He said the authorities would do some patch work instead of taking steps to prevent water logging. The problem would recur every monsoon.
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Motorists, two-wheeler users in particular, have anxious moments riding on this 150-metre bridge. The problem becomes acute when it rains. “You cannot judge the depth of the potholes here. You have to be ready to be splashed by water if a bus overtakes you,” said Shankar Jeshpe, who regularly drives across the bridge on his motorcycle. The motorists have to drive through the slush accumulated on the bridge, he added.

The scrap vendor, who did not want to be named, said nothing was done to maintain the bridge. “Whenever we call officials about water-logging, they just drive through the portion without seeing the actual problem,” he said. The holes on the bridge meant for draining the water had remained clogged for a long time, he said.

P. George Modayil, team leader of National Highway Authority of India's New Mangalore Port Connectivity Project, said the responsibility of maintaining all the old bridges, including the Kulur bridge, is with IRCON that had been assigned the task of widening the Surathkal–B.C. Road stretch of the National Highway.

“The road on the bridge has been asphalted three years ago. It has started to wear out now,” he said.

On Tuesday, people associated with IRCON were seen working on the bridge by diverting vehicles approaching the bridge from Baikampady. The workers said they were trying to fill the potholes on the bridge.

©Hindu (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/article2164015.ece)

s.yogendra

July 6th, 2011, 07:32 PM

Digging roads to repair utility lines to cost MCC dearly

MANGALORE: The Mangalore City Corporation (MCC), which spent crores of rupees to concretize major roads in the city is now drawing huge amounts from the general fund to cover up the mistake committed by them during the concreting work.

The corporation had converted about 17 roads in the city into concrete roads using the Chief Minister's Special Grant of Rs 100 crore. However, utility lines including water supply pipelines, UGD, telecommunication and electricity cables were not shifted before the roads were concreted. Following this, now the corporation is not in a position to plug any leakage in the water supply pipeline or undertake any repair work on other utility lines without cutting open the concrete road.

The corporation has already cut open the newly concreted roads at more than 42 places in the city. As many as 16 roads, concreted within the last two years, were cut open by the corporation themselves to plug the leakage in the water supply pipelines.

Since water supply is maintained by the MCC, plugging leaks in the pipeline too is the responsibility of the corporation. Hence, the corporation has made an estimate of Rs 9.5 lakh to cut open the concrete roads, plug leakage in the water pipelines and to concrete the road again. However, sources in the MCC said that the amount will exceed the estimate. Further, the estimate for cutting will also vary depending on the size.

Speaking to TOI, MCC commissioner K N Vijayaprakash said improper action plan prepared by the corporation before he took charge has led to all these problems. "Now we have no other option left before us and the corporation only will have to bear the expenses for all the repair works on the stretch," he added.

MCC executive engineer Rajashekhar said all the roads, which were cut by the corporation, will be rebuilt within three weeks.

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©Times of India (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Digging-roads-to-repair-utility-lines-to-cost-MCC-dearly/articleshow/9116119.cms)

mangalore mania

July 7th, 2011, 01:10 PM

Bantwal, Jul 7: The traffic movement at the B C Road bottleneck has turned smoother with a service road on the left hand side on the way to Mangalore getting a makeover and being released to trafic.

During the past few years during the construction of the flyover, traffic used to move in a single carriage passing in front of the bus stand, causing jams and delays.

The situation has improved now, much to the relief of motorists, both entering B C Road town area and also those using the flyover.

While appreciating the highway authorities' action, the public also feel that concreting of the service road on either sides will solve the problem of frequent repairs and patchwork.
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s.yogendra

July 7th, 2011, 08:57 PM

Mangalore gears up for restructuring
Harigovind Mangalore, July 7, DHNS

In a bid to reduce the traffic congestion, the district administration is gearing up to change the face of Mangalore city.

A partial view of the ever-busy Hampankatta signal, where an underpass and an overbridge is planned. In fact, the district administration is planning to build an underpass and an overbridge in the heart of the city. The under pass is coming up between the K S Rao Road and Falnir road while the overbridge will come up between the Town Hall and Light House Hill Road.

Speaking to Deccan Herald, Deputy Commissioner Dr Channappa Gowda said that once the primary paper works including estimation of the projects are done, the survey will start before the end of this rainy season. “We hope that the proposed project of underpass and overbridge will reduce the traffic congestion, the city is afflicting now,” he said.

Currently, all the vehicles moving from State Bank side are using the same way to reach Hampankatta and then taking diversion to K S Rao road, Jyothi or Falnir. This makes the traffic at Hampankatta Circle clogged for several minutes even at non-peak hours.

The proposed underpass linking K S Rao road to Falnir will help the vehicles which are coming from M G Road (PVS Circle) via K S Rao road to go directly to Falnir without touching the Hampankatta Signal.

Similarly, the overbridge from Town Hall to Light House Hill road will take the vehicles from State bank side to Jyothi Circle directly without disturbing the traffic at Hampankatta signal. Once the projects are realised, it will reduce the congestion now being experienced by the motorists in the city to a great extent. This will also save time and energy. Under the current traffic system, vehicles have to wait for a couple of minutes at the Signal point.

Parking complex

The district administration and Mangalore City Corporation are also planning to build a parking cum commercial complex in Hampankatta. The plan might be in a PPP project (Private Public Partnership), the Deputy Commissioner informed.

To a query on the construction work of permanent private bus stand (Transportation Hub) at Pumpwell, he said the administration is trying to develop the bus stand in the available land. “We have acquired seven acres of land. Now we are trying to develop those seven acres and later according to the need, we will acquire more land,” he said.

The Deputy Commissioner also said that the district administration will handle any protest against the plan. “For any project, there will be protests from some corners. If we are going to take care of all those things, we won’t finish any works,” he asserted.

With the co-operation of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), the district administration is also planning to build an underpass near the proposed Transportation Hub in Pumpwell.

As per the existing plan, there is no free entry or exit to the proposed bus stand at pumpwell following the four-laning of the road between Pumpwell and Nanthoor.

©DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/174481/mangalore-gears-up-restructuring.html)

engineer.akash

July 8th, 2011, 05:27 AM

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MCC invites bids for feasibility study of Mahakalipadpu flyover

The railway gate remains closed for nearly six hours a day

In anticipation:People waiting for the gates at railway level-crossing at Mahakalipadapu to open in Mangalore on Wednesday.

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Mangalore City Corporation has invited bids for conducting a feasibility survey and preparing a detailed project report on constructing an overpass at the railway level-crossing at Mahakalipadpu here.

This came after a meeting of the officials of the Southern Railway and the civic body had here on June 24 to solve issues pertaining to the Railways. Nalin Kumar Kateel, Member of Parliament, had convened the meeting.

The notification on bids published by the civic body on June 28 said the estimated cost for the overpass was Rs. 15 crore. It said the detailed project report with construction drawings would have to be made in consultation with the Railways and the city corporation.

G. Rajashekar, Executive Engineer, Development Cell of the corporation, toldThe Hinduon Thursday the that exact cost of constructing an overpass could be worked out only after the detailed project report comes, depending on the length of the overpass and acquisition of properties.

Southern Railway's Phalghat Divisional Railway Manager S. K. Raina told the meeting that his organisation would not prepare the general arrangement drawing (GAD) for constructing the overpass. He wanted the civic body to get it done by a special consultant having knowledge of both railway and road engineering.

Mr. Raina had said the overpass should be at least 12 metres high as the Southern Railway would lay electric lines along the Mangalore Central Station-Kerala Railway line for operating trains.

The Divisional Railway Manager had said the Southern Railway would not bear the cost of the overpass. It had to be borne by the city corporation or the State government.

Meanwhile, the city corporation in its 2011-12 budget had earmarked Rs. 3 crore for building a railway overpass in the city. But the budget document did not make it clear for which overpass it had reserved the fund. While reading out the budget document Sharat Kumar, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Taxation, Finance and Appeals, had said more funds would be provided to the overpass project if needed.

According to a spokesperson of the Nirmala Nagara Hitarakshana Vedike, Mahakalipadpu, which had been demanding an overpass, about 50 trains pass through the railway level-crossing daily and people were made to wait for long. The railway gate remained closed for nearly six hours a day, the spokesperson said.

The Hindu (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2210058.ece)

ajay ramchandran

July 8th, 2011, 08:16 AM

Moorthy will be very happy as he has been proposing an underpass at Hampankatta on this thread!

mangalore mania

July 8th, 2011, 05:01 PM

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mangalore mania

July 8th, 2011, 05:11 PM

The Flyover-cum-Underpass proposed should just not be that, It should have an arm for the vehicles coming from joti-balmatta to enter the railway station. Such that these vehicles will take flyover from Balmata side and take left entering the railway station through the road next to Wenlock Hospital

ananda.padebettu

July 9th, 2011, 05:29 AM

MCC invites bids for feasibility study of Mahakalipadpu flyover - The Hindu (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=81121440&postcount=8483)

s.yogendra

July 9th, 2011, 06:25 AM

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s.yogendra

July 9th, 2011, 07:34 AM

Two tyres of a lorry punctured on Netravati bridge, Ullal. Commuters stranded for nearly 3 hours

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Krishnamoorthy K

July 9th, 2011, 01:17 PM

Moorthy will be very happy as he has been proposing an underpass at Hampankatta on this thread!

:ohno: I am not happy. I was proposing pedestrian subway. But, the government authorities may be more happy to encourage pollutant personal vehicles by constructing underpass.

The Flyover-cum-Underpass proposed should just not be that, It should have an arm for the vehicles coming from joti-balmatta to enter the railway station. Such that these vehicles will take flyover from Balmata side and take left entering the railway station through the road next to Wenlock Hospital

This is better as middle class will get easy access to Mangalore Central Railway Station and Wenlock. This was what I proposed earlier to make the life of environmental freindly travellers using trains and buses. No underpass as you said.

Krishnamoorthy K

July 9th, 2011, 01:19 PM

Service road on southside is temporarily made ready for vehicle movements. But, a electrical post on service road is creating problem for smooth movements. There is a demand to concretize service roads.
-- Udayavani 7-7-2011 page 12 (http://epaper.udayavani.com/PDF/MANIPAL/2011-07-07/Man07071112M.pdf)

Krishnamoorthy K

July 9th, 2011, 01:20 PM

Fourlane works are getting delayed in Padubidri. The DC has promised to take decision on expasion/bypass/flyover ast the earliest.
-- Udayavani 7-7-2011 page 13 (http://epaper.udayavani.com/PDF/MANIPAL/2011-07-07/Man07071113M.pdf)

Krishnamoorthy K

July 9th, 2011, 01:21 PM

Gundmi & Hejamadi of Udupi and Talapady of DK will have tollgates. Baikampady tollgate is not certain. BOT duration is 25 years including construction time. If the road works are completed by March 2013 then toll duration will be 25 years. Current traffic of NH-66 is 40,000-45,000 vehicles (per day?). The traffic is expected to grow further after fourlaning. The vehicles moving within not crossing tollgates on express carriageways and the vehicles moving on service roads will not have to pay the toll.
-- Udayavani 5-7-2011 page 12 (http://epaper.udayavani.com/PDF/MANIPAL/2011-07-05/Man05071112M.pdf)

ajay ramchandran

July 10th, 2011, 09:17 AM

:ohno: I am not happy. I was proposing pedestrian subway. But, the government authorities may be more happy to encourage pollutant personal vehicles by constructing underpass..

Wonder the rationale behind both underpass and flyover. A flyover and subways would have sorted the problem.I think they are creating unnecessary complications and then they will mess things up leaving work half finished!

what is this overbridge from Central to LHH. Where is the space for it?Looks like it is all talk.

mangalore mania

July 10th, 2011, 01:57 PM

Mangalore, Jul 10: Development should affect people for the good and should not in any way lead to chaos. The recent developments in the city are remarkable, with the city witnessing high rise towers, shopping malls and restaurants and concrete roads. Such development is no doubt good for the city, but it is hardly representative of what the citizens want, especially when basic amenities are missing.

The sad part of all this development is there is no space for the common man to walk. The footpaths have been swallowed up by concrete roads, shops and parking lots. The bus stands have too met the same fate. With all this chaos in the city the surprising thing is the the pathetic silence of the Mangloreans. No matter what happens we are always ready to shut our mouth and pass the buck.

The peculiarity of Mangalore is that the city has grown first and the planning is being done now. So there is very little scope for planning layouts, roads, bus stands, recreational places etc. Everything has to be adjusted according to the existing space. But this is not an unachievable task, with proper planning and timely execution pedestrians too could enjoy their walk. This inadequacy is affecting majority of the people including schoolchildren, especially as they are more vulnerable to accidents than grownups.
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At times, one cannot even the question the vehicle owner for parking illegally on the foot path because there are no traffic signs which too have been removed due to concreting. Often one can see the builders selling even the ground floors of the complexes as shops which are supposed to be meant for parking as per MCC rules. Such violations lead to erratic parking which results in disappearance of footpath. The authorities have done zero investigation in such cases; since regular under-the-table pay ups have been made for those in charge. So such violations go on openly without being questioned.

Ultimately the sufferers are the people, who have to dodge every vehicle that is on the footpath. Some of the newly concreted roads from Falnir to Milagres, K S Rao Road, Railway station road, Hampankatta road near Vijay Pen Mart, from Kankandy to Jeppu have absolutely no footpaths. These are busy roads and even many of the educational institutions are situated beside these roads. During the office hours there is heavy traffic and even movement of people on these roads but to make all this worse there are neither proper traffic signs nor decent footpaths for the people to walk.

In an attempt to understand the gravity of the problem and seek possible solutions, I met Collin D’Silva, an environmentalist, social activist (Vision of Green Earth) and member of Citizen Forum, who has done an in-depth study of the deplorable and harmful condition of the pedestrian sidewalks in our city.

Following is an extract from the interview:

Considering the number of developmental works that have been taken up by the authorities in the city, what are the serious problems that these works have thrown up?
We must congratulate and thank the district administration for providing large stretches of good concreted roads, which have helped in the smooth flow of traffic. But these developmental works have also caused tremendous problems for the common people. These problems include disappearance of footpaths, poor construction of drainage, removal of bus stands and traffic signals, encroachment of public spaces and unruly parking. These problems cannot be termed as temporary side-effects of development. They are results of poor planning and equally poor execution of the projects.

We can see how careless authorities are in every work. If we see the drains which are meant for rain water, they have been used to lay electric and phone cables, water pipes etc. And these wires have been laid in horizontal manner in the drain so plastic particles get entangled in them causing blockage. So if the worker or anyone gets in to clean them he would certainly die of an electric shock.

What are some of the key reasons for the disappearance of footpaths?
The footpaths are usually used by the school children, students, daily workers and those who prefer to walk a short distance. We can say that it is the common people who generally tread on them. Every city provides spacious footpaths for the people so that they are not hit by a passing vehicle and so on. It should be there in every city while planning is being done for development. When it comes to Mangalore, we see this aspect totally neglected by the developmental authorities. It is understandable that roads are being concreted for the smooth flow of vehicles but it is miserable to see public lives being compromised. So, it seems as if we want vehicles to move safely and not the people.

While broadening roads proper space allocation has to be done for footpaths, parking should be prohibited on them and the authorities should penalise shops and complexes which have not built parking lots in their basement. Besides these issues, people should not be allowed to wash their vehicles on footpaths, since spillage of diesel, oil and grease makes them slippery. The shop owners should not be allowed to install boards and goods on the footpaths. One can see garbage bins placed on the footpaths which cause not only inconvenience but also health problems.

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In what way do you think the authorities went wrong with their planning?
While a city is being developed one should keep in mind the weather and geographical condition of the place. Unlike other cities Mangalore has a very peculiar weather, as it gets extreme heat and heavy rain. The roads and footpaths have to be built accordingly, strong and sturdy. The concreting of the roads was a good move by the authorities but not the use of interlocks. The interlocks used on the roads and on the footpaths are a clear sign that authorities have made no study of the weather conditions of the city.

Interlocks can only be used in dry areas, where rain fall is very minimal. Because of the heavy rain the sand beneath the interlocks is washed away and they are disintegrated, which makes walking on them a risky affair. In some places because of moss, surface becomes slippery. On road they are like death traps. The interlocks put near Bendoor have caused havoc to the two wheelers and authorities have taken no notice of this. Even MESCOM is not aware that there should not be any electric transformers on the footpaths.

There is another serious problem with the authorities - many of the engineers and workers are from north Karnataka, who have no idea about the weather condition of this region. They have not taken the rain factor into consideration at all. In some places like near SDM college dummy ducts have been placed and the rain water just flows on the road. This kind of negligence is glaring everywhere.

The subcontracting of the tender should not be allowed since it leads to poor quality of work. For example, if a tender is given to the first person for Rs 1000, it is passed on to the second one for Rs 800 and then he passes it to the third person for Rs 600 and at the end, what we have is a footpath built with sand and some cement.

Besides footpaths, another major concern about the development process is the lack of bus shelters. How is this problem affecting the people?

It is true that all the bus shelters have been removed in the name of concreting the roads. Since it is the rainy season now there is no shelter for people and two-wheelers too run for cover. Some of the places near Milagres, Rambhavan circle, Hampankatta, PVS, Bunts Hostel and Bendoorwell where all the buses stop, people have no place to wait for the buses.

If we see near Mahaveer Circle (Pumpwell) which is the entry point to the city and city’s biggest junction it has no bus shelter at all. It is shameful that authorities have simply neglected this aspect. There should have been at least 10 bus shelters there since five important roads join there. Adding to this the road at this junction is full of potholes creating bottleneck situations in traffic. Often, long route buses too either board or unboard their passengers right on the road, resulting in traffic jam. The passengers here have to simple jump into the bus but what about the old and disabled? While creating bus stop a separate curve has to me made so that the stopping bus would get there for boarding of passengers. Places near Mahaveera Circle ( Pumpwell), Joythi, PVS, Canara College, Milagres have no such facility so that vehicles behind the bus have to wait until the buses moves forward. The municipality has been compromising with installation of bus stops where vested interests who sponsor them have forced their construction at their preferable places and not where they are supposed to be.

What are the reasons for traffic-related problems which cause accidents and injuries to the pedestrians?

There is a considerable amount of increase in the traffic specially two and four wheelers. Even long route and express buses have been allowed to ply through the city, which is not a good sign since they require large space. Many of the two-wheeler riders take their vehicles on the footpath when there is a traffic jam or signal. It happens often near St Aloysius College to Jyothi circle, Bendoorwell to Jyothi, Lalbagh to PVS. The circles installed near Kankandy, PVS, Falnir, Hampankatta are very small and faulty. They do not allow the vehicles to take a proper turn because of their size. So, often vehicles come over footpaths or hit other vehicles. Places like Hampankatta junction, Jyothi circle need overhead bridges for the people to cross. This would allow people to move safely and also ease the flow of traffic.

What should the authorities keep in mind while providing better footpath facilities to the people?

We can say it is the right of the people to demand for their space in the city and it is the duty of the authorities to provide what the people need first. The authorities, MUDA and MCC have to see to it that footpath and road work is done simultaneously. There should be two drains, one for the street water to flow, the small drains should let out the excess water into the bigger drain. The engineers should keep in mind the weather conditions of the city.

Concerning footpaths, they have to be built on a level higher than the road. This will avoid two things - first, it will protect vehicles hitting the bystanders and second, it will prevent vehicles from being parked on the footpath. The interlocks that have been laid on the footpath have to be thoroughly examined and properly laid.

To avoid parking congestion in Hampankatta area, the old bus stand parking lot could be well designed to provide proper parking space. Parking in front of schools, temples, mosques and churches should be avoided. There is no proper monitoring of the traffic by the traffic police in sensitive areas. They are usually busy either on their mobile phones or reading newspapers in the nearest shops.

To add to these developments, drinking water, toilet and waste bin facilities should be provided at least at main junctions. Many of the working women and travellers suffer from lack of such facilities.

The authorities should be aware of the problems that are affecting people, and in this way city corporators have a major role to play. It is their negligence that is the cause for all this mess.

The city's problems are increasing day by day but no one seems to be listening. A resident near Bendoor who is a regular witness to the problems suffered by two-wheeler riders due to faulty interlocks, says, "It's no use informing the authorities about the situation. The corporator seems to be turning a deaf ear to the problem. Even the interlocks which were supposed to be taken for lab tests are lying still there".

Such problems are being faced by everyone in the city. People do not even have a place to breathe freely because public places have been sold to the private developers. Often, people forget that they have two equal rights - right to freedom, and right to protest. Mangaloreans, at present, seem to be using neither.
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mangalore mania

July 10th, 2011, 02:00 PM

what is this overbridge from Central to LHH. Where is the space for it?Looks like it is all talk.

They are talking of a two way flyover from Town Hall upto Syndicate Bnak. There is enough space to make a flyover, But there is a need for demolishon from Canara Jewellers

mangalore mania

July 12th, 2011, 12:36 PM

Moodbidri, Jul 12: With a steady growth seen in this temple town and increase in traffic with its emergence also an education town, the need for a bypass had been felt long ago.

A proposal to lay a new bypass from Gandhinagar up to Kadalakere had been approved long back and even land had been acquired. However, a stretch of 100 metres at the junction where the Nagarakatte-Kadalakatte roads meet has been dispute, while many other residents wanted widening of existing highway.

The town municipal council had passed a resolution long back to the effect that the land acquired be used to lay a ring road. But the TMC had not followed it up and hence the project did not progress.

Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner Dr N S Channe Gowda visited the spot on Saturday and ordered immediate laying of a junction, instructing tahsildar Muralidhar and chief officer A V Ganesh.

In compliance of the orders, the tahsildar and chief officer on Monday arrived with the earth-moving equipment and got the land levelled in preparation of the road. The owner of the land protested but the work went ahead under police protection.
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Krishnamoorthy K

July 12th, 2011, 12:47 PM

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Krishnamoorthy K

July 14th, 2011, 09:10 AM

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Krishnamoorthy K

July 14th, 2011, 09:11 AM

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Krishnamoorthy K

July 14th, 2011, 09:11 AM

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Moodabidire may get ring road much before Mangaluru?

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July 14th, 2011, 09:12 AM

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Krishnamoorthy K

July 14th, 2011, 09:13 AM

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mangalore mania

July 14th, 2011, 02:26 PM

Mangalore, Jul 14: The dual carriageway being laid betwen Padil and Nantoor with a detour via Kembar and Maroli has been delayed for long.

This new dual carriageway would considerably cut down the distance between Padil and Nantoor.

It will also reduce traffic between Padil and Pumpwell and also allow vehicles from Farangipet to Suratkal to bypass Mangalore city altogether.
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The Maroli-Jayashri Gate-Bikarnakatta segment is fast getting ready since the acquisition disputes were cleared by the high court last year.

But the flyover at the Maroli-Kaikamba junction was being further delayed and it has been lying in an unfinished form for almost two years. Residents and motorists kept cursing the city corporation, the state government, the highway officials, corporators and MLAs alike and everyone else possible, without realizing that there was a hurdle of a case in the Supreme Court regarding acquisition of land.

The state high court had reportedly ruled in favour of the land-owners. But the case was taken in appeal to the apex court, which has now quashed the high court order.

The SC has opined that the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) is an independent, competent authority consisting of experts who can decide what infrastructure is needed by the people. The judgement was delivered by a bench consisting of Justices G S Singhvi and Ashok Kumar Ganguly.

This in effect clears the deck for continuance of work and possibly early completion of the flyover, which could relieve much of traffic snarls caused at this junction, the load of traffic to which is added by that arriving from Moodbidri-Karkala and Kudremukh.

When our team visited the spot on Tuesday, July 14 morning, and spoke to the small traders and other residents, they had a lot of complain about.

Lester Saldanha, an entrepreneur with interests in ornamental fish and tanks at Bikarnakatta, pointed out that the flyover work had been lying stagnant for two years. The steel rods had been jutting out. These and other structures had remained unprotected for such a long time and had got rusty.

"Now all of a sudden, if concrete work is executed without strengthening them or giving any anti-rust protection, they are likely to give way in the near future. Who will be responsible if anything untoward happens?" queries Saldanha.

"The contractors may be trying to beat the deadline and finish the job in a hurry. If there is a mishap or collapse, it will be difficult to blame anyone at that point of time. So precautions should be taken right now," felt another resident, concurring with Saldanha's point of view.

The local elected representatives, MLAs, MPs and social activists should give this matter immediate attention. This was a consensus among the people our correspondents spoke to.
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mangalore mania

July 14th, 2011, 08:49 PM

MANGALORE: Post June 25 hike in diesel prices, KSRTC hiked fares of various bus services by 6.95% on an average. While this move left commuters seeing red, this was not the case for passengers who use the Red Volvo city service operated by Mangalore division of KSRTC to two destinations, Manipal and Kasargod. Their blushes were spared as fares for Volvo services remained unchanged.

KSRTC head office in Bangalore rather than looking strictly at the bottomline of this popular service, deemed it prudent to focus on increasing occupancy by maintaining status quo on the existing fare. While a trip from Mangalore to Manipal on this Volvo city service is priced at Rs 65, it is Rs 60 each to Udupi and Kasargod respectively. As per Volvo city service chart rates, the fare to the two destinations should be around Rs 95 to Rs 100.

Last time KSRTC raised fare of city Volvo services was in June 2010 when it went up by Rs 5. Incidentally, this is the only increase in fare that this service has seen since it was launched simultaneously by district in-charge ministers of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts V S Acharya at Manipal, and J Krishna Palemar at SBI main branch terminus here on March 27, 2010. City Volvo service fare to Manipal from Mangalore was Rs 60 on its introduction.

A senior KSRTC official told TOI that the corporation could have looked at managing the bottomline either by increasing fare, which would have hit occupancy, or by maintaining status quo on fare and increase occupancy. "We chose to do the latter. The whole idea was to make the city service more attractive to people. Its main patrons are doctors and professionals who commute to and from Manipal daily," the official noted.

Observing that commuters prefer the Volvo city service for the pleasant travelling experience it provides, Yashwanth, in-charge divisional controller of Mangalore division said the low floor buses, which feature syncromesh gear and electronic control systems offer a smooth riding experience. While the operation of this service is on a break-even basis, not revising the fare is more to do with generating goodwill with commuters and to increase market share.

Canara Bus Operators Association (CBOA) that offers competition to KSRTC city Volvo on Udupi-Manipal sector however indicated that fares on its Canara Combine Transport, which offers concessions to daily commuters could go up if RTA approves its request for hike in fare. K Rajavarma Ballal, president, CBOA said revised fares on CCT buses would be pegged at 50% of fare approved by the RTA. Fare hike even for CCT is inevitable, he said
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mangalore mania

July 15th, 2011, 08:05 AM

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mangalore mania

July 15th, 2011, 08:09 AM

delted

s.yogendra

July 15th, 2011, 09:04 PM

‘Tree felling inevitable to construct roads’

Felling of certain trees to construct roads in Mangalore was inevitable.

However, 20,000 saplings have been planted in their place,” informed Mangalore City Corporation Commissioner Dr K N Vijay Prakash at “Vanamahotsava-2011” organised by Pathways Association of St Aloysius College in association with Malabar Gold on Friday at the College Auditorium.

The event was held to create awareness about the destruction of forests and the need for its conservation.

Students from various associations such as Microgen, Bio-chem, Al-music and others took part at the event.

Plant trees on birthdays

Speaking on the occasion, HOD of Botany, Prof Sureshnath stated that man will not be satisfied until every tree on the earth is cut down. He encouraged the students to plant a sapling on their birthdays and make a small contribution in saving the earth.

Stating that green cover surrounded the whole of Mangalore 10 years back, the Commissioner expressed regret that the scenario had changed over the years.

He said that development work could not be avoided, but they would make sure to begin green building initiative, rainwater harvesting and waste management.

5000 saplings distributed

In commemoration of this day, each of the dignitaries planted saplings in pots. Malabar Gold sponsored 5,000 saplings at the event which was distributed to the students to plant in their homes.

Principal Rev Fr Swebert D’silva, Pathways coordinator George, Malabar Gold General Manager Shaeen and Marketing Manager Zakir Husain were present.

© DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/176649/tree-felling-inevitable-construct-roads.html)

Krishnamoorthy K

July 16th, 2011, 12:50 PM

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Krishnamoorthy K

July 16th, 2011, 12:52 PM

Sandhya C D’Souza

The road conditions in Mangalore are every motorist’s nightmare, writes Sandhya C D’Souza
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Want to have an adrenaline rush? Don’t waste your money on the expensive roller coaster rides, as a free ride on one of the roads of Mangalore will give you all the thrill you need.

The Mangalore road conditions are now every motorist’s nightmare. With huge potholes and ditches at every other step, one has to suffer from the aches and pains the bumpy ride gives.

Speaking to City Herald, a two-wheeler rider Jyothi complains that she risks her life with every ride. “With these road conditions, I am not sure if I will reach home safe. When rain water fills the pot holes, my scooter wheel gets struck. Some times it is just like wading in a river. The loose gravel and sand on the road is the worst fear as it is very easy to skid,” she says.

The road conditions which has been a constant prick in the public eye, is now making every Mangalorean raise eyebrows. The roads connecting Mallikatte, Balmatta, Bunts Hostel, Nanthoor Junction, Kodial Guthu, Kankanady, Valencia, Jeppu along with many other cross roads are in a pathetic condition. The heavy rains have caused huge pits in the asphalted street making it impossible for a motorist to judge its depth when the pit is filled in water.

One of the sources from City Traffic Police reveals to City Herald that though majority of the road accidents are reported as driver’s negligence, more than 30 per cent are caused due to the deplorable road conditions. The department has filed several petitions to Mangalore City Corporation with regard to the motorists’ safety. However, the repairs that are undertaken are temporary and not satisfactory, he says.

“The road conditions are a total chaos. Though concretisation has been undertaken in several places, there is no pre planning and the gutters and drainages have not been formed. Water gets accumulated on the roads hence causing severe damage to the asphalt or concrete. With unplanned concretization, the telephone lines and pipelines have been buried under the concrete and whenever the repairs are undertaken, the concrete is dug up,” complains Karnataka State Bus Federation President K Rajavarma Ballal.

He further adds that it takes at least Rs 30,000 to repair every bus. The clutch, gear, crown pinion, suspension parts are affected the most and it is a pricy affair to replace these parts, he adds.

Federation of Karnataka Auto-rickshaw Drivers Union (FKARDU) District General Secretary L T Suvarna complains that the rickshaws get easily damaged with the road conditions. With the hike in prices, it is very difficult to spend money on repairs and maintenance. Only 10 per cent of the roads are good, the rest 90 per cent are worse, he says.

“We earn our bread and butter by driving. These road conditions also affect our health. We have complained several times to the authorities but they pay no need. We have no other option and we will be conducting a massive protest,” he says.

Taxi driver Dinesh, complains that the fuel efficiency has reduced due to the road conditions.

“The government has hiked the fuel prices and earning a livelihood has become a costly affair,” he says.

Commissioner reacts

“Mangalore is in a transition phase. It is in the list of the fastest growing cities. The requirements are huge and the resources are not sufficient,” says MCC Commissioner Dr K N Vijay Prakash.

As much as Rs 100 crores have been allotted for the City development and only up to 45 per cent of the funds can be spent on roads. With this, several concretisation works have been taken up. “It requires Rs 2 crores to concretise one kilometer road,” he says.
Whenever there are complaints, MCC tries its level best to solve them.

“With the lashing rains, the asphalted roads are bound to get damaged and emergency filling of granite mix is done. We are doing our best with the available funds. In case grants from Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) are available, then it would help in undertaking huge development projects. Mangalore City is not eligible for huge grants as it has around 4.9 lakh population, which is lower than the population required to acquire grants, he says.

“If budget was not enough, then why was the work taken up. There is no point in doing incomplete work. Only once a complete stretch along with the footpaths connected to it is complete, then the next work should be undertaken.

Under the Motor Vehicles Act, in case of accident, one can claim loss from the department concerned if the accident has been caused due to the department’s negligence. Public should make use of these provisions and hence help in the systematic working of the system,” says KCCI Road Safety Sub Committee Chairman Praveen Chandra Shetty.

DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/176584/its-roller-coaster-ride-city.html)

Krishnamoorthy K

July 16th, 2011, 12:55 PM

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s.yogendra

July 19th, 2011, 05:12 AM

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Krishnamoorthy K

July 20th, 2011, 11:27 AM

The Deccan Herald article (Where rivers meet mighty Arabian sea (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/176578/where-rivers-meet-mighty-arabian.html)) (Mangalore- The Jewel of Tulunadu page #5 post #94 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=81559382&postcount=94)) mentions that Kasaba Bengre has 1000 families and Thota Bengre has 900 families residing there. I was of perception that the population is less in Bengre and more towards Thanneerbavi because I never visited Bengre.

If this is the case then a bridge for movement of buses is definitely needed near Sultan Battery. And I have to withdraw my statement below.

In case of the vehicle bridge I prefer it to be slightly towards north near Dambel/Shediguri allowing sea access to other industries which may come up in Tannirbhavi region. I think some other industry is coming up in area where Power Plant was there earlier. But, not sure whether it needs sea access.

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I think having a bridge for buses along with suspension bridge north to Bharatishipyard is fine assuming no more sea based industries needed in Tannirbavi. I will update "Roads of Mangala Corniche Enclosure" diagram to reflect these changes later.

Whether whole area identified for gulfcourse in Bengre belongs to the government? I think the new land acquisition rules proposed by the central government forbids land acquisition for creation of entertainment facilities like golfcourse, cricket stadium, etc. So, the acquisition of land for cricket stadium at Bangra Kuloor may become a difficult task.

Any idea anyone, how many breakwater points are there on Gurupura & Nethravathi rivers and Thanneerbavi & Bengre beaches? Recently I had posted an Udayavani news clipping of illegal sand mining from Thanneerbavi beach breakwater point.

What is the use of sand islet between mainland and brengre in the wikimap above?

To promote Bus Transportation Hub coming up at Pumpwell to Multi Mode Transportation Hub or Integrated Bus and Railway Transportation Hub we need a pair of undreground tracks from Mangalkuru Junction to Pumpwell and then 8 rail platforms, 2 local/suburban train platforms and 2 metro platforms atleast all ungerground. Looking at the cost of construction and current situation of our financial status this may be possible only in year 2050-2100. By year 2100 we may even have bullet trains running to Bengaluru and Mumbai from here. On the other hand, Mangaluru might have grown beyond Mangaluru Junction and Mangaluru Junction itself may become a candidate for Transportation Hub. But, who knows what mode of transportation will be there in year 2100!

Krishnamoorthy K

July 21st, 2011, 02:43 PM

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Tranlation later.

Krishnamoorthy K

July 21st, 2011, 02:43 PM

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Krishnamoorthy K

July 21st, 2011, 02:44 PM

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The contractor has not yet started works at Mukrampady inspite of promises given to the minister. Road in this stretch is undrivable due to mud as works are incomplete.
-- Hosadigantha

Krishnamoorthy K

July 21st, 2011, 02:45 PM

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Unscientific underpass with steep gradients is leading to accidents. Pedestrians also feel uncomfortable to move here. No sidewalls and signboards on both sides is leading to problems. The expense of underpass is borne by NITK. NHAI or elected representatives are not interested in looking at the problem.
-- Udayavani

Foundation stone laid for Rs. 10 lakhs Bajpe Fish Market -- Udayavani
Rs. 77 lakhs KPT girls' hostel inaugurated. Rs. 2.9 crores work for Women ITI going on at Yeyyadi. -- Udayavani

s.yogendra

July 23rd, 2011, 07:34 AM

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Krishnamoorthy K

July 23rd, 2011, 07:59 AM

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-- Hosadigantha

Q: Whether the roads will be tar roads only or they will be concretized? Whether tender for footpath works is already issued? What about tenders for construction of busshelters? Why there is no new parks planned in core Mangaluru area like Bendorewell old KSRTC depot? Aren't there enough shopping complexes already within the core city?

Manjanady: Urumane to Mangaladevi concrete road is inaugurated.

Q: Whether this road has footpath?

Krishnamoorthy K

July 23rd, 2011, 08:01 AM

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Krishnamoorthy K

July 23rd, 2011, 08:02 AM

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Krishnamoorthy K

July 24th, 2011, 12:03 PM

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s.yogendra

July 27th, 2011, 09:11 PM

MCC spends huge amount to cover up ‘mistakes’

‘Cutting open already laid concrete roads inevitable’

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A road which is dug in Bunts Hostel road in Mangalore. DH PhotoThe Mangalore City Corporation (MCC), which spent crores of rupees for concreting major roads in the city is now spending huge amount to cover up the mistakes of non shifting of the utilities by them during the concreting work.''

The corporation had concretised 17 roads in the city using the Chief Minister’s Special Grant of Rs 100 crore in the first phase. However, utility lines including water supply pipelines, Under Ground Drainage, telephone and electricity cables were not shifted before the roads were concreted.

As a result, the Corporation is finding it difficult to plug any leakage in the water supply pipeline or Under Ground Drainage without cutting open the concrete road.
The corporation has already cut open the newly laid concrete roads at more than 42 places in the city for plugging the leakage of water supply or for repairing the cables and so on.

Speaking to Deccan Herald, MCC Commissioner Dr K N Vijayaprakash said “as the MCC had failed to shift the utilities before laying the concrete road, the cutting open the already laid concrete road is inevitable with any leakage. The Mangalore City Corporation called for the tender for concreting the road without shifting the utilities two years ago.

As a result any problem in the leakage, we are forced to go for cutting open the concrete road. However, in the second phase of works to be undertaken under Chief Minister’s special grant of Rs 100 crore, pipelines will be shifted before going for concretisation of the roads.”

At few places, the dug up concrete roads were not reconcretised. Instead, it was asphalted.

Some of the concrete roads which are pending for maintenance works are: in front of Kulai Vishnumurthy temple, Jeppu Kottadi road, near Baroda bank in Chilimbi, near Suprabhath building in Kapikad sixth cross, Mannagudda junction, near Syndicate Bank at Kottara, Kankanady hospital road, Bendorewell road, in front of Unity hospital and so on.

The already dug roads are Kadri Kambala-Kodialguthu road, Kankanady-Pumpwell road, Bejai Kapikad road, in front of Colaco hospital, in front of Pearl beauty parlour in Bejai-Kapikad, in front of Smile dental clinic in Bejai- Kapikad, in front of Roshni Nilaya, near Kankanady restaurant, Yeyyadi road, in front of Urwa Store police station, near Sapthagiri hotel in Kavoor and so on.

Solution

The Commissioner says the only solution to avoid cutting open the concrete road is 24X7 water supply wherein there would be evaluation and study of netwroking on water supply, which will help to identify the exact position where the leakage has taken place.

He said “now without knowing the place of leakage, the roads are cut open to plug the leakage. In fact, a sum of Rs 36 crore has been earmarked for inter connection of water supply. We have age old pipelines which are rusted and when the pressure of the water supply increases, the pipeline gets damaged, creating problems. Now we have one dimension of pipeline for the mainline and another dimension for the inter connection. As a result, the pipes get burst with the increase in the pressure of water supply. For the last one year, we have full fledged water supply from Thumbay vented dam. Earlier, we were getting 80 MLD water. With the completion of KUDCEMP works, the quantity of water drawn is 160 MLD. Many of the old pipes are unable to withstand the pressure and gets ruptured,” he said.

With the inter connection networking of the water supply, the problem on cutting open the concrete road will be solved to some extent.

At the same time, in the next phase of concreting of road, utilities will be shifted before laying the roads, added the Commissioner.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/179585/mcc-spends-huge-amount-cover.html

Krishnamoorthy K

July 28th, 2011, 07:08 AM

UDUPI: Residents of Beedu, Deenstreet, Padabettu, Ramnagar, Nadsalu and Padubidri villages organized a protest march at Padubidri town demanding the cancellation of the proposed bypass as part of the widening the national highway at Padubidri area.

In a memorandum to Udupi DC, residents of these villages 'alleged' that the hidden agenda to safeguard their houses and shops of some influential people in Padubidiri town is clearly visible in the proposal. As many as 48 houses in the 45 meter area and 83 houses in the 60 meter area have to be demolished to construct the bypass. If the bypass comes, many families will be homeless and displaced. A majority of the people who are dependent on agriculture, would lose their valuable land. The protesters said it would be better not to have the proposed bypass at all and instead go for only widening the existing road at the Padubidiri town and help the people of these villages.

The 3km long bypass being built only to solve the problem of a sheer 100 meter area is quite unrealistic, the protesters added.

TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Demand-for-cancellation-of-bypass-at-Padubidri/articleshow/9387659.cms)

Krishnamoorthy K

July 28th, 2011, 07:12 AM

Deralakatte to Bagambila,Kumpala road concretization works of ₹29.5 lakhs with paver finishing technology has started. The project is partially sponsored by Yenepoya Institute. -- Udayavani

When will the fourlane work start for Thokkottu-Konaje Road? With hitech educational institutes, IT companies and big housing and mall projects on cards finding sponsorers should not be a problem.

engineer.akash

July 31st, 2011, 07:23 PM

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mangalore mania

August 4th, 2011, 09:19 PM

Mangalore City Corporation council has agreed to allocate Rs. three crore reserved for railway projects in 2011-12 budget of the corporation for constructing a railway underpass at Jeppu Kudpady here. The council in its meeting in June approved a proposal to this effect. The approval was ratified by the council in its July meeting. The amount will be deposited with the Southern Railway. The amount has not been allocated for constructing a railway overpass at Mahakalipadpu
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engineer.akash

August 5th, 2011, 12:15 PM

Have footpath works started in Mangalore?

Krishnamoorthy K

August 6th, 2011, 07:04 AM

SULLIA (DAKSHINA KANNADA): Usually, a village or a region from where a chief minister hails benefits a lot from the MP and MLA area development fund. But in chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda's case, the Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha MP, many things need to be fixed.

Mandekolu village in Sullia taluk, Gowda's home, desperately needs a bridge. The village is divided by the river Payaswini and residents of Devarakonda area, where the CM lives, have to travel nearly 30km to reach Mandekolu gram panchayat and cooperative societies.

There are two hanging bridges near Mandekolu, one at Parappa, built three years ago, and the other at Panjikallu is getting the finishing touches. Gowda's younger brother Suresh told TOI: ``We hope he'll expedite the work on the motorable bridge at Murooru. There's one there now but it can be used only during summer."

The CM's cousin Chidananda added: ``The footbridges have space only for a two-wheeler. If we go by a four-wheeler, we need to take a circuitous route -- to Sullia and then to Adkaru to reach Mandekolu. A bridge at Murooru will reduce the distance to less than 6-7 km.'' The site of the proposed bridge at Murooru has been asphalted at both ends. ``We hope the new CM will expedite the construction," he added.

Also, areas like Maithadka and Peralu don't have asphalted roads due to which bus services stop about 7km from Peralu and Maithadka. Abdul Lateef of Panjikallu said the completion of bridge would be a big help.
The CM's niece Tulasini, who was in Bangalore for the swearing-in ceremony on Thursday, said water supply and roads in Sullia need to be managed better.

TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/CMs-village-prays-bridge-will-be-ready-soon/articleshow/9498323.cms)

Decision taken to widen Court Road of Puttur to 12 meters. -- Hosadigantha
Approval for widening of Kakkade Road, Belthangady by 11 meters. -- Udayavani

^^ NO!

ananda.padebettu

August 7th, 2011, 04:35 AM

ಸುರತ್ಕಲ್* : ರಾ.ಹೆ. 66ರ ಮುಕ್ಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಟೋಲ್*ಗೇಟ್* ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸುವ ಇರ್ಕಾನ್* ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ಪ್ರಸ್ತಾವವನ್ನು ವಿರೋಧಿಸಿ ಅ. 8ರಂದು ಜನಜಾಗೃತಿ ಅಭಿಯಾನ ನಡೆಸಲು ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸಲಾಯಿತು.
ಮುಕ್ಕ ಶ್ರೀ ಸತ್ಯಧರ್ಮ ದೇವಿ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ ನಡೆದ ಸಭೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ನಿರ್ಣಯ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಯಿತು.

ಅಂದು ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ 9ರಿಂದ 10ರ ವರೆಗೆ ರಾ.ಹೆ. 66ರಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರ ಸಹಭಾಗಿತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಚರಿಸುವ ವಾಹನ ಚಾಲಕರಿಂದ ಮನವಿ ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸಿ ಅದನ್ನು ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳ ಮೂಲಕ ಸರಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ತಲುಪಿಸಲಾಗುವುದು. ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ನಿಯಮದಂತೆ ನಗರ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿಯೊಳಗೆ ಟೋಲ್*ಗೇಟ್* ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸುವಂತೆ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಅಲ್ಲದೆ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಅಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿದೆ. ಆಗಿರುವ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಕಳಪೆ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟ ಹೊಂದಿದೆ. ಇದರಿಂದ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರಿಗೆ ಅಗಿರುವ ನಷ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ಯಾರು ಹೊಣೆ ಎಂದು ಸಭೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಚರ್ಚಿಸಲಾಯಿತು.

ಸಮಿತಿ ಸಂಚಾಲಕ ಯತೀಶ್* ಬೈಕಂಪಾಡಿ, ಶೋಭೇಂದ್ರ ಹೊಸಬೆಟ್ಟು, ಮಹಾಬಲ ರೈ ಮುಂತಾದವರು ಉಪಸ್ಥಿತರಿದ್ದರು.

I really do not understand the fact that why there is a proposal to lavy Toll on such a poor quality road, which is incomplete and marred by controversies. They must focus on completing the road and flyover before charging Toll.

ಉದಯವಾಣಿ (http://www.udayavani.com/news/87329L15-%E0%B2%9F-%E0%B2%B2--%E0%B2%97-%E0%B2%9F---%E0%B2%85--8--%E0%B2%AE-%E0%B2%95-%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B2-%E0%B2%B2--%E0%B2%B0--%E0%B2%B9---%E0%B2%9C%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%9C-%E0%B2%97-%E0%B2%A4-.html)

s.yogendra

August 7th, 2011, 06:02 AM

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mangalore mania

August 10th, 2011, 05:41 AM

Proposal on K.S. Rao Raod, Light House Hill Road referred to panel
The proposal has created two groups in the BJP
One group is accused of blocking the road widening
There is uncertainty over the proposal to widen the Karnad Sadashiva Rao Road and Light House Hill Road in the city.

Sources in the corporation told The Hindu that the leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here were divided over implementing it. While a group of leaders of the party wanted the council of the civic body to have a resolution on widening the roads in place, the other section opposed it.

The council, at a meeting in June, passed a resolution on acquiring land for widening the roads up to 24 metres. But the meeting held in July changed the resolution passed on widening the roads. It decided to refer the subject to the Standing Committee for Town Planning and Improvement.

Sources in the BJP told The Hindu that a “pressure group” whose members owned buildings on both the roads was blocking the decision. The “pressure group” scuttled the move of another section of party leaders who wanted the resolution in place.

They said that a section of party leaders felt that it was not feasible to widen the roads to 24 metres given the concentration of buildings on the roads while another section argued that it could be done.

While passing the resolution in the June meeting the council decided to widen the K.S. Rao Road from Navbharath Circle to Hampankatta Junction, and between Hampankatta Junction and Light House Hill by acquiring land. It also resolved on constructing an overpass and an underpass at the junction.

An agenda on the subject said that THE Mangalore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) in its II Master Plan for Mangalore Local Planning Area had proposed on widening the roads to 24 metre wide. It said that the Chairman and the Commissioner of MUDA had requested the civic body for it, as people were facing trouble due to traffic congestion on those roads. It said that the Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada in a meeting at MUDA office on September 20, 2010 had said that the roads should be widened.

Some BJP leaders told The Hindu that the MUDA had put in cold storage for a proposal to build a multi-level car parking facility at old service bus stand at Hampankatta as there was no need to widen the roads.

There was no clarity with regard to the government allotting Transferable Development Right (TDR) for owners for parting their land for development works. Unless there was clarity over it land owners would not agree to part their land.
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Krishnamoorthy K

August 11th, 2011, 11:08 AM

^^
Whether KCCI, which is keen to acquire land for MSEZ, has expressed its support for acquisition of land for these road expansions?

Increasing the width of the roads is fine but, how difficult it will become to pedestrians to cross these roads? What will be the distance between two successive zebra crossings? How many pedestrian subways will be constructed? Whether core Hampankatta will be having all busstops suggested by me earlier? (Ajay had submitted the drawing to the then DC.) I am also keen to know whether there will be barricades between footpath and road so that vehicles will not run over pedestrians on footpath.

As I had insisted frequently earlier my preference is for pedestrian subways over vehicle underpass. As far as flyover is concerned it could have busstops at the same elevated level. I prefer flyover to be a elevated bus corridor to be converted to a BRTS subsequently. But, I prefer current allocation of Rs. 100 crores special grant to be spent on developing pedestrian infratructure and concretizing other bus routes.

I think the Central Government should take some measures to restrict the growth of personal vehicles. Restricting number of LPG cylinders to personal vehicle owners is alright for me. The center should use the money saved by this for subsidizing mass transportation system along with biofuels and JNNURM/KURM funds should have compulsory allocation for improving pedestrian infrastructure.

Krishnamoorthy K

August 11th, 2011, 11:21 AM

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-- Udayavani

Udupi: Highway Widening - DC Orders Traffic Diversion (http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=111522)
Signed protest against toll booth on NH-66 (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Signed-protest-against-toll-booth-on-NH-66/articleshow/9539173.cms)

Krishnamoorthy K

August 11th, 2011, 11:22 AM

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Krishnamoorthy K

August 11th, 2011, 11:22 AM

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-- Hosadigantha

mangalore mania

August 11th, 2011, 05:41 PM

Wish all the roads in Mangalore gets footpaths like this
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Karavali Junction, Kankanady
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mangalore mania

August 11th, 2011, 05:56 PM

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ajay ramchandran

August 15th, 2011, 05:19 AM

Good snaps

What is the status of Suratkal,Kuloor and Bikarnekatte flyover?

engineer.akash

August 16th, 2011, 03:04 PM

Udupi-Mangalore NH 17(66) 4- Laning works

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engineer.akash

August 16th, 2011, 03:06 PM

NH - 48 Bangalore - Mangalore

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works going on.....

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engineer.akash

August 16th, 2011, 03:07 PM

NH-75 Bengaluru to Mangalore Highway (somewhere between Hassan and Kunigal)-6 months old video.

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NH-75 Bengaluru to Mangalore Highway (somewhere near Hassan)-6 months old video.

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engineer.akash

August 16th, 2011, 06:24 PM

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They must complete 4 laning of the highway in city limits first :bash:

mangalore mania

August 17th, 2011, 10:55 AM

Former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa had made an infamous statement when he was accused of corruption — that he was merely following in the footsteps of his predecessors. Now people hope his successor D V Sadananda Gowda will follow in his footsteps, albeit in a positive way, by improving the Bangalore-Mangalore highway (NH48).

Successive CMs and ministers have shown interest in improving connectivity to their constituencies. H D Deve Gowda and later his son H D Revanna, who was the PWD minister in the Congress-JD (S) and JD (S)-BJP coalition governments, improved the 180-km Bangalore-Hassan road. First, Gowda got it upgraded to a two-lane road before his son persuaded the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to expand it to a four-lane one. It is said that the Gowdas were influential in getting the NHAI to take up work on reducing the bottlenecks on the Bangalore-Nelamangala stretch, which leads to Hassan.

S M Krishna took great interest in improving the Bangalore-Mysore highway. Thanks to his initiative, it was the first state highway to be upgraded to a four-lane road.

Union minister of state for surface transport K H Muniyappa, the MP from Kolar, succeeded in upgrading the Bangalore-Kolar-Mulbagal two-lane highway to a four-lane road.

B S Yeddyurappa played a key role in developing the road to Shikaripura in Shimoga district. Besides this, he is said to have made the PWD spend Rs 718.17 crore to improve the roads in the district and even got the department to set up a separate unit for the purpose.

Now, all eyes are on Sadananda Gowda. They are hoping that he will improve the condition of the 370-km Bangalore-Mangalore highway. The road is largely in a bad condition, particularly the 37-km stretch between Sakleshpur and Hassan on the Western Ghats. Accidents are common on the stretch. Despite never-ending repair work, the tarmac goes for a toss every monsoon. A proposal to construct a concrete road on Shiradi Ghat at a cost of Rs 118 crore has been scrapped because the NHAI is expected to do the needful while expanding the two-lane stretch from Hassan to B C Road to four lanes. The Hassan-B C Road project needs a whopping Rs 2,038 crore. Locals are hoping that Sadananda Gowda will pressurise the NHAI to get cracking on the project. It will also reduce the journey time between Mangalore and Bangalore from eight hours to six.

FKCCI president J R Bangera says, “Sadananda Gowda must see what the national BJP president has done. Nitin Gadkari was instrumental in developing the Mumbai-Pune expressway. Gowda should pressurise the Centre to improve the road to Mangalore. He should also ensure better train connectivity between the two cities to serve as an alternative to road transport.”

CHALLENGE OF NH48
“With 3,600 to 4,000 passenger car units using the road per hour, traffic density is among the highest in India. Due to the bad condition of the road, travel time has increased. Repairs have been going on for the last three years and, I am told it may take another six years to complete. Heavy movement of oil tankers, poor construction, heavy rainfall and lack of drainage are responsible for the poor road condition,” says traffic expert M N Sreehari.
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There is a mistake i guess its 37km of stretch between Saklespur-Gundya not, Saklespur-Hassan

mangalore mania

August 17th, 2011, 11:05 AM

Motorists applying sudden brake and then being hit by a vehicle coming from behind is something shopkeeper Abubakar is used to seeing every day. “Such incidents have been occurring regularly for one month,” he said. What causes concern to him is the injury that motorists sustain when they fall off their vehicle. “A young rider was taken to the hospital from here,” he says pointing to a pothole on the Bendorewell Junction.

Abubakar, who repairs clocks, is among the many being affected by the deteriorating condition of the 100- metre stretch. “This is the state of this road every year during rainy season. Whatever repair work is done weathers off just after the contractors leave the place,” he says.

Big potholes hinder the movement of the vehicles on this road that connects with the Karavali Circle, which is one of the busiest junctions in the city. “It really becomes difficult to drive at night, more so if you are with a family member. It is risky to negotiate these potholes when filled with water,” says Raphel D' Cunha, who travels on the road regularly.

A traffic constable says number of vehicles break down at this stretch creating traffic jam. The residents say the deterioration has been more at the points where the Mangalore City Corporation carried out repairs of the old water line that passes through the road. The other reason, the residents point out, is the absence of drain along this 100-metre stretch. The residents say the authorities usually come with mud and fill potholes. “Just a week ago, they filled the potholes and it's gone with two days of rain,” Mr. Abubakar adds.

Commissioner of Mangalore City Corporation K.N. Vijay Prakash said instructions would be given to fill the potholes with concrete mix, which would prevent deterioration of the road.
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mangalore mania

August 18th, 2011, 10:37 AM

Guys i have plan for a new road in Mangalore, Which will be more useful than Mangala Corniche road or the Proposed ring Road which will be running from the Eastern side of Mangalore. So here is the route
It will start from Kotekar-Beri( where the propsed Bypas road starts at NH66)-Ullal Railway station-Someshwar-Ullal Town-(take left from Abbakka circle)-Ullal Jetty-A bridge Across estuary to connect it ti Bengre-TannirBhavi-NMPT south gate-Kulur Bridge will be the end point
Here is the map
Here is the map
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And here is the 3D view
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In the above map i couldn't show the exact starting point of the road. The road which i showed in the map is Starting from Thokkotu. BUt it should be started from Kotekar passing through Someshwar. There will be a need of Railway overbridge or Underpass for crossing of Railway line at ullal railway Station
But the description is given Properly in 3D view

Krishnamoorthy K

August 18th, 2011, 01:46 PM

^^ The height of the bridge over estuary should be enough to pass ships below.

avi mangalore

August 19th, 2011, 09:58 AM

Actually when mangala chroniche was first palnned i thought the road would be frm kulur to tannirbahvi -bendre a bridge across the estuary then ullal and joining thokottu. but then i came to know about the real plan . but the above mentioned road and the bridge with cable type suspension bridge or like the bandra worli sealink bridge was my real dream
building such types of bridge can also be a landmark for mangalore. hope it becomes into a reality one day

mangalore mania

August 24th, 2011, 01:31 PM

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Krishnamoorthy K

August 28th, 2011, 07:57 AM

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Potholes seen on the Nantoor-Pumpwell stretch in Mangalore on Wednesday. Photo: R. Eswarraj.
“Everyday it is a back-breaking ride. You do not know how deep the potholes are. There is always a fear of losing control over the vehicle,” said Charan Shetty. He regularly takes his sister on his motorcycle from his house behind the Karnataka Bank and drops her at the Pumpwell Circle. He again goes in the evening to pick her up.

Mr. Shetty is among the many motorists who driver on the Nantoor Junction-Pumpwell stretch of the National Highway. “This has been a problematic stretch for a long time. We only hope that four-laning of the highway will address our problem,” said M. Pramod, who runs a nursery off this road.

A major portion of this one-km stretch has turned bumpy. The case of the road from Pumpwell to Ullal and beyond is no different. The problem starts with big potholes at the Nantoor Junction. “The road is in bad shape till Talpady,” said Anand Sankoli, who works in the Mangalore Airport. The worst affected, according to Mr. Pramod, were the ambulances moving towards a private hospital near Kuntikana Junction.

For many motorists, the most problematic stretch has been between Karnataka Bank and the Pumpwell Junction. In the absence of a side drain, the road gets flooded making it difficult for the drivers to spot the potholes and craters beneath the sheet of water. “Just a month ago, these potholes were filled. But they have opened up again. No permanent solution has been worked out,” said Madhusudan D. “It is at its worst during summer when we have to endure the dust,” he said.

According to Mr. Sankoli, the problem was with the quality of the National Highway roadwork. “The State Highway did not maintain this road. Just recently, this stretch came to the National Highways Authority of India. We hope for a better quality of the road,” he said.

The city traffic police said the number of vehicles moving on this stretch of the highway had come down after the highway connecting the Nantoor Junction and Padil had been opened to traffic. NHAI project director P.N. Gawasane was not willing to comment on the issue over phone.

The Hindu (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/article2396116.ece)

ajay ramchandran

August 28th, 2011, 09:52 AM

The Hindu (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/article2396116.ece)

Remember they never repaired the NITK - Surathkal stretch in 2007 after which they four laned the stretch. At that time road was non existent there(I travelled on that stretch in 2007). Looks like they are doing the same here but I think they should atleast do some patchwork before they four lane this stretch as it is dangerous for the health of human beings and their vehicles!

ajay ramchandran

August 28th, 2011, 09:53 AM

mangalore mania

August 29th, 2011, 04:44 AM

Looks like workers enjoying the monsoon here in Mangalore Tea and Goli bajye,
I cant see any significant progress in work,
Drainage work is partially complete in few places,
Pillars on Netravati bridge are complete, except two in between.
The ramp approach from Talapady side looks like has been washed away by heavy rain, I think navayug has to fill soil again there.
Nothin more update.
The road is badly damaged presently needs some attention, Its a nightmare for drivers and risk for many motorist life.
Not been to city enjoying Ramzan in home itself. Will visit Mangalore city by Tuesday if possible i ll get some snaps

mangalore mania

August 29th, 2011, 04:46 AM

Remember they never repaired the NITK - Surathkal stretch in 2007 after which they four laned the stretch. At that time road was non existent there(I travelled on that stretch in 2007). Looks like they are doing the same here but I think they should atleast do some patchwork before they four lane this stretch as it is dangerous for the health of human beings and their vehicles!

Krishnamoorthy remember that was IRCON, we expect some good from Navayug,
Patch work is waste of money right now till the rain stops, Whatever should be done, should have been done before rainy season

Krishnamoorthy K

August 29th, 2011, 11:55 AM

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-- Udayavani

Mangaluru MLA has asked for Rs. 150 crores of special grant for road development

Krishnamoorthy K

August 31st, 2011, 11:08 AM

# ವಿಶೇಷ ಅನುದಾನದ ನಿರೀಕ್ಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕರಾವಳಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಗಳು
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ಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಹೇಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಯಾರಾದರೂ ಪ್ರಶ್ನಿಸಿದರೆ ತೀರಾ ಕೆಟ್ಟಿದೆ ಎಂದು ನಿರ್ದಾಕ್ಷಿಣ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಉತ್ತರಿಸಬಹುದು.

* ಕೇಶವ ಕುಂದರ್* ; ಚಿತ್ರ: ಸುಬ್ರಾಯ ನಾಯಕ್* ಎಕ್ಕಾರ್* | Aug 30, 2011
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ಮಂಗಳೂರು : ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಕರಾವಳಿಯ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ರಸ್ತೆ ದುಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಬಗೆಹರಿಯದ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆ. ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳಿಂದ ಹಿಡಿದು ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ವರೆಗೆ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಗತಿ ಆಧೋಗತಿ. ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ನಗರ - ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳೆಂಬ ಭೇದವಿಲ್ಲ. ಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಹೇಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಯಾರಾದರೂ ಪ್ರಶ್ನಿಸಿದರೆ ತೀರಾ ಕೆಟ್ಟಿದೆ ಎಂದು ನಿರ್ದಾಕ್ಷಿಣ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಉತ್ತರಿಸಬಹುದು.

ಒಟ್ಟು 4,560 ಚದರ ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ವಿಸ್ತೀರ್ಣವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ದ. ಕನ್ನಡ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ 7916.89 ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ಜಿ.ಪಂ. ರಸ್ತೆ, 528 ಕಿ.ಮಿ. ರಾಜ್ಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ, 772 ಕಿ.ಮಿ. ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಮುಖ್ಯ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳಿವೆ. ಜಿ.ಪಂ. ರಸ್ತೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ 2,564 ಕಿ.ಮಿ. ಡಾಮರು ರಸ್ತೆ, ಸುಮಾರು 5,306.87 ಕಿ.ಮಿ. ಜಲ್ಲಿ , ಮಣ್ಣು ರಸ್ತೆಗಳು ಸೇರಿವೆ. ಸುಮಾರು 172 ಕಿ.ಮಿ. ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳಿವೆ.

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ಜಿ.ಪಂ. ರಸ್ತೆಗಳ ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆಗೆ ಅನುದಾನ ಲೆಕ್ಕಶೀರ್ಷಿಕೆ 3,054 ರ ಅಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದು ವಿಧಾನಸಭಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ 2011- 12ನೇ ಸಾಲಿಗೆ ತಲಾ 50 ಲಕ್ಷ ರೂ.ಯಂತೆ ಒಟ್ಟು 2.50 ಕೋ.ರೂ. ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. 13ನೇ ಹಣಕಾಸು ಯೋಜನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ದ.ಕ. ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಗೆ 5.46 ಕೋ.ರೂ. ಮಂಜೂರಾಗಿದೆ. ಎಲ್ಲ ಸೇರಿದರೆ ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಲಭ್ಯವಾಗುವ ಅನುದಾನ* ಸುಮಾರು 8 ಕೋ.ರೂ. ಇದನ್ನು ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರವಾರು ಹಂಚಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದು, ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆಯ ಜತೆಗೆ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಒಳಗೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತವೆ.

ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳ ವಿಸ್ತೀರ್ಣ ಹಾಗೂ ಇದರ ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆಗೆ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಯಾಗುವ ಅನುದಾನಗಳ ಪ್ರಮಾಣ ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಿದರೆ ಕುಂಭಕರ್ಣನ ಹೊಟ್ಟೆಗೆ ಅರೆಕಾಸಿನ ಮಜ್ಜಿಗೆಯಂತಾಗಿದೆ. ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ಮಾತಂತೂ ಇರಲಿ, ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆಗೂ ಸಮರ್ಪಕ ಅನುದಾನ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಯಾಗದ ಪರಿಣಾಮ ರಸ್ತೆ ದುಸ್ಥಿತಿ ನಿತ್ಯ ನಿರಂತರ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಯಾಗಿ ಕಾಡುತ್ತಿದೆ.

ಡಾಮರು ರಸ್ತೆಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ ಚರಂಡಿ ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆಗೆ, ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ 10 ಕಿ.ಮಿ.ಗೆ ಕನಿಷ್ಟ 3 ಲಕ್ಷ ರೂ. ಯಂತೆ ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆ ಅನುದಾನ ಅಗತ್ಯವಿದೆ. ಈ ಲೆಕ್ಕ ಹಾಕಿದರೆ ಜಿ.ಪಂ. ರಸ್ತೆಗಳ ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆಗೆ ಸುಮಾರು 20 ಕೋ.ರೂ.ವರೆಗೆ ಬೇಕಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಅರ್ಧದಷ್ಟು ಹಣವನ್ನಾದರೂ ಕೇವಲ ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆಗೆ ಮೀಸಲಿಟ್ಟು ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಮಾಡಿದರೆ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗೆ ತಕ್ಕಮಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಪರಿಹಾರ ಕಂಡುಕೊಳ್ಳಬಹುದು. ಅದರೆ ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಸುಮಾರು ಕಿ.ಮೀ.ಗೆ 15,000 ರೂ. ಯಂತೆ ನೀಡಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಇಲಾಖೆ ಮೂಲಗಳು ತಿಳಿಸಿವೆ.

ಸದ್ಯದ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಯಾಗುವ ಅನುದಾನಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊಂದಿಕೊಂಡಂತೆ ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ನಡೆಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿ¤ದೆ. ಪರಿಣಾಮ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳ ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆಯ ಹೆಸರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ತಿಪ್ಪೆ ಸಾರಿಸುವ ಕಾರ್ಯ ಸಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಗುಂಡಿ ಮುಚ್ಚಿದ ಕೆಲವೇ ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಡಾಮರು ಕಿತ್ತುಹೋಗಿ ಅದಕ್ಕಿಂತ ದೊಡ್ಡಗಾತ್ರದ ಗುಂಡಿಗಳು ಪ್ರತ್ಯಕ್ಷವಾಗುತ್ತವೆ.

ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾದು ಹೋಗುವ ರಾ.ಹೆ. 66ರಲ್ಲಿ ( ಹಿಂದಿನ 17 ) ತಲಪಾಡಿಯಿಂದ ಕುಂದಾಪುರದ ವರೆಗೆ ಮೇಲ್ದರ್ಜೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಸಾಗುತ್ತಿ¤ದೆ. ಮಾಣಿ - ಮೈಸೂರು ರಸ್ತೆ ಮೇಲ್ದರ್ಜೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದು, ಪ್ರಯಾಣ ದುಸ್ತರವಾಗಿದೆ. ಮಂಗಳೂರು - ಮೂಡಬಿದ್ರೆ - ಕಾರ್ಕಳ ಮೂಲಕ ಸಾಗುವ ರಾ.ಹೆ. 169 ( ಹಿಂದಿನ 13) ಪರಿಸಿœತಿ ಮಾತ್ರ ಚಿಂತಾಜನಕವಾಗಿದೆ. ಮಿಜಾರು ಸಮೀಪ ಬೆಳ್ಳಚ್ಚಾರು ಬಳಿ ಮೋರಿ ಕುಸಿದು ಸಂಚಾರವೇ ಸ್ಥಗಿತಗೊಂಡಿದೆ. ರಾ.ಹೆ. 75ರಲ್ಲಿ ( ಹಿಂದಿನ 48) ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಷ್ಟು ಸುಧಾರಣೆ ಕಂಡಿದೆ.

ಲೋಕೋಪಯೋಗಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಮುಖ್ಯ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಇದಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಭಿನ್ನವಾಗಿಲ್ಲ. ಅನುದಾನ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಯಾಗಿದ್ದು, ದುರಸ್ತಿ ಕಾರ್ಯ ಕೈಗೆತ್ತಿಗೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗುವುದು ಎಂದು ಇಲಾಖೆ ಮೂಲಗಳು ತಿಳಿಸಿವೆ.

ವಿಶೇಷ ಅನುದಾನ ಬೇಡಿಕೆ ಸಾಕಾರಗೊಂಡಿತೆ ?

ಕರಾವಳಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವಾರ್ಷಿಕ 4,000 ಮಿ.ಮೀ. ಮಳೆಯಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ವಿಪರೀತ ಮಳೆ ಹಾಗೂ ವಿಭಿನ್ನ ಭೌಗೋಳಿಕ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಿಂದಾಗಿ ಈ ಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ವರ್ಷಂಪ್ರತಿ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳು ಹಾಳಾಗುತ್ತಿವೆ. ಸರಕಾರ ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವ ಸೀಮಿತ ಅನುದಾನದಿಂದ ಇವುಗಳ ಸಮರ್ಪಕ ದುರಸ್ತಿ ಹಾಗೂ ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆ ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾಗುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ. ಆದುದರಿಂದ ದ.ಕ., ಉಡುಪಿ, ಉತ್ತರಕನ್ನಡ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಗಳಿಗೆ ವಿಶೇಷ ಅನುದಾನ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಮಾಡಬೇಕು ಎಂದು ಈ ಭಾಗದ ಜನರು ಸರಕಾರವನ್ನು ಹಲವು ವರ್ಷಗಳಿಂದ ಒತ್ತಾಯಿಸುತ್ತಲೇ ಬಂದಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಪೂರಕವಾಗಿ ಸರಕಾರ ನೀಡಿದ ಭರವಸೆಗಳು ಭರವಸೆಯಾಗಿ ಉಳಿದಿವೆ. ವಿಶೇಷ ಅನುದಾನಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಸದಾ ಒತ್ತಾಯಿಸುತ್ತಾ ಬಂದಿರುವ ಜನಪ್ರತಿನಿಧಿಗಳ ಪೈಕಿ ಓರ್ವರಾಗಿರುವ ಡಿ.ವಿ. ಸದಾನಂದ ಗೌಡ ಅವರು ಈಗ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ. ಈ ಅವಧಿಯಲ್ಲಾದರೂ ಕರಾವಳಿ ಭಾಗವನ್ನು ವಿಶೇಷ ವಲಯವಾಗಿ ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಿ, ವಿಶೇಷ ಅನುದಾನ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಆಗಬಹುದು ಎಂಬುದು ಈ ಭಾಗದ ಜನರ ನಿರೀಕ್ಷೆ.

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Krishnamoorthy K

August 31st, 2011, 11:10 AM

ಮಂಗಳೂರು : ನಗರದಲ್ಲಿನ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಕಳಪೆ ಮಟ್ಟದ ಡಾಂಬರು ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದು, ಮಳೆಗೆ ಎಲ್ಲವೂ ಕೊಚ್ಚಿ ಹೋಗಿದೆ. ಡಾಂಬರು ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಗೆ ಪಾಲಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಟೆಸ್ಟಿಂಗ್* ಲ್ಯಾಬ್* ಆರಂಭಿಸಬೇಕೆಂದು ಪಾಲಿಕೆಯ ಸಭೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಂಗಳವಾರ ಸದಸ್ಯರು ಆಗ್ರಹಿಸಿದರು.

ರಸ್ತೆಗೆ ಡಾಮರು ಹಾಕುವ ಕುರಿತಂತೆ ವಿಷಯ ಪ್ರಸ್ತಾವಿಸಿದ ಪಕ್ಷೇತರ ಸದಸ್ಯೆ ಮರಿಯಮ್ಮ ಥಾಮಸ್*, ರಸ್ತೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಹಾಕಿದ ಡಾಲರು ಮೊದಲ ಮಳೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೊಚ್ಚಿ ಹೋಗಿದೆ. ಈ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳು ಹಾಳಾದರೆ ಜನರ ತೆರಿಗೆ ಹಣವನ್ನು ಪೋಲು ಮಾಡಿದಂತೆ. ಪಾಲಿಕೆ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳು ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ಚಿಂತೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ಆರೋಪಿಸಿದರು.

ಎಪ್ರಿಲ್*ನಲ್ಲಿ ಡಾಮರು ಹಾಕಿದರೆ ಮಳೆಗೆ ಹಾಳಾಗದಿರಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವೇ? ಒಬ್ಬನೇ ಒಬ್ಬ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿ ಕೆಲಸ ನಡೆಯುವ ಸ್ಥಳಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಕಚೇರಿಯಲ್ಲೇ ಕುಳಿತು ಬಿಲ್* ಪಾಸು ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಈ ಗುತ್ತಿಗೆದಾರರು ಸದಸ್ಯರ ಮಾನಮಾರ್ಯದೆ ತೆಗೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಎಂದು ಬಿಜೆಪಿಯ ಜೇಮ್ಸ್* ಡಿ'ಸೋಜಾ ದೂರಿದರು. ಪಾಲಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಗೆ ಲ್ಯಾಬ್* ಆರಂಭಿಸಿ ಎಂದು ಸಲಹೆ ಮಾಡಿದರು.

ಇಂಟರ್*ಲಾಕ್*, ಕಾಂಕ್ರೀಟ್*ಗೆ ಟೆಸ್ಟ್* ಮಾಡುತ್ತೇವೆ. ಡಾಮರ್*ಗೆ ಯಾಕೆ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಅದರ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಗೆ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಎಂದು ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸಿನ ನವೀನ್* ಡಿ'ಸೋಜಾ ಆಗ್ರಹಿಸಿದರು.

ಆಕಾಶಭವನ ಮುಖ್ಯರಸ್ತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಒಳಚರಂಡಿಗಾಗಿ ಅಗೆದುಹಾಕಿ ಎರಡು ವರ್ಷ ಕಳೆದಿದೆ. ಇನ್ನೂ ಡಾಂಬರು ಮಾಡಿಲ್ಲ. ಪಾಲಿಕೆ ಆಯುಕ್ತರು ಬಂದು ಪರಿಶೀಲನೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಆದರೂ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡಿಲ್ಲ. ರಸ್ತೆ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ದಿ ಪಡಿಸಲು 2 ವರ್ಷ ಬೇಕೇ? ಎಂದು ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸಿನ ದೀಪಕ್* ಪೂಜಾರಿ ಪ್ರಶ್ನಿಸಿದರು.

ಸದಸ್ಯರ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಉತ್ತರಿಸಿದ ಕಾರ್ಯಪಾಲಕ ಅಭಿಯಂತರ ರಾಜಶೇಖರ ಅವರು, ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಇಳಿಮುಖವಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವುದು ನಿಜ. ಮುಂದಿನ ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಗಮನ ನೀಡಲಾಗುವುದು. ಜೊತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮೂರನೇ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯಿಂದ ಪರಿಶೀಲನೆ ನಡೆಸಲಾಗುವುದು ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿದರು.

ನೀರಿನ ಕೊರತೆ ?

ನಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ನೀರಿನ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆ ಜಾಸ್ತಿಯಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಕಳೆದ ಕೆಲವು ದಿನಗಳಿಂದ ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ನೀರು ಸರಬರಾಜು ಆಗುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ಮಧುಕಿರಣ್* ದೂರಿದರು. ಇದನ್ನು ಬಿಜೆಪಿಯ ತಿಲಕ್*ರಾಜ್*, ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸಿನ ನವೀನ್* ಡಿ'ಸೋಜಾ, ಶಶಿಧರ ಹೆಗ್ಡೆ ಬೆಂಬಲಿಸಿದರು. ಮೂಲ್ಕಿ, ಉಳ್ಳಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ನೀಡಲಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವ ನೀರಿನ ವಿವರವನ್ನು ಅವರು ಬಯಸಿದರು. ಉಳ್ಳಾಲ ಪುರಸಭೆ ನೀರಿನ ಬಿಲ್* ಬಾಕಿ ಇರಿಸಿದ್ದು, ಈ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಸೂಕ್ತ ಕ್ರಮ ಜರಗಿಸುವಂತೆ ಮಾಜಿ ಮೇಯರ್* ಶಂಕರ್* ಭಟ್* ವಿನಂತಿಸಿದರು.

ಕಾರ್ಯಪಾಲಕ ಅಭಿಯಂತರ ರಾಜಶೇಖರ ಉತ್ತರಿಸಿ, ನಗರದಲ್ಲಿ 2,025ಕ್ಕೆ ಬೇಕಾಗುವಷ್ಟು ನೀರಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ ನೀರಿನ ವಿತರಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲವೊಂದು ಕಡೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆ ಎದುರಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿದರು.

ಪಾಲಿಕೆ ಆಯುಕ್ತ ಡಾ| ಕೆ.ಎನ್*. ವಿಜಯಪ್ರಕಾಶ್* ಮಾತನಾಡಿ, ಮೂಲ್ಕಿ ಪುರಸಭೆ ನೀರು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದರೂ ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ಬಿಲ್* ಪಾವತಿ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ ಉಳ್ಳಾಲ ಪುರಸಭೆಯಿಂದ 1.39 ಕೋ.ರೂ. ಬಾಕಿ ಇತ್ತು. ನೀರಿನ ಸಂಪರ್ಕ ಕಡಿತಗೊಳಿಸಿದಾಗ ಮತ್ತು ಪಾಲಿಕೆ - ಪುರಸಭೆ ನಡುವೆ ಒಪ್ಪಂದವಾಗಿ ತಿಂಗಳಿಗೆ 5 ಲಕ್ಷ ರೂ. ಪಾವತಿಸುವ ನಿರ್ಧಾರವಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಆದರೆ ಇಂದಿಗೂ ಬಿಲ್* ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ಪಾವತಿಯಾಗುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ವಿವರಿಸಿದರು.

ಉಳ್ಳಾಲ ಪುರಸಭೆ ನೀರಿನ ಬಿಲ್* ಬಾಕಿ ಉಳಿಸಿರುವ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಸೂಕ್ತ ಕ್ರಮ ಜರಗಿಸುವಂತೆ ಸದಸ್ಯರು ಆಗ್ರಹಿಸಿದರು.

ನಾಯಿಗಳ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆ

ನಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾಯಿಗಳ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆ ವಿಪರೀತವಾಗಿದ್ದು, ಸೂಕ್ತ ಕ್ರಮ ಜರಗಿಸುವಂತೆ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸಿನ ಹರಿನಾಥ್* ಆಗ್ರಹಿಸಿದರು. ಮರಕಡ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾಯಿಗಳ ಕಾಟ ಜಾಸ್ತಿಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಜನರು ಎನಿಮಲ್*ಕ್ಯಾರ್* ಟ್ರಸ್ಟ್*ನವರಿಗೆ ಪೋನ್* ಮಾಡಿದರೆ ಅವರು ನಾಯಿ ಹಿಡಿಯುವ ಬದಲು ಜನರಿಗೆ ಬಾಯಿಗೆ ಬಂದಂತೆ ಬೈಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ನಾಯಿಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಕ್ರಮ ಜರಗಿಸುವವರು ಯಾರು ? ಎಂದು ಅವರು ಪ್ರಶ್ನಿಸಿದರು.

ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸಿನ ನವೀನ್* ಡಿ'ಸೋಜಾ, ಬಿಜೆಪಿಯ ಜೇಮ್ಸ್* ಡಿ'ಸೋಜಾ ಅವರು ಕೂಡಾ ಇದನ್ನು ಬೆಂಬಲಿಸಿದರು.

ಕಾನೂನು ಪ್ರಕಾರ ನಾಯಿಗಳನ್ನು ಕೊಲ್ಲುವಂತಿಲ್ಲ. ಅವುಗಳನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿದು ಸಂತಾನಹರಣ ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸೆ ಮಾಡಬಹುದಷ್ಟೇ ಎಂದು ಆರೋಗ್ಯಾಧಿಕಾರಿ ಡಾ| ಮಂಜಯ್ಯ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ ಹೇಳಿದರು.

ಮೇಯರ್* ಪ್ರವೀಣ್*, ಉಪಮೇಯರ್* ಗೀತಾ ನಾಯಕ್* ಉಪಸ್ಥಿತರಿದ್ದರು.

10 ಸಾವಿರ ರೂ. ದಂಡ

ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ ಹಂತದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಕಟ್ಟಡಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮಲೇರಿಯ ರೋಗ ಹರಡುವ ಸೊಳ್ಳೆಗಳ ಉತ್ಪತ್ತಿಯಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದರೆ 10,000 ರೂ. ದಂಡ ಹಾಕಲು ಪಾಲಿಕೆ ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸಿದೆ.

ನಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಲೇರಿಯ ನಿಯಂತ್ರಣಕ್ಕೆ ಹಲವಾರು ಕ್ರಮಗಳನ್ನು ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದ್ದು , ಅವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ದಂಡವೂ ಒಂದು. ಇದುವರೆಗೆ ಕೇವಲ 1 ಸಾವಿರ ರೂ. ದಂಡ ವಿಧಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿತ್ತು. ಕಟ್ಟಡಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸೊಳ್ಳೆ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ ಕಂಡು ಬಂದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೊದಲ ಬಾರಿ ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆ ನೋಟಿಸ್* ನೀಡಲಾಗುವುದು. ಎರಡನೇ ಬಾರಿ 10 ಸಾವಿರ ರೂ. ದಂಡ. ಹಾಕಲು ಪಾಲಿಕೆ ಸಭೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ತೀರ್ಮಾನಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ.

ಮಲೇರಿಯ ನಿಯಂತ್ರಣಕ್ಕೆ ಪಾಲಿಕೆ ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ಕ್ರಮಗಳನ್ನು ಜರಗಿಸುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ಪಾಲಿಕೆ ಸದಸ್ಯರು ತೀವ್ರ ಅಸಮಾಧಾನ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಪಡಿಸಿದರು.

ಉದಯವಾಣಿ (http://www.udayavani.com/news/92795L15-%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%B8-%E0%B2%A4--%E0%B2%97-%E0%B2%A3%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%9F-%E0%B2%9F--%E0%B2%AA-%E0%B2%B2-%E0%B2%95--%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B8-%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%B0-%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%AE-%E0%B2%A7-%E0%B2%A8.html)

One more road has lost footpath. For interlocking of Arya Samaj Road existing footpath is removed and entire width is interlocked. Now instead of pedestrians vehicles will be using it for either driving or parking. Ridiculously no corporator is talking about non-existing footpath on tar roads. They are not raising the issue of simultaneous contract for resurfacing, drainage and footpath for these roads. What a tragedy! The people who should represent everyone are representing only upper class. I am saying this as resurfacing of non-bus routes are mostly for benefit of personal vehicle owners, ordinary people prefer a good & safe footpath. The problem could be solved when lower middle class and lower class start electing ordinary people as representatives instead of electing people travelling using personal vehicles.

Note that even though a part of Arya Samaj road is rich now there are enough pedestrians there - house servents, school children, remaining lower middle class.

Krishnamoorthy K

August 31st, 2011, 11:17 AM

The Rashtriya Heddari 17 Bhuswadheena Santrastara Samiti (National Highway 17 Land Acquisition Property Owners' Organisation) has urged the Union and the State governments to restrict the width of National Highway 66 (earlier NH 17) to 45 metres. The widening (four-lane) works of NH 66 is in progress from Kundapur to Surathkal.

Samiti convener Ramdas Naik told presspersons here on Monday that the National Highway Authorities of India (NHAI) had been acquiring land in Udupi district to build the highway with a width of 65 metres. The neighbouring States of Goa and Kerala had agreed for the width of the highway to be from 40 to 45 metres only. “Why does the NHAI want the width of the highway to be 60 metres in Udupi district?” he asked.

Nearly 500 landowners from the district had approached the Karnataka High Court on this issue. Many poor people who had their houses and small shops along either sides of the National Highway would be affected if its width was increased to 60 metres.

Strangely, the NHAI had been retaining the width of NH 66 to 45 metres in a distance of 7 km (in different reaches) out of 76 km from Kundapur to Surathkal. “It will be prudent if the NHAI retains the width of 45 metres for the remaining 69 km as well,” he said. The Centre, as part of its long-term plan, had acquired land for constructing a highway with a width of 40 to 45 metres in the district in the 1960s.

As per the guidelines of Indian Road Congress a four-lane highway should have a width of 23.5 metres, while a six-lane highway should be 43.6 metres wide. The organisation had approached the MLAs, MLCs, MPs of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts and Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda on this issue. “If the government does not respond on the widening of NH 66, we will launch a strong agitation,” Mr. Naik said.

The Hindu (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2410752.ece)

ajay ramchandran

August 31st, 2011, 06:59 PM

ಉದಯವಾಣಿ (http://www.udayavani.com/news/92795L15-%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%B8-%E0%B2%A4--%E0%B2%97-%E0%B2%A3%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%9F-%E0%B2%9F--%E0%B2%AA-%E0%B2%B2-%E0%B2%95--%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B8-%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%B0-%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%AE-%E0%B2%A7-%E0%B2%A8.html)

One more road has lost footpath. For interlocking of Arya Samaj Road existing footpath is removed and entire width is interlocked. Now instead of pedestrians vehicles will be using it for either driving or parking. Ridiculously no corporator is talking about non-existing footpath on tar roads. They are not raising the issue of simultaneous contract for resurfacing, drainage and footpath for these roads. What a tragedy! The people who should represent everyone are representing only upper class. I am saying this as resurfacing of non-bus routes are mostly for benefit of personal vehicle owners, ordinary people prefer a good & safe footpath. The problem could be solved when lower middle class and lower class start electing ordinary people as representatives instead of electing people travelling using personal vehicles.

Note that even though a part of Arya Samaj road is rich now there are enough pedestrians there - house servents, school children, remaining lower middle class.

Terrible!

avi mangalore

September 1st, 2011, 08:20 AM

even vaslane road is getting dressed for interlocks

Krishnamoorthy K

September 2nd, 2011, 07:49 AM

ರಸ್ತೆಗಳು ಕಾಯುತ್ತಿರುವುದು ಮಳೆ ಮುಗಿಯಲಿಕ್ಕೋ...ಅನುದಾನಕ್ಕೋ...

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ಉಡುಪಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳು ಈ ಮಳೆಗಾಲ ಪೂರ್ತಿ ಜನರಿಗೆ ತಮ್ಮ ಕೆಟ್ಟ ರೂಪ ತೋರಿಸಿದವು.

ಉಡುಪಿ: ಉಡುಪಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳು ಈ ಮಳೆಗಾಲ ಪೂರ್ತಿ ಜನರಿಗೆ ತಮ್ಮ ಕೆಟ್ಟ ರೂಪ ತೋರಿಸಿದವು. ಇದೇನು ಅನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿತವಾಗಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಮಳೆ ಬರುವ ಮೊದಲೇ ಹಲವೆಡೆ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳು ಹೊಂಡಗಳಿಂದ ತುಂಬಿ ಹೋಗಿದ್ದವು. ಮಳೆ ಬಂದ ಅನಂತರ ಅದರ ಪೂರ್ಣ ದರ್ಶನವಾಯಿತಷ್ಟೆ.

"ಅತೀ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಮಳೆ ಬರುತ್ತದೆ' ಎಂಬ ಕಾರಣವನ್ನು ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳ ಒಂದು ವರ್ಗ ಹೇಳಿದರೆ, ಜನಪ್ರತಿನಿಧಿಗಳು "ಅನುದಾನ ಬರಲಿಲ್ಲ' ಎನ್ನುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಗೊತ್ತಿದ್ದೂ ಗೊತ್ತಿದ್ದೂ "ಹೊಂಡ'ಕ್ಕೆ ಬೀಳಬೇಕಾದ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಈ ಬಾರಿಯ ಮಳೆಗಾಲಕ್ಕೂ ಪುನರಾವರ್ತನೆಯಾಯಿತು.

ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ಒಂದಷ್ಟು ಹೊಸ ರೂಪ ಪಡೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಚತುಷ್ಪಥ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಂಡರೆ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿಯ ಹೊಂಡದ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆ ಬಗೆಹರಿದೀತು. ಆದರೆ ಗ್ರಾಮಗಳ ಜೀವನಾಡಿಯಾಗಿರುವ ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ಒಳರಸ್ತೆಗಳು ಮತ್ತೂಂದು ಮಳೆಗಾಲಕ್ಕೂ ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಇರುವಂತಾದರೆ ಕಷ್ಟ ಕಷ್ಟ.

ಉಡುಪಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳ ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆಗೆ ಕಳೆದೆರಡು ವರ್ಷಗಳಿಂದ ಅನುದಾನ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಯಾಗಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ಜಿ.ಪಂ. ಹೇಳುತ್ತಿದೆ. "11 ಮತ್ತು 12ನೇ ಹಣಕಾಸು ಯೋಜನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿಡಿಗಾಸು ಕೂಡ ಬಂದಿಲ್ಲ. 13ನೇ ಹಣಕಾಸು ಯೋಜನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ 5.76 ಕೋ.ರೂ. ಇತ್ತೀಚೆಗಷ್ಟೇ ಬಂದಿದೆ. ಇದರ ಕ್ರಿಯಾಯೋಜನೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಸರಕಾರದ ಮಂಜೂರಾತಿಗೆ ಕಳುಹಿಸಕೊಡಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಮಳೆಗಾಲ ಮುಗಿದ ಕೂಡಲೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಆರಂಭಿಸಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾಗಬಹುದು' ಎನ್ನುತ್ತವೆ ಜಿ.ಪಂ. ಮೂಲಗಳು.

ಎರಡು ಹಣಕಾಸು ಯೋಜನೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹಣ ಬರದೇ ಇರುವ ಕಾರಣ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳ ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆಗೆ ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ 15 ಕೋ.ರೂ.ಗಳನ್ನು ತುರ್ತಾಗಿ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಗೊಳಿಸಬೇಕು ಎಂಬ ಬೇಡಿಕೆ ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಜಿ.ಪಂ.ನಿಂದ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳಿಗೆ ರವಾನೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಅನುದಾನ ಬಂದರೆ ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಒಂದಷ್ಟು ಜೀವ ಬಂದೀತು.

ತಾ|ಗಳಿಗೆ 50 ಲ.ರೂ. ಅನುದಾನ

ಉಡುಪಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಎಲ್ಲ ತಾಲೂಕು ಪಂಚಾಯತ್*ಗಳಿಗೂ ತಲಾ 50 ಲ.ರೂ. ಅನುದಾನ ಇತ್ತೀಚೆಗೆ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಯಾಗಿದ್ದು ಇದು ಶಾಸಕರು ಗೊತ್ತುಪಡಿಸಿದ ರಸ್ತೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಗೆ ವಿನಿಯೋಗವಾಗಲಿದೆ ಎಂಬ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಲಭ್ಯವಾಗಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ ಇದರ ಕ್ರಿಯಾಯೋಜನೆಯನ್ನು ಕೂಡಲೆ ತಯಾರಿಸಿ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಆಗುವಂತೆ ತುಂಬಾ ಅವಶ್ಯವಿಡುವ ಕಡೆ ವಿನಿಯೋಗ ಆಗುವ ಹಾಗೆ ಶಾಸಕರು ಮುತುವರ್ಜಿ ವಹಿಸಬೇಕಿದೆ. ಉಡುಪಿ ನಗರಸಭಾ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿಯ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊರತುಪಡಿಸಿದರೆ ಇತರೇ ಭಾಗದ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಹೊಸರೂಪ ನೀಡುವ ತುರ್ತು ಇದೆ.

ಗ್ರಾ.ಪಂ.ಗಳ ಕೂಗು

ಗ್ರಾ.ಪಂ.ಗಳು ತಮಗೆ ಬರುತ್ತಿರುವ ವಾರ್ಷಿಕ 6 ಲ.ರೂ. ಅನುದಾನ ಯಾವುದಕ್ಕೂ ಸಾಲದು. ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಮೊತ್ತ ವಿದ್ಯುತ್* ಬಿಲ್*ಗೆ ಖರ್ಚಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ರಸ್ತೆ ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆಯನ್ನು ಮಾಡುವುದು ಹೇಗೆ ಎಂದು ಕೈಚೆಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಳಿತಿವೆ. ಹಾಗಾದರೆ ಗ್ರಾ.ಪಂ.ಗಳ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳ "ಸ್ಥಿತಿ-ಗತಿ'?

ಮುಂದುವರೆದುದು ತಪ್ಪೇ?

"ಉಡುಪಿ, ದ.ಕ ಮತ್ತು ಕೊಡಗು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಗಳು ಮುಂದುವರೆದ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಗಳು' ಎಂದು ನಂಜುಂಡಪ್ಪ ವರದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಉಲ್ಲೇಖವಾಗಿರುವುದರಿಂದ ಎರಡು ವರ್ಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅನುದಾನ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಯಾಗಲು ತೊಡಕಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂಬ ತಾಂತ್ರಿಕ ಕಾರಣಗಳನ್ನು ಮುಂದಿಡಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಇದು ನಿಜವೇ ಆಗಿದ್ದರೆ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳನ್ನು ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಅನಿವಾರ್ಯ ಕಾರಣಕ್ಕಾಗಿಯಾದರೂ ಈ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಗಳನ್ನು "ಹಿಂದುಳಿದ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಗಳು' ಎಂಬುದಾಗಿ ಮಾಡುವ ಅವಶ್ಯಕತೆ ಇದೆ.

ಹಳೆಬಾಕಿ ಇದೆ

ರಸ್ತೆಗಳ ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆಗೆಂದು ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಯಾಗುವ ಹಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಳೆಬಾಕಿ ತೀರಿಸಲು ಒಂದಷ್ಟು ಮೊತ್ತ ಬೇಕಾಗಿದೆ. ಇದು ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ರೀತಿಯ ಭಾರ. ಹೊಸ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣವಾದ ಅನಂತರ ಹತ್ತಾರು ವರ್ಷಗಳು ಕಳೆದರೂ ಅವುಗಳ ಬಳಿ ಸುಳಿಯದೇ ಇರುವುದರಿಂದ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳು ಈ ಪರಿಯಾಗಿ ಹದಗೆಟ್ಟಿವೆ ಎಂದರೆ ತಪ್ಪಲ್ಲ.

ಈ ವರ್ಷದ ಮಳೆಗಾಲ ಮುಗಿಯುತ್ತಾ ಬರುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಮಳೆಗಾಲ ಮುಗಿಯುತ್ತಾ ಬಂದಾಗ "ಅನುದಾನದ ಕೊರತೆ'ಯ ಕೂಗು ಆರಂಭವಾದರೆ ಪರಿಹಾರವೇನು?!

ಉದಯವಾಣಿ (http://www.udayavani.com/news/93128L15-ರಸ-ತ-ಗಳ--ಕ-ಯ-ತ-ತ-ರ-ವ-ದ--ಮಳ--ಮ-ಗ-ಯಲ-ಕ-ಕ----ಅನ-ದ-ನಕ-ಕ----.html)

Krishnamoorthy K

September 2nd, 2011, 07:51 AM

‘A Rs 36-crore project to built underground drain in Malpe and Santhekatte ready'

The issue of poor condition of roads in the city dominated the general body meeting of the Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC) here on Tuesday.

Raising the issue, councillor Sumitra Nayak said roads in Parkala ward were full of potholes. Councillor Mohan Upadhya said most of the roads got damaged owing to rain. The CMC should conduct a survey of such roads and formulate an action plan to repair them, he added.

Councillor S.P. Kudva said Kukkikatte road was in poor condition. Processions during Ganesh Chaturti passed through this road. Hence, the CMC should repair the road soon.

K. Raghupathi Bhat, MLA, said a meeting of officials and people living in the area below the Manipal Drinking Water Pump Station in Parkala would be called soon to discuss whether the road there should be widened. Councillor Panduranga Malpe said the road from Karavalli Junction to Malpe beach should be widened. He demanded that a bridge be built to connect Malpe with Padukere. Mr. Bhat said a report on widening the road had been sent to the Centre but there had been no response from it. Hence, the State Government would acquire land for widening the road. The Government had given technical sanction to construct a bridge from Malpe to Padukere, he said.

Councillor Jayananda said the wards on the outskirts of the city still did not have an underground drainage system.

Mr. Bhat said a project to build such a system in Malpe and Santhekatte had been prepared. This project had been estimated at Rs 36 crore and the work would begin next year, he said.

M.R. Pai, councillor, said sewage from the government hostel at Indira Nagar had been directed to a storm water drain leading to pollution. CMC president Kiran Kumar said he had informed the Social Welfare Department to construct another septic tank for the hostel.

The Hindu (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/article2414852.ece)

Krishnamoorthy K

September 2nd, 2011, 07:54 AM

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-- Udayavani (http://www.udayavani.com/section/882L15-Sectiion.html)

mangalore mania

September 4th, 2011, 07:29 AM

Proposal to develop the road pending since 2006
The former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda has stressed the need for improving the 130-km stretch of National Highway 48 between Hassan and B.C. Road near Mangalore.

He said the Union Government had to give clearance for improving the road, which includes 28-km Shiradi Ghat stretch. Mr. Gowda, Hassan MP, was speaking to presspersons after holding a meeting with officers here on Saturday.

The proposal to improve the road was pending since 2006. The Shiradi Ghat stretch of the highway could be improved either by widening the road or by digging tunnels. The former would cost Rs. 14 crore per km while the latter Rs. 125 crore per km, he said.

Rail connectivity

At the meeting, Mr. Gowda reviewed the progress made with regard to improving rail connectivity between Hassan and Bangalore. He said the project had been delayed due to problems over land acquisition near Kunigal in Tumkur taluk. He also reviewed the progress of Hassan-Bangalore road (NH 48) widening project.

‘Positive response'

Mr. Gowda said Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda was responding positively to the demands of Hassan people.

Regarding elephant menace in Alur and Sakleshpur, Mr. Gowda said the problem needed a permanent solution. He would discuss the issue with the Union Ministers concerned.

Mr. Gowda said he had recommended 711 works incurring a total expenditure of Rs. 13.79 crore under the MP Local Area Development Fund. Of them, 639 works had been completed at a cost of Rs. 12.56 crore.

To a question on reports of BJP MLA B. Sriramulu planning to join the Janata Dal (S), Mr. Gowda said he was not aware of such a development.
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There is no doubt that, It was Mr Gowda's wish to develop the NH75(48 formerly) from nelamangala to Hassan, Hope the Hassan-BC Road gets nod from the NHAI as soon as possible. This project is in top of my wish list to develop Mangalore..

mangalore mania

September 4th, 2011, 07:57 AM

This is the stretch from Nanthoor-Maroli. Ircon has started the work, I can see a 4 lane road, but please don't discuss the quality of Road
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I think the Nanthoor Flyover Project is Dead..

mangalore mania

September 4th, 2011, 07:59 AM

Navayuga Engineering Corporation.
This is the piling work going on at Talapady Bridge, Along the NH 66, Talapady-Nanthoor stretch..
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mangalore mania

September 4th, 2011, 08:02 AM

This is the comparison of roads with our Neighboring state Kerala the First photo is of Karnataka Side
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This is Kerala Side photo
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This photo was taken standing at karnataka-kerala border at Talapady busstand..

engineer.akash

September 4th, 2011, 08:11 AM

Krishnamoorthy K

September 4th, 2011, 08:15 AM

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-- Udayavani

Towards Udupi is good for Karnataka. Towards Kasargod is good for both Karnataka and Kerala. I want all to grow.

Krishnamoorthy K

September 4th, 2011, 08:22 AM

* Proposal to develop the road pending since 2006

‘Will discuss elephant menace issue with Union Ministers' He takes stock of Hassan-Bangalore railway project The former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda has stressed the need for improving the 130-km stretch of National Highway 48 between Hassan and B.C. Road near Mangalore.

He said the Union Government had to give clearance for improving the road, which includes 28-km Shiradi Ghat stretch. Mr. Gowda, Hassan MP, was speaking to presspersons after holding a meeting with officers here on Saturday.

The proposal to improve the road was pending since 2006. The Shiradi Ghat stretch of the highway could be improved either by widening the road or by digging tunnels. The former would cost Rs. 14 crore per km while the latter Rs. 125 crore per km, he said.

Rail connectivity

At the meeting, Mr. Gowda reviewed the progress made with regard to improving rail connectivity between Hassan and Bangalore. He said the project had been delayed due to problems over land acquisition near Kunigal in Tumkur taluk. He also reviewed the progress of Hassan-Bangalore road (NH 48) widening project.

‘Positive response'

Mr. Gowda said Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda was responding positively to the demands of Hassan people.

Regarding elephant menace in Alur and Sakleshpur, Mr. Gowda said the problem needed a permanent solution. He would discuss the issue with the Union Ministers concerned.

Mr. Gowda said he had recommended 711 works incurring a total expenditure of Rs. 13.79 crore under the MP Local Area Development Fund. Of them, 639 works had been completed at a cost of Rs. 12.56 crore.

To a question on reports of BJP MLA B. Sriramulu planning to join the Janata Dal (S), Mr. Gowda said he was not aware of such a development.

The Hindu (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2422979.ece)

Definitely. Hassan can benefit from MSEZ downstream industries. And has to use Mangaluru Port for export based industries.

mangalore mania

September 4th, 2011, 08:57 AM

^^Mangalore mania,there is no use developing roads towards kerala side-Mangalore is growing north and developing roads to KL does not help Mangaloreans in anyway.Mangalore is seeing good road development towards Udupi which is very important from economic development point of view.

Your Idea has no strong base,
You are right about the north Mangalore, I still dont understand why was this Bias thinking from you..?
You believe it or not This area has very good population, Kerala border is just 18km from Mangalore city, I belong to this area and i am 12 km from Mangalore city..
In Mangalore lot of businessmen Travel Daily to Mangalore, They have Shops everything here, People daily do up and down from Kerala(especially Kasargod) for high schools, Colleges and even for Medical Facility
A pretty good part of Economy of Mangalore runs because of Kerala,
I see daily atleast 50 ambulance entering Mangalore from Kerala from places as far as from Calicut..
If you see Mangalore
Central(city limits):- Is for Shopping, few Hospitals, High end Apartment, Educational Institutions.
South(Ullal-Deralakatta-Talapady-Konaje):- This area has some educational institutions, Its a very good for Residential locality. According to MUDA masterplan 2020 it has marked lot of space near talapady as residential
North(Panambur-Bajpe-Suratkal) This is Industrial area with residential areas coming around it

The difference between North and South residential system is
South people are mostly NRIs and Retired
North people are industrial workers

If you see south Mangalore it needs Ullal Railway Station to be developed, This is because i have seen lot of People comin from Kerala for Education and Medical Treatment in hospitals of Deralakatta get down at Ullal railway station and their number is not small. nearly half of the passenger train gets empty here, There are atleast 15 maxi cabs, 10 Tata sumos, and pretty good number of Autos to drop the passenger from Station to destination
The Someshwar beach near here has been privetised, When i used to visit there 5yrs back before i shifted to Blore for education that was my fav place to calm my mind, today there is so much crowd you wont have that same feeling anymore.
When i travel by Two wheeler from my home to Mlore driving was easy and you zip through the roads, Today you have to line up behind vehicles to overtake because of opposite side vehicles.
I know you ll wonder i have talked everything in the reference of Keralites, But its true that they contribute to economy of Mangalore..

engineer.akash

September 4th, 2011, 10:13 AM

^^Let there be overall development :),but first priority must go to North Mangalore as that region is seeing more developments.

Industries/airport/Top educational institute/New Mangalore port are located in North Mangalore.

Funds must be used based on priorities,given a chance to me, I will develop North and east Mangalore first.Yes,next will obviously be south Mangalore :okay:

Let us not forget that Mangalore can expand mostly towards north and east.

engineer.akash

September 4th, 2011, 10:20 AM

engineer.akash

September 5th, 2011, 04:05 PM

Port road connectivity project by year-end

MANGALORE: The ambitious 37.47 km port road connectivity project between Surathkal and BC Road will be completed by the end of this year, nearly six years after the project commenced. Though the sanctioned cost of the project was Rs.196.50 crore, the revised estimate has pegged the cost at Rs 340 crore, according to a reply given by the minister of state in the ministry of road transport and highways Jitin Prasada. Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel had raised the question in the Lok Sabha. So far, Rs.232.44 crore has been spent on the project. Regarding the steps taken or proposed to be taken for expeditious and timely completion of the project, Prasad replied saying that the contractor has been instructed to complete all works by December 31, 2011. He said this deadline has been agreed and confirmed by the contractor. On the quality of the works, Prasad said that the supervision of the construction work is being done as per the standards and specification of the Contract Agreement.

Team to tackle hijackings An Inter-Ministerial Group of Officers (IMGO) has been set up to deal with hostage situation arising out of the hijacking of merchant vessels with Indian crew on board, said minister of shipping G K Vasan in the Lok Sabha recently. Replying to the query by Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel regarding the safety of the Indian crew in view of hijacking, Vasan said the owners and flag administration of the hijacked vessels have been contacted through Indian missions abroad to ensure that they take suitable steps for the safety and early release of the hostages. The minister also said that the government has decided to issue guidelines for deployment of armed guards on Indian flag ships. He was replying to the query raised by Kateel on whether the government has decided to allow armed security guards on board Indian merchant vessels against the backdrop of recent piracy incidents.

TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Port-road-connectivity-project-by-year-end/articleshow/9869627.cms)

rajone

September 5th, 2011, 04:41 PM

North people are industrial workers

I do not agree with this statement of your, where did you get this info from? :ohno:

Also the quantum of traffic and other things mentioned about the Ulllal railway station holds good for all station towards the north of Mangalore.

I am for overall development of Mangalore on all three sides (possibly even the fourth side as well) , but the fact is Mangalore is developing or growing more towards the north is fact wheather one likes it or not.

mangalore mania

September 5th, 2011, 07:44 PM

I do not agree with this statement of your, where did you get this info from? :ohno:

Also the quantum of traffic and other things mentioned about the Ulllal railway station holds good for all station towards the north of Mangalore.

I am for overall development of Mangalore on all three sides (possibly even the fourth side as well) , but the fact is Mangalore is developing or growing more towards the north is fact wheather one likes it or not.

There is no need of agreeing or non agreement of statement..
Forget about the people of Mangalore origin, If you see the migrated population of Mangalore, Majority are migrated here to sake of working in Companies like MRPL, BASF, MCF, or other few industries in Panambur-Baikampady. They are mostly either permanent workers of these companies staying in places like Krishnapura, Kulai etc. Whereas the Labor/Contract/temparory workers stay in small houses in places like Katipalla, Jokatte etc.
So i dint mean all the population but a large part.
You are right all parts of Mangalore need development equally.
Suratkal got some good concretes and UGD because it comes under MCC.
But if you see Deralakatta its a contradiction, Forget UGD it doesn't even has a proper two lane road. This place lagging behind in terms of Infrastructure a way behind compared to other parts of DK

mangalore mania

September 5th, 2011, 07:53 PM

^^BTW, I don't have much knowledge about Mangalore's urban pattern, but I made my views based on this

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http://idd.kar.nic.in/docs/28.Prefea_Mangala.pdf

Hmm good reference Akash, Its because you don't know the ground reality here, You made this statement on behalf of this article.
But you cant neglect this part of city, Because Tax is paid by all the people equally, And there are plans of extending Mangalore corporation till Talapady too. There are two Gram Panchayats Someshwar and Kotekar whose population are crossed beyond a Gram Panchayats control, Someshwar is a very large population Area wise and Kotekar Panchayat has Deralakatta under it jurisdiction which has to handle so much of Hospitals, Medical colleges etc in that area.

mangalore mania

September 5th, 2011, 09:16 PM

ajay ramchandran

September 5th, 2011, 10:51 PM

engineer.akash

September 6th, 2011, 04:09 AM

Akash there are huge apartment complexes ,housing projects(connect group),ullal beach,someshwar beach,two medical colleges,infosys SEZ ,dental colleges . To reach these places one has to travel to the South of Mangalore.

Thanks Ajay for the info, checked out south wast mangalore is a happening place :okay:

rajone

September 6th, 2011, 05:24 PM

There is no need of agreeing or non agreement of statement..
Forget about the people of Mangalore origin, If you see the migrated population of Mangalore, Majority are migrated here to sake of working in Companies like MRPL, BASF, MCF, or other few industries in Panambur-Baikampady. They are mostly either permanent workers of these companies staying in places like Krishnapura, Kulai etc. Whereas the Labor/Contract/temparory workers stay in small houses in places like Katipalla, Jokatte etc.
So i dint mean all the population but a large part.
You are right all parts of Mangalore need development equally.
Suratkal got some good concretes and UGD because it comes under MCC.
But if you see Deralakatta its a contradiction, Forget UGD it doesn't even has a proper two lane road. This place lagging behind in terms of Infrastructure a way behind compared to other parts of DK

Yes indeed, most of the industries of Mangalore are situated in North Mangalore and hence the presence of large number industrial workers. But the fact to be noted is that the local population in these regions is way greater than the temporary migrant labour or industrial worker population. Please be sensible before over generalizing things. :bash:
As said by you Deralakatta does not have UGD or four lane road is probably due to lack of economic and commercial development.(which required more than just people travelling to a region)
Crux of my point is were there is economic viability there is growth (of city).
Every thing is dependent on economic viability (North Mangalore) or the lack of it (South of Mangalore).

mangalore mania

September 8th, 2011, 04:37 PM

Ramp from Panambur Side
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Ramp from Kottara side
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It looks like there is no more problems for Kullur flyover. It should be completed by another six months

Krishnamoorthy K

September 9th, 2011, 03:41 PM

MANGALORE: The ambitious 37.47 km port road connectivity project between Surathkal and BC Road will be completed by the end of this year, nearly six years after the project commenced. Though the sanctioned cost of the project was Rs.196.50 crore, the revised estimate has pegged the cost at Rs 340 crore, according to a reply given by the minister of state in the ministry of road transport and highways Jitin Prasada. Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel had raised the question in the Lok Sabha. So far, Rs.232.44 crore has been spent on the project. Regarding the steps taken or proposed to be taken for expeditious and timely completion of the project, Prasad replied saying that the contractor has been instructed to complete all works by December 31, 2011. He said this deadline has been agreed and confirmed by the contractor. On the quality of the works, Prasad said that the supervision of the construction work is being done as per the standards and specification of the Contract Agreement.

Team to tackle hijackings An Inter-Ministerial Group of Officers (IMGO) has been set up to deal with hostage situation arising out of the hijacking of merchant vessels with Indian crew on board, said minister of shipping G K Vasan in the Lok Sabha recently. Replying to the query by Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel regarding the safety of the Indian crew in view of hijacking, Vasan said the owners and flag administration of the hijacked vessels have been contacted through Indian missions abroad to ensure that they take suitable steps for the safety and early release of the hostages. The minister also said that the government has decided to issue guidelines for deployment of armed guards on Indian flag ships. He was replying to the query raised by Kateel on whether the government has decided to allow armed security guards on board Indian merchant vessels against the backdrop of recent piracy incidents.

TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Port-road-connectivity-project-by-year-end/articleshow/9869627.cms)

mangalore mania

September 11th, 2011, 06:30 AM

Uneven surface and potholes often lead to traffic chaos
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“This has been lying here for nearly a month. It is yet to be used for filling the potholes here,” says Vasant Poojary pointing to the heap of stones lying next to his shop off Jyothi Circle – Bunts Hostel Road.

Mr. Poojary, who runs a petty shop, is among the many affected by the worsening condition of the Jyothi Circle – Bunts Hostel Road. “They (authorities) fill potholes with mud and that goes off with one heavy rain. Some potholes were filled last month when Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda was in town,” Mr. Poojary said.

The road is uneven at various points, right from the Jyothi Circle to the Bunts Hostel circle. And all along, the motorists are greeted with potholes. “I had to spend from my pocket to remove the clog at the drain next to my shop and prevent the pothole opposite my shop from becoming a crater,” Mr. Poojary said.

Apathy

The traders lamented the apathy of the authorities in repairing the road. “It has been bumpy for a long time,” said George Menezes from J.P. Lights. Mr. Menezes said the traders had petitioned the Corporation once. “But we did not pursue it further as there was no positive response from authorities,” he said. Though the road stretch was scheduled to be concretised, “we are not sure when it will be done and whether it will address our problems,” he added.

Among the problems caused include stones ricocheting when vehicles move past the potholes. “Several pedestrians and commuters have been hit,' Mr. Poojary said. Mr. Menezes points to the damage of the glass façade of the showrooms at the Trade Centre. “We have to fix the glass ourselves as the insurance policy does not cover such damages,” Mr. Menezes said. The residents have got used to frequent traffic jams on this road stretch. “It takes around 15 minutes to cross the road,” said 60-year-old D.K. Shetty, who works in a bookstore off the road. In the absence of any provision to control the vehicles, the elderly people have a tough time crossing the road, Mr. Shetty said.

Mangalore City Corporation Commissioner K.N. Vijay Prakash said filling of potholes could be taken up only when the rain stopped. “There is heavy flow of water on this road and any material used to fill the potholes goes away,” he said. Mr. Prakash said the work on building a concrete road between the two junctions could be taken up only when an alternative road for diversion of traffic was found.
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Krishnamoorthy K

September 11th, 2011, 10:25 AM

Nethravathi Second bridge work update
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This huge gap between two Pillars gave me strange doubt, Are they going to have pillar over there or they may have a long beam..?

As I have noticed every pillar of new bridge is exactly at a matching position with the old pillar of old bridge. As there is an pillar in old bridge in between definitely there will a pillar coming up inbetween also.

The reasonthey have aligned pillar I think is to allow easy passage of water and boats.

After another 10 years they are going to demolish old bridge and construct a threelane bridge on that side also. I wonder whether they are going to remove all old pillars completely upto root and position new piles exactly there.

Krishnamoorthy K

September 11th, 2011, 10:29 AM

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-- Hosadigantha

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-- Udayavani

Road works started in Sulya.

Krishnamoorthy K

September 11th, 2011, 11:25 AM

ಶಿಥಿಲಗೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿರುವ ಬೈಕಂಪಾಡಿ ಮೇಲ್ಸೇತುವೆ
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ಬೈಕಂಪಾಡಿ ಮೇಲ್ಸೇತುವೆಯ ತಳಭಾಗದ ಕಾಂಕ್ರೀಟ್* ಕಿತ್ತುಹೋಗಿದ್ದು, ಅಪಾಯದ ಭೀತಿ ಮೂಡಿಸಿದೆ.

ಪಣಂಬೂರು : ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ 66ರಲ್ಲಿ ಬೈಕಂಪಾಡಿ ಮೇಲ್ಸೇತುವೆಯ ತಳಭಾಗದ ಕಾಂಕ್ರೀಟ್* ಕಿತ್ತುಹೋಗಿದ್ದು, ಅಪಾಯದ ಭೀತಿ ಮೂಡಿಸಿದೆ.

ಈಗಾಗಲೇ 50 ವಸಂತಗಳನ್ನು ಪೂರೈಸಿರುವ ಈ ಸೇತುವೆ ಅಧಿಕ ಭಾರದ ಲಾರಿಗಳ ಓಡಾಟ, ವಾಹನ ದಟ್ಟಣೆಯಿಂದ ಸೇತುವೆ ಶಿಥಿಲವಾಗಿದೆ. ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ಚತುಷ್ಪಥ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಅಂತಿಮಗೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದರೂ ಸೇತುವೆಯ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಆರಂಭಗೊಳ್ಳುವ ಲಕ್ಷಣಗಳು ಕಾಣುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ.

ಇದೀಗ ಸುರತ್ಕಲ್* - ಬಿ.ಸಿ.ರೋಡ್* ಚತುಷ್ಪಥ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಬಹುತೇಕ ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ಕೂಳೂರು, ಸುರತ್ಕಲ್*, ಬಿಕರ್ನಕಟ್ಟೆಯ ಮೇಲ್ಸೇತುವೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಕುಂಟುತ್ತಾ ಸಾಗಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ ತುರ್ತಾಗಿ ಆಗಬೇಕಿರುವ ಬೈಕಂಪಾಡಿ ರೈಲ್ವೇ ಮೇಲ್ಸೇತುವೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಮಾತ್ರ ಇನ್ನೂ ಆರಂಭಗೊಂಡಿಲ್ಲ. ಸೇತುವೆಯ ಎರಡೂ ಬದಿಗಳ ತಡೆಗೋಡೆ ಹಾನಿಗೀಡಾಗಿದೆ. ಇದು ವಾಹನ ಸವಾರರಿಗೆ ಅಪಾಯಕಾರಿಯಾಗಿ ಪರಿಣಮಿಸಿದೆ.

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ಈ ಸೇತುವೆಯ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಗೆ ಟೆಂಡರ್* ಕರೆಯಲಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಇರ್ಕಾನ್* ಹೇಳಿದ್ದರೂ ಸೇತುವೆಯನ್ನು ದ್ವಿಪಥ ಮಾಡಬೇಕೇ ಅಥವಾ ಚತುಷ್ಪಥ ಮಾಡಬೇಕೇಎಂಬ ಗೊಂದಲದಿಂದ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಮತ್ತಷ್ಟು ವಿಳಂಬಗೊಳ್ಳುವ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿದೆ. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಹೊಸ ಸೇತುವೆ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣಗೊಳ್ಳುವವರೆಗಾದರೂ ಶಿಥಿಲಗೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿರುವ ಈ ಸೇತುವೆಯನ್ನು ದುರಸ್ತಿಗೊಳಿಸಿ ಜನರ ಸುರಕ್ಷಿತ ಸಂಚಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಅನುವು ಮಾಡಿಕೊಡಬೇಕಿದೆ.

ಈಗಿನ ಮೇಲ್ಸೇತುವೆ ಏಕ ಪಥವಾಗಿರುವುದರಿಂದ ವಾಹನಗಳು ಕೆಟ್ಟುನಿಂತರೆ ಟ್ರಾಫಿಕ್* ಜಾಮ್* ಸಮಸ್ಯೆ ಉಂಟಾಗುತ್ತದೆ ಮಾತ್ರವಲ್ಲ ಪಣಂಬೂರು, ಮೀನಕಳಿಯ ರಸ್ತೆಯಾಗಿ ಬರಬೇಕಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಇದು ಇಂಧನದ ಖರ್ಚು ಮಾತ್ರವಲ್ಲ ಸಮಯದ ನಷ್ಟಕ್ಕೂ ಎಡೆ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಜನಪ್ರತಿನಿಧಿಗಳು ನೂತನ ಮೇಲ್ಸೇತುವೆಯನ್ನು ಚತುಷ್ಪಥವನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಲು ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಿಸಬೇಕಿದೆ.

ಉದಯವಾಣಿ (http://www.udayavani.com/news/95085L15-%E0%B2%B6-%E0%B2%A5-%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%97--%E0%B2%B3-%E0%B2%B3-%E0%B2%A4-%E0%B2%A4-%E0%B2%B0-%E0%B2%B5-%E0%B2%AC-%E0%B2%95-%E0%B2%AA-%E0%B2%A1--%E0%B2%AE-%E0%B2%B2-%E0%B2%B8-%E0%B2%A4-%E0%B2%B5-.html)

s.yogendra

September 12th, 2011, 08:24 PM

Three flyovers in Mangalore will be ready by year-end: Moily

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The flyover at Kulur remains in Mangalore on Sunday.

Union Minister says there is urgent need to resolve land-related issues

Union Minister for Corporate Affairs M. Veerappa Moily said here on Sunday that there was an urgent need to resolve land-related issues pertaining to widening of the national highways in Dakshina Kannada.

Mr. Moily was referring to land-related issues which came up while building flyovers at Surathkal, Kuloor, Nanthoor, Maroli (Kulashekar) and B.C. Road while widening the three highways under the Port Connectivity Project taken up by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

Addressing presspersons, Mr Moily said that in States such as Goa, the NHAI had withdrawn from highway widening projects due to land-related issues and opposition from people for land acquisition. “This should not happen in Karnataka,” he said.

Earlier, he reviewed the progress achieved in widening of highways with officials of NHAI.

The Minister told presspersons that the flyover at Kuloor would be ready by November-end. The flyovers at Surathkal and Maroli (Kulashekar) would be completed by year-end, he added.

He said that tenders had been invited for constructing a railway overpass at Baikampady and railway underpasses at Padil and B.C. Road. Mr. Moily said that the Union Planning Commission was examining a proposal to widen the National Highway 66 between Kundapura and the Goa border near Karwar.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/article2447040.ece

s.yogendra

September 12th, 2011, 08:26 PM

Jyothi Circle-Bunts Hostel stretch awaits ‘concrete' action

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The craters on the road stretch from Jyothi Circle to Bunts Hostel Circle in Mangalore make driving a nightmarish experience for motorists.

Uneven surface and potholes often lead to traffic chaos

“This has been lying here for nearly a month. It is yet to be used for filling the potholes here,” says Vasant Poojary pointing to the heap of stones lying next to his shop off Jyothi Circle – Bunts Hostel Road.

Mr. Poojary, who runs a petty shop, is among the many affected by the worsening condition of the Jyothi Circle – Bunts Hostel Road. “They (authorities) fill potholes with mud and that goes off with one heavy rain. Some potholes were filled last month when Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda was in town,” Mr. Poojary said.

The road is uneven at various points, right from the Jyothi Circle to the Bunts Hostel circle. And all along, the motorists are greeted with potholes. “I had to spend from my pocket to remove the clog at the drain next to my shop and prevent the pothole opposite my shop from becoming a crater,” Mr. Poojary said.
Apathy

The traders lamented the apathy of the authorities in repairing the road. “It has been bumpy for a long time,” said George Menezes from J.P. Lights. Mr. Menezes said the traders had petitioned the Corporation once. “But we did not pursue it further as there was no positive response from authorities,” he said. Though the road stretch was scheduled to be concretised, “we are not sure when it will be done and whether it will address our problems,” he added.

Among the problems caused include stones ricocheting when vehicles move past the potholes. “Several pedestrians and commuters have been hit,' Mr. Poojary said. Mr. Menezes points to the damage of the glass façade of the showrooms at the Trade Centre. “We have to fix the glass ourselves as the insurance policy does not cover such damages,” Mr. Menezes said. The residents have got used to frequent traffic jams on this road stretch. “It takes around 15 minutes to cross the road,” said 60-year-old D.K. Shetty, who works in a bookstore off the road. In the absence of any provision to control the vehicles, the elderly people have a tough time crossing the road, Mr. Shetty said.

Mangalore City Corporation Commissioner K.N. Vijay Prakash said filling of potholes could be taken up only when the rain stopped. “There is heavy flow of water on this road and any material used to fill the potholes goes away,” he said. Mr. Prakash said the work on building a concrete road between the two junctions could be taken up only when an alternative road for diversion of traffic was found.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/article2444383.ece

s.yogendra

September 13th, 2011, 07:12 AM

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s.yogendra

September 13th, 2011, 07:14 AM

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Krishnamoorthy K

September 13th, 2011, 09:13 AM

Three flyovers in Mangalore will be ready by year-end: Moily

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/article2447040.ece

NHAI Officials Promise to Complete Bridges by December (http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=115547)

I have a few remarks on delay for NH works. We had land acquisition hassles due to legal issues. (As a law minister Mr.Moily could have helped in speeding up of the legal process.) One more problem which I had discussed earlier was incomplete survey. Near Kadri for land filling survey had not idenitified need for extra land due to gradients on both sides of road. And one more reason attributed for delay is shifting of electrical cables & posts and pipelines. What I had observed when I visited Bikarnakatte-Padil stretch almost a year back was land was available but as ground was not levelled it was not possible to shift either electrical posts or cables. (We can not have pipelines or cables laid up & down in an hapazard manner.) But, when I enquired one of the official who was supervising work there told they can not do levelling work as electrical posts are there. For me it sounded ridiculous. Which is first? Shifting electrical posts or leveling ground?

I think NH should have clear cut process for all these.

1. Survey
2. Land acquisition
3. Leveling of ground
4. Shifting of cables and pipelines
5. main road (surface) works

In one of his earlier vists Mr. Moily had proposed Railway network for Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. (Dharmastala-Moodbidre-Karkala, Padubidire, etc) And he could influence for preliminary survey for a few works in budget. But, we don't have much information on the survey.

This time he has proposed roads development (listed in Udayavani)

BC Road - PoLali - Kateel - Mulki
Udupi - Agumbe - Theerthahalli
Shiradi Ghat
NH-66 from Kundapura to Goa Border

When Mr.Moily was law minister I was hoping for a law university in Moodbidre. Let use see as a Corporate Affairs minister what can he do to the region.

I am also expecting some kind of help from him like our local MLA Yogish Bhat did for Lady Goschen Hospital.

Krishnamoorthy K

September 13th, 2011, 09:14 AM

ಬಜಪೆ, ಸೆ.10: ಮಿಜಾರಿನ ಬೆಳ್ಳೆಚಾರು ಸೇತುವೆಯ ಪರ್ಯಾಯ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಗೆ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಯನ್ನು ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕನ್ನಡ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಉಸ್ತುವಾರಿ ಸಚಿವ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಜೆ. ಪಾಲೆಮಾರ್ ಶನಿವಾರ ಪರಿಶೀಲಿಸಿದರು. ಇನ್ನು ನಾಲ್ಕೈದು ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಹನಗಳು ಈ ಮಾರ್ಗವಾಗಿ ಸುಗಮವಾಗಿ ಚಲಿಸುವಂತಾಗಲಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಅವರು ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು.

ಸೇತುವೆಯ ಬಿರುಕು ಬಿಟ್ಟ ಕಾರಣ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಹನ ಸಂಚಾರ ಸ್ಥಗಿತಗೊಂಡು ಮೂಡಬಿದಿರೆ-ಮಂಗಳೂರು ನಡುವೆ ಚಲಿಸುವ ವಾಹನಗಳು ಸುತ್ತುಬಳಸಿ ಸಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದವು. ಇದರಿಂದ ಜನಸಾಮಾನ್ಯರು ತೊಂದರೆಗೀಡಾಗಿದ್ದರು.

ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ಇಲಾಖೆಯಿಂದ 1 ಕೋಟಿ ರೂ. ಅನುದಾನ ತುರ್ತು ಪರಿಹಾರವಾಗಿ ಸದ್ಯವೇ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಯಾಗಲಿದ್ದು ಮೂಡಬಿದಿರೆ-ಮಂಗಳೂರು ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ಚತುಷ್ಪಥವಾಗಲಿದೆ ಅವರು ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

-- ಉದಯವಾಣಿ 11 September 2011

Moodabidre-Mangaluru highway (NH-169 old NH-13) will be made fourlane soon.

ಮಂಡೆಕೋಲಿಗೆ ಮುಖ್ಯವಾಗಿ ರಸ್ತೆಕಾಮಗಾರಿಗೆ 10 ಕೋಟಿ ರೂ. ಅನುದಾನ ಘೋಷಣೆ -- ಉದಯವಾಣಿ 11 September 2011
Rs. 10 crores grant announced for Mandekolu mainly for road works

Krishnamoorthy K

September 13th, 2011, 09:16 AM

* ‘ZP should urge Sadananda Gowda to release a special grant of Rs. 50 crore'

Bad condition of roads dominated the general body meeting of the zilla panchayat here on Monday. Raising the issue, member Manjunath Poojary said that almost all roads in the district were in poor shape. As D.V. Sadananda Gowda, then Udupi-Chikmagalur MP, had become Chief Minister, the zilla panchayat should urge him to release a special grant of Rs. 50 crore. The roads under the Department of Fisheries in the district too had been damaged, he said.

Gopal Bhandary, Karkala MLA, said that no fund had been released by the government to the zilla panchayat to repair roads in the past three years. The government had to release Rs. 29 crore annually to repair roads.

“Besides asking Mr. Gowda for a special package for the development of the district, we should urge him to release Rs. 90 crore, which is pending, to repair roads,” he said.

Zilla panchayat president Katapady Shankar Poojary said that the government had released Rs. 7.8 crore to repair roads in the district. An action plan to repair roads had been sent to the government for approval. The zilla panchayat would seek additional grants from the government, he added.

Mr. Bhandary said five primary health centres sanctioned for the district had been shifted to north Karnataka because of the Nanjundappa committee's report. “While no one wants the districts of north Karnataka to remain backward, facilities should not be denied to these two coastal districts,” he said.

Mamatha Adhikari and Ganapati Sriyan, members, said that departments such as Backward Classes and Minorities and Integrated Tribal Development Project were facing staff shortage.

Gitanjali Suvarna, member, said the thermal power plant of Udupi Power Corporation Ltd (UPCL) at Yellur should be asked to stop operation till it took measures to control pollution. Mr. Bhandary objected to the absence of the Assistant Commissioner at the meeting.

The Hindu (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/article2449465.ece)

s.yogendra

September 14th, 2011, 07:22 PM

Vijaya Bank to Give Facelift to A B Shetty Circle near Maidan

The foundation stone for the work of development and renovation of the A B Shetty circle was laid by deputy commissioner Dr Channappa Gowda here on Wednesday, September 14.

As a corporate social responsibility, Bank has taken up beautification Programme of the Circle named after Bank’s Founder Chairman Mr. Attavara Balakrishna Shetty by incurring an approximate expenditure of Rs.27.00 Lakh for outer circle and Rs.13.50 lakh for inner circle.

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=263754

mangalore mania

September 15th, 2011, 01:58 PM

Mangalore, Sep 14: The foundation stone laying ceremony for the development of the AB Shetty Circle at Pandeshwar here was held on Wednesday September 14. The work is being sponsored by Vijaya Bank.

The foundation stone was laid by Dr N S Channappa Gowda, deputy commissioner in the presence B Ibrahim (former MP), director of Vijaya Bank and Sudhakar Shetty M, deputy general Manager, Vijaya Bank, regional office, Mangalore.
Old Circle
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Proposed Structure
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Dr Channappa Gowda appreciated the initiative taken by Vijaya Bank in this regard and expressed his desire that such initiatives continue in the days to come in various other socially-relevant forms also.

B Ibrahim recollected the yeoman services rendered by the late Sundaram Shetty in bringing Vijaya Bank to this stature, including providing employment to thousands of people.

Attavara Balakrishna Shetty is the founder chairman of Vijaya Bank. Founded by Agriculturists of South Kanara District, it started functioning on October 23, 1931 on Vijaya Dashami Day, and hence the name.

As part of corporate social responsibility, Bank has taken up beautification programme of the circle named after Bank’s founder chairman Attavara Balakrishna Shetty at a cost of Rs 27 lac for the outer circle and Rs 13.50 lac for the inner circle.

Naren Jain is the architect and M/s RJ Constructions is the contractor for the project.
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mangalore mania

September 15th, 2011, 02:02 PM

^^what does outer circle and inner circle does mean here..?

Krishnamoorthy K

September 18th, 2011, 08:32 AM

ರಸ್ತೆ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೆ ಅರಣ್ಯ ಇಲಾಖೆ ಒಪ್ಪಿಗೆ (http://www.udayavani.com/news/96733L15-%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%B8-%E0%B2%A4--%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%AD-%E0%B2%B5-%E0%B2%A6-%E0%B2%A7-%E0%B2%97--%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%A3-%E0%B2%AF-%E0%B2%87%E0%B2%B2-%E0%B2%96--%E0%B2%92%E0%B2%AA-%E0%B2%AA-%E0%B2%97-.html)

ಸುಳ್ಯ: ಸುಳ್ಯದ ಆಲೆಟ್ಟಿ ಧಿ ಕೋಲ್ಚಾರು - ಕಣಕ್ಕೂರು - ಬಂದ್ಯಡ್ಕ ರಸ್ತೆಯನ್ನು ಸಂರಕ್ಷಿತ ಅರಣ್ಯ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಿಂದ ಹೊರಗಿಡುವ ಕುರಿತಾಗಿ ಲೋಕೋಪಯೋಗಿ ಇಲಾಖೆಯು ನೆಟ್* ಪ್ರಸೆಂಟ್* ವ್ಯಾಲ್ಯೂ ಮತ್ತು ಪರಿಹಾರಾತ್ಮಕ ನೆಡುತೋಪು ವೆಚ್ಚ 24,37,380.00 ರೂ. ಯನ್ನು ಅರಣ್ಯ ಇಲಾಖೆಗೆ ಪಾವತಿಸಲು ಆದೇಶಿಸುವಂತೆ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ ಡಿ.ವಿ. ಸದಾನಂದ ಗೌಡ ಅವರನ್ನು ಸುಳ್ಯ ಶಾಸಕ ಎಸ್*. ಅಂಗಾರ ನೇತೃತ್ವದ ನಿಯೋಗ ಭೇಟಿಯಾಗಿ ಮನವಿ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿತ್ತು.

ಈ ಮನವಿಗೆ ಸ್ಪಂದಿಸಿದ ಡಿ.ವಿ. ಸದಾನಂದ ಗೌಡ ಅವರು ನೆಟ್* ಪ್ರಸೆಂಟ್* ವ್ಯಾಲ್ಯೂ ಮತ್ತು ಪರಿಹಾರಾತ್ಮಕ ನೆಡುತೋಪು ವೆಚ್ಚವನ್ನು ಅರಣ್ಯ ಇಲಾಖೆಗೆ ಪಾವತಿಸುವಂತೆ ಲೋಕೋಪಯೋಗಿ ಇಲಾಖೆಗೆ ಆದೇಶಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ಅಲ್ಲದೆ ಈ ರಸ್ತೆ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೆ ರೂ. 200 ಲಕ್ಷ ರೂ. ಅನುದಾನ ನೀಡುವುದಾಗಿ ಕೂಡಾ ಡಿ.ವಿ. ಸದಾನಂದ ಗೌಡ ಅವರು ನಿಯೋಗಕ್ಕೆ ಭರವಸೆ ನೀಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

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ಸುಳ್ಯ-ಅಜ್ಜಾವರ-ಮಂಡೆಕೋಲು-ಕನ್ಯಾನ-ಒಡ್ಡಿನಡ್ಕ-ಅಡೂರು - ರೂ.೧೦ ಕೋಟಿ
The road is Sulya-Ajjavara-Mandekolu-kanyana-oddinadka-adooru -- Hosadigantha

mangalore mania

September 19th, 2011, 06:34 AM

MANGALORE: Two rail over bridges (ROB) at Bykampady and B C Road, and one rail under bridge (RUB) at Padil hold the key to commuters wanting to enjoy hassle free-ride on 37.47-km long port connectivity project.

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has invited tenders for construction of ROBs/RUB, including double vent underpass on Panambur end of Bykampady ROB to facilitate transition of vehicles towards Bykampady industrial estate.

At present, these ROBs and the RUB are witness to frequent traffic jams as the four-lanes converge into two-lanes at these points. Once past these points, the road again branches out to four-lane stretches. Bad upkeep of the road at the two ROBs at Bykampady, and B C Road, (the stretch under Padil RUB has been recently recarpetted) also adds to the commuters woes and this is compounded when rain pounds the area, bringing traffic almost to a standstill.

Construction of these ROBs and the RUB got a fresh impetus at a review meeting conducted by Union Minister for Corporate Affairs M Veerappa Moily on Sunday last. Moily assured to take up the issues pertaining to the rail over bridge at Bykampady, which has been delayed due to technical reasons, with member (engineering) of Indian Railways. "Process for ROB at B C Road and RUB at Padil will also be simultaneously taken up," Moily had said.

Prashanth N Gawasane, project director, NHAI told TOI that NHAI had met all requirements raised by Railways with regard to Bykampady ROB, not included in the port connectivity project contract awarded to IRCON. "Railways has approved general arrangement and structure design drawings at different dates. We have even complied with the proof checking of the structure design carried out by IISc, Bangalore and submitted it to railways," he said.

Observing that there was no proper response to the tenders called for the ROB at Bykampady, Prashanth said NHAI has since gone in for second tender for this ROB and the ROB at B C Road and RUB at Padil. "New Mangalore Port had approached us seeking an underpass at Panambur end of the ROB," he said, adding this too has been included in the fresh tenders called for. Traffic bottlenecks would be addressed once these are in place, he pointed.
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mangalore mania

September 19th, 2011, 01:21 PM

Biker run over by lorry near Ekkur, pillion rider survives (http://www.coastaldigest.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30017:biker-run-over-by-lorry-near-ekkur-pillion-driver-survives&catid=57:news-stories&Itemid=68)
Today one more Motorist died near Kallapu, blame on the bad road:bash::bash:
Now i have stopped using my two wheeler on this road, The reason is When you watch for a vehicle coming front then you will get a shock from pothole and when you try to avoid a pothole you ll find a vehicle in front of you.. Driving is playing with life here..
This road is gonna take more life.. that is for sure

s.yogendra

September 20th, 2011, 05:15 AM

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mangalore mania

September 22nd, 2011, 09:34 AM

Mangalore September 21, 2011: The Mangalore City Corporation which is in a current drive for improving its roads has had experimented on lining the roads with interlocking pavements for covering unmanageable stretches of roads in the city.

The experimentation that started in 2009 has failed miserably and the city traffic is suffering due to many problems it has caused. The Corporation had outsourced the laying and maintaining the stretches but almost all stretches have either sunk or developed cracks.
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Since 2009 the city has used interlocking pavements on 24 stretches, out of which 22 have gone bad. One of the classic examples was the approach road down the light house hill in front of the Vijaya Bank on Dr Ambedkar circle (formerly Jyoti circle). This is a major intersection which is regulated by a traffic signal. Interlocking pavements were laid here in 2010 but the road has completely caved in and the stretch has become a traffic trap. The road has sunk at least 3 feet, making it very difficult for the motorists to drive. In addition, the entrance and exit points of the Vijaya Bank Regional office have also been damaged beyond repair.

Similarly, the approach ramp to the Ganapathi temple road from K S Rao road has also given way. The lower Bendoor circle has also started cracking up; here the MCC had used high quality glossed pavement blocks which were not just a tad expensive than the other varieties of pavers but also considered a traffic hazard.

It is not just the roads but also the pavements (footpaths) laid everywhere in the city with interlocking blocks that are dangerous for the pedestrians as they tend to go slippery during the monsoons. As a result the pedestrians come to the shoulder of the road and are exposed to danger.

The MCC officials say that the pavements were still good as they were easy to lay and less expensive when compared with the bituminous roads. They also say it is easy to remove and re-fix them in case of maintenance work. The MCC plans to increase the coverage of interlocking pavements in the city in the coming days, and all short stretches leading to residential colonies will be laid with interlocking pavements, the officials say.
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mangalore mania

September 23rd, 2011, 07:34 AM

MCC and NHAI blame each other for the wrong alignment
‘The problem can be resolved without destroying the existing concrete road'\
The faulty alignment of the Bejai-Kadri concrete road with the traffic flow from the KPT side has led to a situation where motorists suddenly face oncoming traffic exposing themselves to accidents.

Motorists crossing the highway from the KPT-Bondel Road (Airport Road) to the city at the rotary (an elliptical traffic circle) on National Highway 17, face traffic coming from Mangalore seconds after they cross the highway because of the faulty alignment of the median, raising the potential for accidents .

This occurs because the median of the concrete road from Bejai to the National Highway was not aligned with the traffic island built by the NHAI. When The Hindu spoke to the Mangalore City Corporation and the National Highways Authority of India, they blamed each other for the wrong-alignment.

NHAI project director Prashant Gawasane said the plan for the elliptical rotary and traffic islands on NH 17 had been finalised in 2005 and the project had been completed three years ago.

To a question whether the corporation did not consult the NHAI while designing the concrete road, he said the corporation could answer that question. He maintained that the National Highways got priority over local roads and the latter should conform with the former.

An engineer at the Mangalore City Corporation, said the NHAI had not consulted the corporation while preparing its plans.

A member of Infrastructure Development Foundation, the consulting firm for the corporation, Mr. Dharmaraj said the alignment was “totally wrong”.

To a question on how the situation could be resolved, Mr. Dharmaraj said it was only a matter of “will” on the part of the corporation or the district administration and funds were not a problem. He said it could be remedied without destroying the existing concrete road and that it was part of a larger plan to develop the Kadri area.

MCC and NHAI blame each other for the wrong alignment
‘The problem can be resolved without destroying the existing concrete road'
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mangalore mania

September 24th, 2011, 08:11 AM

Bantwal, Sep 24: Despite the four-lane conversion work on the national highway going on at a snail’s phase for many years, contractor Ircon International began the preparations to build a toll plaza at Brahmarakutlu on Friday September 23.

Four-lane conversion work from B C Road–Suratkal is only 70 percent complete and the locals are angry at Ircon International for going ahead with building the toll plaza.
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Krishnamoorthy K

September 24th, 2011, 01:08 PM

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I think instead of developing roads in front of temples bypasses should be developed. Peace around temple and other religious structures is important. That is the reason I suggested a bypass road to reach Carstreet (bus route via Panjemangesh Rao Road - Jewellers street and then a road parallel to Carstreet road before joing it.) Kateel road should have bypass for temple. And there is also demand not to disturb peace of Bappanadu temple by bringing NH nearer to it.

Krishnamoorthy K

September 24th, 2011, 01:10 PM

Bad condition of rural roads
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-- Udayavani

Which is the way for Panambur Beach road?
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-- Udayavani

Dangerous turn of Marakada-Kunjattabail
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-- Udayavani 24th Spetember 2011

Crossing road is difficult in Surathkal
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-- Udayavani 24th Spetember 2011

Meeting of officials for Sarkudel Bridge repair (Naringana Taudugoli)
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-- Udayavani

Krishnamoorthy K

September 24th, 2011, 01:11 PM

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-- Udayavani

Krishnamoorthy K

September 24th, 2011, 01:12 PM

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-- Udayavani

Krishnamoorthy K

September 24th, 2011, 01:12 PM

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-- Udayavani

Krishnamoorthy K

September 24th, 2011, 01:14 PM

Sulya: State Highway work is limping along
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Road is dug out. But, no progress on shifting of under ground cables (BSNL), electrical posts, water pipes and drainage works.

-- Udayavani 19th September 2011 page 11

Sulya: First stage works started
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Works are going on at Gandhinagara. Workers shortage for electrical works.

Mean while Sulya shop owners union president Vishwanath Rao expressed his unsatisfaction on quality of road work. The thickness of road will be 55 cm - 5cm highgrade vitamin tar, 5 cm ordinary tar, 12.5 cm jally mixture, another 12.5 cm, and then 20 cm of jally and stone powder. Loose soil portion is strengthened with another 50 com of stones. Mr.Rao is arguing that this kind of road will not last for long as it can not withstand loads of heavy vehicles like MRPL tankers, Volvo buses.

-- Udayavani 20th September 2011 page 11

Vision is needed: Sulya shop owners union
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Mr. Vishwanath Rao wants the highway to be developed to the same quality of Madikeri-Mysore highway. He urged for adding more grant to early estimation so that road can sustain envisioned traffic and load.

-- Udayavani 21st September 2011 page 11

Slow work: MLA Angara is unhappy
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KRDCL consultant told that one side of Sulya town stretch will be ready by 15th October and both side by 15th November.

-- Udayavani 22nd September 2011 page 11

Jalli (crushed stones) deficiency for highway works
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Mani-Sampaje needs 8.5 lakh tons of stones but, only 50,000 tons are available now. As locals are protesting against movement of heavy trucks as they damage village roads planned 3 stone crushing units have not come up so far. Contractors are paying a fine of Rs. 3 lakhs per day for delayed works.

-- Udayavani 23rd September 2011 page 12

Highway works inspection by Sulya MLA
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Lalbahadur Shastri circle will have a flyover.

-- Udayavani 24th September 2011 page 12

How many flyovers are planned on Mani-Sampaje section of highway? Whether any interchage is planned at Mani junction with NH-75 (old NH-48)?

mangalore mania

September 24th, 2011, 01:38 PM

Mangalore, Sep 24: The city is known to be by far one of the fastest developing cities in the state, if not the country. However, the condition of the roads in some of the important parts of the city here tells a different story altogether.

The Mangalore City Corporation came into existence in the year 1983 and has completed 28 years of service. But it is sad to note that the basic facilities like good roads in the city are being neglected.
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The MCC has achieved a landmark in collecting 99.99 % tax from the citizens and also bagged an award for the achievement. Rs 200 crore special grants were allotted by the government mainly for the road work. However, in city, areas like Mallikkatta and Jyothi to Bunts Hostel road, the asphalt has been washed away in the rain.

In areas like Bendore, where many educational institutions are placed, bad roads have been creating horrendous problems for school kids and college students. Traffic jams have become a daily nuisance during peak hours, all thanks to the bad roads. Traffic cops in fact are the worst hit. Every time there is a road block due to traffic, these men in uniform are made to work in these areas fighting against the dust and pouring rain.

As Pumpwell is a low-lying area, roads from Pumpwell to Nanthoor are in a pathetic condition. Two wheelers are finding it difficult to commute on these roads.

The condition of roads at the service bus stand road, Bunder Road, Market road is no better. Travelling on the road connecting the service bus stop to Lady Goshen is a nightmare. There is no asphalting at all.

Even those roads that are concreted are incomplete - at the end or beginning of all concreted roads a small portion is left undone, without even ordinary repair, which not only spoils the overall beauty of the road but gives a hell of a time to commuters. It is amazing that there are even roads with smooth concrete on only one side while the other side is full of craters!

Muneer Katipalla, president of district unit of DYFI, the organisation has time and again raised its voice against injustice or problems in the society, says that the main roads were repaired with the help of CM’s fund and most of them were concreted. But as less commission rate is fixed for inner roads, no contractor wants to take up the work. When the organisation held a protest during October last year, the participation of public was poor which showed the laid-back approach of people. Only activists of unions hold demonstrations which later go in vein, he regrets.

Corporator Gretta Rebello says that the quality of the asphalt supplied these days is poor, making the road unfit for commuting in a short span of time. Many corporators of different wards have complained about this issue at a meeting called by the commissioner, she said.

Interlocking of roads in second cross of Ring Road has been taken up and tenders for asphalting of roads will be called after the rainy season stops, she added.

Corporator Naveen D'Souza said that in Bendorewell road there was a leakage in a water pipe which has weakened the road, as every time water gets blocked and the road gets damaged. He assured that after rains, a permanent solution would be sought out. He also stated it was discouraging to see the public and media blame corporators for the poor condition of the roads without knowning the actual reason.

Hanumanth Kamath, a social worker and president of Nagarika Hitharakshana Samithi also points out the problem of public response to the issue. People fail to turn up for demonstrations in large numbers, which defeats the purpose of the protests and has no effect on the administration. He stated that State Bank – Nellikai road and Pandeshwar to Kudroli temple bridge road were damaged within 15 days of their repair. When work is taken up, they give three-year guarantee, but it wears off in a few months. The quality of work is not scrutinised properly by the engineers during repair work, he complained.

As the city is on a hilly area and roads are uneven, it demands top quality asphalt for longevity. There are also complaints that 90 % of the corporators take commission before they assign work to contractors. People should raise voice against all these discrepancies, Kamath urged.

It remains to be seen how long the people of Mangalore will tolerate the situation. Mangaloreans are known for their patience, which unfortunately has let the administration take things lightly. The need of the hour is a concerted effort from the public to raise its voice, for, it is the common man who has to suffer in the end.
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Krishnamoorthy K

September 24th, 2011, 02:01 PM

Mangalore, Sep 24: “In the name of private partnership for development of roads in city, district in-charge minister Krishna J Palemar has sought the help of local builders which has led to suspicions”, pointed out former MLA Vijaykumar Shetty.

At a press meet held on Saturday September 24, he alleged that with this plan minister is trying to regularize few illegal constructions and said that the situation wherein the citizens are made to depend on builders for ‘repair work of their roads’ even after collecting road tax tells a sorry state of affairs in the administration.

As per this initiative, crushed stones, cement and labor charges are paid by MCC while laborers will be provided by builders and also they inspect the quality of the work carried out. Former MLA questioned whether Palemar thinks the citizens of Mangalore are fools to agree on this? This raises a question whether Corporation is running short of expert engineers or is this the step to insult them?, he queried.

Vijay Kumar Shetty also rued that Palemar seems to be under the impression that he is the district in-charge minister only for city limit as he does not take any constructive decision about situation in the Gram Panchayath limits.

In the sanctioned money of Rs 100 crore, concretization was done only on such roads those led to flats and apartments of his builder friends. Even before he had made some alterations to the CDP rule and made sure not to construct houses in 3 cent lands, thereby putting an end to the dreams of poor and middle class people of having their own houses in city, Shetty noted.

Opposition leader in MCC Lancelot Pinto challenged that if Palemar wants to do good for the citizens of here, let him make builders to adopt few slum areas where poor people are struggling to reside. Handing over of ‘road work’ to builders is a shame to us and raises a question where does the tax money go, he questioned.

Former Mayor Shashidhar Hegde, corporator Naveen D’Souza and Sudhir T K among others were present at the press meet.

Daijiworld (http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=116975)

Krishnamoorthy K

September 25th, 2011, 12:00 PM

MANGALORE: The opposition Congress in Mangalore City Corporation has questioned a move by district in-charge minister J Krishna Palemar in seeking help of local builders under recently mooted Sundara Mangalore project. The Congress felt that the project was a means adopted by Palemar, a builder by profession, to help his fellow professionals for their personal gains and not really aimed at the all-round overall development of the city, as is being projected.

Addressing the media here on Saturday, K Vijaykumar Shetty, former MLA and Lancelot Pinto, leader of the opposition in MCC, said, the scheme allowing builders to supervise the ongoing road concreting works to areas leading to their project sites, while MCC paid for men and material, smacked of illegality. Lancelot wondered if MCC, which collects nearly Rs 40 crore by way of tax has to depend on these builders to complete its roads.

Pinto said a majority of inner city roads are crying for a coat of asphalt, while the roads leading to all major residential flats under progress or already constructed boasted of neatly laid out concrete roads.

Vijaykumar, stating that he personally was not for concreting the roads, said Palemar must remember that he is the district in-charge minister and strive for the overall development of other urban local bodies in the district by providing them with funds.

Lancelot dared the builders to show the same enthusiasm in funding other basic amenities development projects in the city that are crying for attention. "We will wholeheartedly welcome it, if they come forward to asphalt city roads," he said. Vijaykumar also blamed the state government for failing to come up with a proper policy that enabled people of the district to obtain sand for reasonable rates. The cost of sand has gone way too high, he said.

TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Cong-opposes-MCCs-move-to-employ-private-builders/articleshow/10108523.cms)

Krishnamoorthy K

September 25th, 2011, 12:03 PM

ರಾಜ್ಯದ ರಸ್ತೆ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೆ ಕ್ರಮ: ಮೊಲಿ

ಬೆಳ್ತಂಗಡಿ: ರಾಜ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿಗಳ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ಕುರಿತು 15 ದಿನಗಳ ಹಿಂದೆ ಸಮಾಲೋಚನೆ ನಡೆಸಿದ್ದು, ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕನ್ನಡ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಗೆ ಗರಿಷ್ಠ ಅನುದಾನ ದೊರೆಯುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದೇನೆ ಎಂದು ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಕಾರ್ಪೊರೇಟ್* ವ್ಯವಹಾರಗಳ ಸಚಿವ ಎಂ. ವೀರಪ್ಪ ಮೊಲಿ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ಧರ್ಮಸ್ಥಳದಲ್ಲಿ ಶನಿವಾರ ಸುದ್ದಿಗಾರರ ಜತೆ ಮಾತನಾಡಿದ ಅವರು, ಮಂಗಳೂರು - ವಿಲ್ಲಪುರಂ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ 234 ಯೋಜನೆಗೆ ಮಂಜೂರಾತಿ ದೊರೆತಿದ್ದು ಚತುಷ್ಪಥವಾಗಲಿದೆ. ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಚಾರ್ಮಾಡಿ ಘಾಟಿ ಕೂಡಾ ಆಧುನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಚತುಷ್ಪಥ ಮಾಡಲಾಗುವುದು. ತೀರ್ಥಹಳ್ಳಿ - ಉಡುಪಿ ರಸ್ತೆ ಆಗುಂಬೆ ಮೂಲಕ ಚತುಷ್ಪಥವಾಗಲು 300 ಕೋ.ರೂ. ಮಂಜೂರಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದರು.

ಬಿ.ಸಿ.ರೋಡ್* - ಪೊಳಲಿ - ಬಜಪೆ - ಮೂಲ್ಕಿ ರಸ್ತೆ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಸ್ತಾವನೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಕುಂದಾಪುರ ಸುರತ್ಕಲ್* ರಸ್ತೆ ಚತುಷ್ಪಥಕ್ಕೆ ಅನುದಾನ ಮಂಜೂರಾಗಿದೆ. ಹಾಸನ ಶಿರಾಡಿ ರಸ್ತೆಯ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಮಂಜೂರಾಗಿದ್ದು ಶಿರಾಡಿ ಘಾಟಿಯ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ಇದೇ ಅನುದಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಯಲಿದೆ. ರಾ.ಹೆ. 66ರಲ್ಲಿ ಮಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಬೈಕಂಪಾಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸುರತ್ಕಲ್* ಬಿ.ಸಿ.ರೋಡ್* ರಸ್ತೆಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿ ರೈಲು ಮಾರ್ಗಕ್ಕೆ ನೂತನ ಮೇಲ್ಸೇತುವೆ ಮಂಜೂರಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಕುರಿತು ರೈಲ್ವೇ ಇಲಾಖೆ ಜತೆ ಮಾತುಕತೆ ನಡೆಸಲಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿದರು.

ಶೀಘ್ರ ಹಗಲು ರೈಲು

ಮಂಗಳೂರು - ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಮಧ್ಯೆ ಅತಿ ಶೀಘ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಗಲು ರೈಲು ಓಡಾಟ ನಡೆಯಲಿದೆ. ಚನ್ನರಾಯಪಟ್ಟಣದಲ್ಲಿ ರೈಲು ಹಳಿಗಳ ಕಾರ್ಯ ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಂಡಿದ್ದು ಹಾಸನ ಮೂಲಕ ಮಂಗಳೂರಿನಿಂದ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿಗೆ ಹಗಲು ರೈಲು ಓಡಾಟ ನಡೆಯಲಿದೆ. ಮುಂಬೈ - ಎರ್ನಾಕುಲಂ ರೈಲು ಕೇರಳಕ್ಕೆ ವಿಸ್ತರಣೆ ಕುರಿತು ಮಾತುಕತೆ ನಡೆಸಲಾಗಿದ್ದು ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರಿಗೆ ತೊಂದರೆಯಾಗದು ಎಂಬ ಭರವಸೆಯನ್ನು ಸಚಿವ ಮೊಲಿ ನೀಡಿದರು.

ಮಂಗಳೂರು ಮೂಲಕ ಹಾದು ಹೋಗುವ ಚೆನ್ನೈ - ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಗ್ಯಾಸ್* ಪೈಪ್*ಲೈನಿನಿಂದ ನಾಗರಿಕರಿಗೆ, ರೈತರಿಗೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ತೊಂದರೆಯಿಲ್ಲ. ಅನಗತ್ಯ ಭಯ ಬೇಡ. ಈ ಹಿಂದೆ ಅಳವಡಿಸಿದ ಎಚ್*ಪಿಸಿಎಲ್* ಪೈಪ್*ಲೈನ್* ಮಾದರಿಯಲ್ಲೇ ಇದರ ಅಳವಡಿಕೆಯಾಗಲಿದೆ ಎಂದರು. ಮುಂದಿನ ಚುನಾವಣೆಗೆ ಚಿಕ್ಕಬಳ್ಳಾಪುರದಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧಿಸುವುದಾಗಿ ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟಪಡಿಸಿ ಈ ಕುರಿತು ಇದ್ದ ಊಹಾಪೋಹಗಳಿಗೆ ತೆರೆ ಎಳೆದರು. ಚಿಕ್ಕಬಳ್ಳಾಪುರ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ ನನಗೆ ತೃಪ್ತಿ ನೀಡಿದೆ. ಅಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಇನ್ನಷ್ಟು ಕಾರ್ಯ ಮಾಡಬೇಕಿದೆ ಎಂದರು.

ಹತ್ತರಷ್ಟು ಹೊತ್ತಗೆ

ರಾಜಕಾರಣದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರತರಾಗಿರುವ ಮೊಲಿ ಅವರು ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಬರೆಯುವಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಮುಂದುವರಿಸಿದ್ದು ವರ್ಷವೊಂದರ ಒಳಗೆ ಹತ್ತರಷ್ಟು ಹೊತ್ತಗೆ ಹೊರತರಲಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ 4.30ರಿಂದ 6.30ರ ವರೆಗೆ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ರಚನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ತೊಡಗಿರುತ್ತೇನೆ ಎನ್ನುವ ಮೂರ್ತಿ ದೇವಿ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ಪುರಸ್ಕೃತ ಸಾಹಿತಿ ಮೊಲಿ, 'ಅನ್*ಲೀಶಿಂಗ್* ಇಂಡಿಯಾ' ಎಂಬ ಆಂಗ್ಲ ಪುಸ್ತಕ ರಚನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ತೊಡಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಕೃಷಿ, ಜಲ ಹಾಗೂ ವಿದ್ಯುತ್* ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ಕುರಿತು ಈ ಹೆಸರಿನ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳ ಮೂರು ಭಾಗಗಳು ಹೊರಬಂದಿದ್ದು ನಾಲ್ಕನೇ ಆವೃತ್ತಿ ಮಾನವ ಸಂಪದ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ಕುರಿತು ಇರಲಿದೆ. ಇನ್ನು 30 ವರ್ಷದಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾರತ ಹೇಗೆ ಸುಪರ್* ಪವರ್* ಆಗಿ ಮಾನವ ಸಂಪದ ಮೂಲಕ ಮೂಡಿ ಬರಲಿದೆ ಎಂಬ ಕುರಿತ* ಇದು ಜನವರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಯುವ ವಿಶ್ವ ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಮೇಳದಲ್ಲಿ ಅನಾವರಣಗೊಳ್ಳಲಿದೆ.

'ಲಿಂಬ್ಸಸ್* ಆಫ್* ಮೊಲೀಸ್* ಫಿಲಾಸಫಿ' ಎಂಬ ಪುಸ್ತಕದ ರಚನೆ ಕೂಡಾ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದೆ. ನ್ಯಾಯಾಂಗ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯ ಕುರಿತು ಬರೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಕಾರ್ಯ ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಂಡಿದ್ದು ಒಂದು ತಿಂಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಯಾಗಲಿದೆ. ದ್ರೌಪದಿ ಕುರಿತು ಮಹಾಕಾವ್ಯ ರಚನೆಯಲ್ಲಿದ್ದು 'ಶ್ರೀಮುಡಿ ಪರಿಕ್ರಮಣಂ' ಎಂಬ ಈ ಕಾವ್ಯ ಈಗ ಸೆಮಿಫೈನಲ್* ಹಂತ ತಲುಪಿದೆ ಎಂದು ವಿವರಿಸಿದರು. ಈಗಾಗಲೇ 5 ಗೌರವ ಡಾಕ್ಟರೇಟ್* ಸಮ್ಮಾನ ದೊರೆತಿದ್ದು ಡಿ. 16ರಂದು ಬ್ಯಾಂಕಾಕ್*ನ ಏಷ್ಯನ್* ವಿ.ವಿ. ಗೌರವ ಡಾಕ್ಟರೇಟ್* ನೀಡಲಿದೆ. ಪ್ರತಿಫಲಾಪೇಕ್ಷೆ ಇಲ್ಲದೇ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ, ಇತರ ಕೆಲಸದಲ್ಲಿ ತೊಡಗಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡಿದಂತೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಶಕ್ತಿ ದೊರೆಯುತ್ತಿದೆ ಎಂದರು.

ದೇವರ ದರ್ಶನ

ಧರ್ಮಸ್ಥಳದಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರೀ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ ಸ್ವಾಮಿಯ ರ್ದಶನ ಮಾಡಿ, ಪೂಜೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿ, ಧರ್ಮಾಧಿಕಾರಿ ಡಾ| ಡಿ. ವೀರೇಂದ್ರ ಹೆಗ್ಗಡೆಯವರ ಭೇಟಿ ಮಾಡಿ ಮಾತುಕತೆ ನಡೆಸಿದರು. ಡಿ. ಹಷೇìಂದ್ರ ಕುಮಾರ್*, ಮಾಲತಿ ಮೊಲಿ, ಶಾಸಕ ಅಭಿಯಚಂದ್ರ ಜೈನ್*, ತೇಜೋಮಯ ಉಪಸ್ಥಿತರಿದ್ದರು. ಬಳಿಕ ಎಸ್*ಡಿಎಂ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳ ಕಾರ್ಯದರ್ಶಿ ಡಾ| ಬಿ. ಯಶೋವರ್ಮ ಅವರು ಮೊಲಿ ಅವರನ್ನು ಭೇಟಿಯಾದರು.

ಉದಯವಾಣಿ (http://www.udayavani.com/news/full.aspx?story_id=98557&languageid=15&edition=KAN&catid=882)

Action for Road Development: Moily

Mangalluru-Vizhapuram road (NH-73 old NH-234) through Charmadi Ghgat will be developed as a fourlane road.
Udupi-Agumbe-Therthahalli road (NH-169 old NH-13) will be developed as a fourlane road at a cost of Rs.300 crores.
Proposal is made for BC Road - Polali - Bajpe - Mulki road development.
-- Udayanani 25th September 2011 page 14

From Mangaluru side also Bikarnakatte-Moodabidre-Karkala road should be developed as fourlane. Surprisingly Mr.Moily forgot to mention Moodabidre, his native place?

ಕಟ್ಟತ್ತಿಲ ಸೇತುವೆ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣಕ್ಕೆ 40 ಲ.ರೂ. (http://www.udayavani.com/news/98541L15-%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%9F-%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%A4-%E0%B2%A4-%E0%B2%B2-%E0%B2%B8-%E0%B2%A4-%E0%B2%B5--%E0%B2%A8-%E0%B2%B0-%E0%B2%AE-%E0%B2%A3%E0%B2%95-%E0%B2%95--40-%E0%B2%B2-%E0%B2%B0--.html)

Krishnamoorthy K

September 25th, 2011, 12:09 PM

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Tree cutting works are over except in places where electrical posts are not yet shifted.
Underpass at Brahmarvara Community Health Center.
Maximum works completed in government lands, works will start in opther places once land is acquired.
Flyover/underpass works once road works is completed.
Fear of shortage of jalli (crushed stones) due to highcourt ban on stone crushers.

-- Udayanani 25th September 2011 page 13

ಚತು:ಷ್ಪಥ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಗಾಗಿ ಆಶ್ವತ್ಥ ವೃಕ್ಷ ಛೇದನ (http://www.udayavani.com/news/98551L15-%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%A4--%E0%B2%B7-%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%A5-%E0%B2%95-%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%97-%E0%B2%B0-%E0%B2%97-%E0%B2%97--%E0%B2%86%E0%B2%B6-%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%A4-%E0%B2%A5-%E0%B2%B5-%E0%B2%95-%E0%B2%B7-%E0%B2%9B-%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%A8.html)

Krishnamoorthy K

September 25th, 2011, 12:14 PM

ಸೇತುವೆ, ರಸ್ತೆ ಅಗಲ, ಫ*ುಟ್*ಪಾತ್*, ಜೆಟ್ಟಿ...ಶೀಘ್ರ ಅನುಷ್ಠಾನ

ಉಡುಪಿ: ಉಡುಪಿ ನಗರ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಉಡುಪಿ ವಿಧಾನ ಸಭಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ಮೂಲಸೌಕರ್ಯಗಳ ಅನುಷ್ಠಾನ ಮತ್ತು ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೆ ಮತ್ತಷ್ಟು ಅನುದಾನ ಮಂಜೂರಾಗಿದ್ದು ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಗಳು ಶೀಘ್ರವೇ ಆರಂಭಗೊಳ್ಳಲಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಶಾಸಕ ಕೆ.ರಘುಪತಿ ಭಟ್* ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ಶನಿವಾರಂದು ಉಡುಪಿ ಬಳಕೆದಾರರ ವೇದಿಕೆಯ ವತಿಯಿಂದ ನಡೆದ 'ಜಾಗೋ ಶಾಸಕ್* ಜಾಗೋ -ಗ್ರಾಹಕರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಮುಖಾಮುಖೀ' ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಅವರು ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯಿಸಿದರು.

ಬಹುಕಾಲದ ಬೇಡಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲೊಂದಾದ ಆರೂರು - ಬೆಳಾ¾ರ್* ಸೇತುವೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಯನ್ನು ಈ ವರ್ಷ ನಡೆಸಲಾಗುವುದು. ಪರ್ಕಳ ಪೇಟೆಯ ರಸ್ತೆ ಅಗಲಗೊಳಿಸುವ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಶೀಘ್ರದಲ್ಲೇ ನಡೆಯಲಿದೆ. ಸೈಂಟ್*ಮೆರೀಸ್* ದ್ವೀಪಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗುವಲ್ಲಿ ಜೆಟ್ಟಿ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣಕ್ಕೆ 2 ಕೋ.ರೂ. ಮಂಜೂರಾಗಿದ್ದು ಈ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಯೂ ಶೀಘ್ರವೇ ಆರಂಭಿಸಲು ಕ್ರಮಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗುವುದು. ಉಡುಪಿ - ಮಣಿಪಾಲ ರಸ್ತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪುಟ್*ಪಾತ್* ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲು 7 ಕೋ.ರೂ. ಮಂಜೂರಾಗಿದ್ದು ಮೊದಲ ಹಂತದಲ್ಲಿ ಆದಿ ಉಡುಪಿಯಿಂದ ಕಡಿಯಾಳಿವರೆಗೆ ಫ*ುಟ್*ಪಾತ್* ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ ಮಾಡಲಾಗುವುದು ಎಂದು ಅವರು ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು.

ಉಡುಪಿ ಮೀನು ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಯು ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರಕಾರ ಮತ್ತು ನಗರಸಭೆಯ ಅನುದಾನದಿಂದ 2 ಕೋ.ರೂ ವೆಚ್ಚದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೊಳ್ಳಲಿದೆ. ಅಲ್ಲದೆ ಆದಿ ಉಡುಪಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ಕೋ.ರೂ. ವೆಚ್ಚದಲ್ಲಿ ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ಮೀನು ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಯನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲಾಗುವುದು. ರಾಜಾಂಗಣದಿಂದ ರೈಲ್ವೆ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣದವರೆಗೆ 40 ಅಡಿ ಅಗಲದ ರಸ್ತೆ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣಗೊಳ್ಳಲಿದೆ. ಆದಿ ಉಡುಪಿ - ಮಣಿಪಾಲ ರಸ್ತೆಯ ಇಕ್ಕೆಲಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅವಕಾಶವಿರುವ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನೆರಳಿನ ಗಿಡಗಳನ್ನು ಬೆಳೆಸಲಾಗುವುದು. ಉಡುಪಿಯ ತರಕಾರಿ ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಯನ್ನು ಸದ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೊಳಿಸಲಾಗುವುದು. ಮುಂದೆ ಅದನ್ನು ಆದಿಉಡುಪಿಗೆ ಸ್ಥಳಾಂತರಿಸಿ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಸುವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಿತ ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಯನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸುವ ಚಿಂತನೆ ಇದೆ ಎಂದು ಭಟ್* ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು.

ರಾಜ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಗ್ರಾಹಕರ ರಕ್ಷಣಾ ಪರಿಷತ್ತನ್ನು ಅಸ್ತಿತ್ವಕ್ಕೆ ತರಬೇಕು. ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಮತ್ತು ತಾಲೂಕು ಮಟ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಗ್ರಾಹಕ ವೇದಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ರಚಿಸಬೇಕು ಎಂದು ಬಳಕೆದಾರರ ವೇದಿಕೆ ವತಿಯಿಂದ ಬೇಡಿಕೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಲಾಯಿತು.

ವೇದಿಕೆಯ ಸಂಚಾಲಕ ದಾಮೋದರ ಐತಾಳ್*, ವಿಶ್ವಸ್ತ ಶಾಂತರಾಜ ಐತಾಳ್* ಉಪಸ್ಥಿತರಿದ್ದರು. ವಿಶ್ವಸ್ತ ಟಿ.ಚಂದ್ರಶೇಖರ್* ಅವರು ಮನವಿ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದರು. ವಾದಿರಾಜ ಆಚಾರ್ಯ ವಂದಿಸಿದರು. ಆರ್*.ಎಲ್*.ಡಯಾಸ್*, ಐ.ಆರ್*.ಭಟ್*, ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀಬಾಯಿ, ಎಸ್*.ಎಸ್* ತೋನ್ಸೆ ಮೊದಲಾದವರು ವಿವಿಧ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ-ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳನ್ನು ಮುಂದಿಟ್ಟರು.

ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಸಂಕೀರ್ಣ ನವೆಂಬರ್*ನಲ್ಲಿ ಉದ್ಘಾಟನೆ

ಮಣಿಪಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣಗೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿರುವ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಧಿಕಾರಿ ಕಚೇರಿ ಸಂಕೀರ್ಣವು ನವೆಂಬರ್* ಮೊದಲು ಅಥವಾ ಎರಡನೇ ವಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ಉದ್ಘಾಟನೆಗೊಳ್ಳಲಿದೆ. ಉದ್ಘಾಟನೆಯಾದ ಒಂದು ವಾರದಲ್ಲೇ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಮಟ್ಟದ ಇಲಾಖಾ ಕಚೇರಿಗಳು ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾರ್ಯಾರಂಭಗೊಳ್ಳಲಿವೆ.

ಕುಂದಾಪುರ ಮತ್ತು ಕಾರ್ಕಳದಿಂದ ಬರುವ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರಿಗೆ ಅನುಕೂಲವಾಗುವ ಉದ್ದೇಶದಿಂದ ಬಸ್*ಗಳು ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಧಿಕಾರಿ ಕಚೇರಿ ಸಂಕೀರ್ಣಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗಿಯೇ ಅನಂತರ ಉಡುಪಿಗೆ ಬರುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಲು ವಿಶೇಷ ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ನೀಡಲಾಗುವುದು. ನೂತನ ಸಿಎಂ ಸದಾನಂದ ಗೌಡ ಅವರು ಪೀಠೊಪಕರಣಕ್ಕೆ ಇತ್ತೀಚೆಗೆ 2 ಕೋ.ರೂ. ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಗೊಳಿಸಿರುವುದು ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಸರಕಾರ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಧಿಕಾರಿ ಕಚೇರಿ ಸಂಕೀರ್ಣಕ್ಕೆ ಒಟ್ಟು 28 ಕೋ.ರೂ. ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಗೊಳಿಸಿದೆ ಎಂದು ರಘುಪತಿ ಭಟ್* ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು.

ಉದಯವಾಣಿ (http://www.udayavani.com/news/98529L15-%E0%B2%B8-%E0%B2%A4-%E0%B2%B5---%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%B8-%E0%B2%A4--%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%B2--%E0%B2%AB--%E0%B2%9F--%E0%B2%AA-%E0%B2%A4----%E0%B2%9C-%E0%B2%9F-%E0%B2%9F----%E0%B2%B6-%E0%B2%98-%E0%B2%B0-%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%A8-%E0%B2%B7-%E0%B2%A0-%E0%B2%A8.html)

Aroor-Belmar bridge work this year
Parkala road widening work soon
Jetty for visiting Saint Mary's Island
Rs. 7 crores for Udupi-Manipal footpath. Adiudupi-Kadiyali in first stage with trees.
40 feet Rajangana-Railway station road.
Fish and vegetable markets in Adi Udupi

-- Udayanani 25th September 2011 page 12

Instead of footpath the local government may be spending monery to construct parking lots all along road and huge gradients going up and down to private parking lots or basements. I don't understand why they develop footpath with high lateral gradients. The footpath should have same level laterally but longitudinal gradients are unavoidable if road is slopy. Walking on roads with logitudinal gradients is comparatively much easier to walking on footpaths with lateral gradients. (Just imagine riding on road with lateral grdients.) The government authorities should construct footpath laterally flat. (with one step at gates as usual.) Let the site owners incorporate all gradients in their land. But, the authorities issuing license for buildings should check that gradients to basements are not too steep to make vehicles climb up the slope with full speed horrifying pedestrians.

Anybody who have done more R&D on footpath design please thow more light.

Krishnamoorthy K

September 25th, 2011, 12:18 PM

Krishnamoorthy K

September 25th, 2011, 12:32 PM

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MCC has responded to parking problem of pollutant vehicles immediately by creating facility in government land instead of forcing building owners to clear basement or ground floor for parking.. We have to watch when they will respond to road crossing problem of environmental friendly pedestrians. They have money to spend to create parking space for pollutant personal vehicles but no money for constructing safe footpath. They are not even making temporary arrangement for pedestrian safety. Shame on lower middle class & lower class for electing representatives not responding to their needs.

engineer.akash

September 26th, 2011, 08:13 PM

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ajay ramchandran

September 27th, 2011, 08:20 AM

MG Road side is getting dug up for Dasara decorations.

How do they decorate roads for festivity in the UK or western countries?

The authorities here think they can not avoid digging up footpath for advertisement as communicating to people about an event is more important then pedestrian comforts. How this type of issue is addressed in western countries?

Rules are very strict here Moorthy. No digging occurs even in Christmas.THe decorations are all in the median.Even for road repair there is so muchof coordination. After all the work is done the road is restored to its original state .For small works on narrow roads they put temporary traffic lights. There are no roads here without pavements.

mangalore mania

September 27th, 2011, 08:22 AM

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NOVEL SCHEME: J. Krishna Palemar (left), Minister for Ports and Fisheries, at a meeting with the builders in Mangalore on Monday. — Photo: R. Eswarraj

Builders and consulting civil engineers at a meeting with Minister in-charge of Dakshina Kannada J. Krishna Palemar here on Monday offered to help beautify 12 roads in the city, in the first phase.

The main components of the beautification comprised constructing storm-water drains and laying pavements along the concrete roads.

Builders would provide manpower for implementing works while Mangalore chapter of the Association of Consulting Civil Engineers would provide engineers to supervise works. They would not charge for taking up drain and pavement works. Funds for this would be borne from Mangalore City Corporation. The meeting decided to inaugurate the first work on the Airport Road on October 6. Mr. Palemar said that it was intended to complete all works within six months from October 6.

K.C. Naik, chairman, Mangalore chapter of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Association of India (CREDAI), assured the Minister that the builders would provide manpower for completing the identified works.

Mr. Palemar told the meeting that Nirmiti Kendra, Mangalore, a State government promoted construction agency functioning under Karnataka State Building Centre, would be awarded the works directly.

The list of 12 road stretches selected for constructing drains and laying pavements in the first phase are:

Lalbagh Junction-Circuit House Road;
PVS Circle to Hampankatta Junction Road;
Bunts Hostel to Shivabagh Junction Road;
Kadri Kambla Road; A. B. Shetty Circle to Pandeshwar Road;
KSRTC Bus Stand-Kuntikana Road;
Hampankatta to Rao and Rao Circle;
Shivabagh to Lower Bendoor;
Mangalore Central Railway Station to Nandigudda (via Attavar) Road;
Ballalbagh to Durga Mahal Road;
Karnataka Polytechnic Junction to Padavinangady (Airport Road) and
Padavinangady to Marakada (Airport Road).

Lancy Mascarenhas from Lancy Constructions who attended the meeting said that his agency would develop a 1.5-km stretch on Hoigebail Road free of cost. He said the agency would bear the cost of re-laying the road stretch and construct drains and the pavements.

Bus stand is on

Minister in-charge of Dakshina Kannada J. Krishna Palemar said here on Monday that the government would not go back from building a bus-stand near Mahaveera Circle.

He denied rumours that the proposal of constructing the bus stand has suffered a setback.

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Don't cut concrete roads, says Palemar (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2489328.ece)

mangalore mania

September 28th, 2011, 11:54 AM

Udupi, Sep 28: The four-lane road work on the national highway, which was hindered by incessant rains, picked momentum a few days ago. Construction workers who were helpless due to the persistent rains are gearing up for strenuous and long hours of work. The work resumed on the Suratkal–Kundapur stretch of the NH 66 which was stalled during the monsoon.

Trees dotting the NH 66 are being cleared for the purpose while the relocation of electric poles is yet to be done. Aphalting has been completed in Katpady and Kota on NH 66.
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Underpass at Brahmavar

The national highway authority originally planned to construct an underpass in front of Ruchira Complex, Brahmavar, near here. Accordingly, it has laid the foundation for pillars. However, it seems the original plan has been changed to construct 200 meters beside Brahmavar community health centre. The pillars that were recently erected near Ruchira Complex have been demolished using earthmovers by the contractor Navyug Construction Company, which has swiftly undertaken road work on government land, while the land acquisition process along a few stretches of highway has hindered its construction work.

Separate underpass and bridge

Work is in progress to construct an underpass and a bridge. Over 600 workmen are based in labour camps at Yadtady and Padubidri to complete the asphalting on NH 66 except construction of bridge and underpass ahead of the monsoon in 2012.

Shortage of crushed granite

The granite deposits located at Miyar in Nalkoor gram panchayat have been supplying the entire stock required for four-lane works of the 75 km Kundapur–Suratkal stretch on NH 66. However, due to the stay order issued by the High Court banning the crushers, the shortage of crushed granite is likely to impede the road work. The existing stock of crushed granite would be sufficient for a month say the project co-ordinators.
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mangalore mania

September 30th, 2011, 12:54 PM

Work on assembling of an equipment to place the Beams across the pillars on Netravathi river bridge. Can anybody name what is the name of this equipment
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mangalore mania

September 30th, 2011, 12:54 PM

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mangalore mania

September 30th, 2011, 01:08 PM

Work on NH 66 Talapady -Nanthoor is taking momentum after monsoon. MESCOm has started shifting electrical lines on this part, in some places like Thokkotu, Kallapu mud filling has started.
From Nanthoor side they have started leveling the hills on both the sides, And beyond that they have started filling soil upto Karnataka bank head office

Krishnamoorthy K

October 2nd, 2011, 08:20 AM

Krishnamoorthy K

October 2nd, 2011, 08:39 AM

President of the Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC) Kiran Kumar said on Friday that the CMC had prepared a proposal of Rs. 5 crore to construct new roads and asphalt the existing roads for the Paryaya festival in January 2011. He was speaking at the general body meeting of the CMC, here.

Mr. Kumar said that a delegation from the CMC would submit this proposal to the Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda shortly and seek funds from the government. Rains had damaged a lot of property in the city. The CMC had urged the district administration to allot Rs. 3.10 crore to them, he said.

Councillor M.R. Pai said that many road accidents occurred at the Kalsanka Junction on Udupi-Manipal Road. There was no footpath to this road, he said.

Councillor Mohan Upadhya said that some accidents had taken place near MGM College on the same road. Vehicles were speeding after road-widening.

A circle should be constructed or a traffic signal should be installed in these places, he said.

Intervening, Mr. Kumar said that the CMC would write to the Road Safety Committee on this issue.

He would speak to the Traffic Inspector on installing signal lights.

The CMC already had a proposal to construct a circle at Kalsank. The CMC would construct humps on the cross roads, he said.

Mahesh Thakur, Councillor, said that many petty shops were coming up in Manipal without licences. Mr. Kumar said that the CMC had decided in its last meeting not to give permission to any petty shop.

But some petty shops had come up on private land near City bus stand, he said.

Mr. Upadhya said that some plumbers were giving illegal water connection in the city. Mr. Kumar said that the CMC had formed a squad to find out such connections. The CMC was encouraging all houses to have direct tap water connection.

There would be no public taps in the city after October 30, he said.

Mr. Jayananda, Councillor, said that the government had decided to ask the local bodies to increase water tariffs. But if the proposal of the government was accepted, people would have to pay steep tariffs, he said.

Revision

Mr. Kumar said that any revision of water tariffs would be done only after discussing it in the Council.

CMC vice-president Bharati Chandrashekhar, CMC Commissioner Gokuldas Nayak, and Udupi Tahsildar V. Prasanna were present.

The Hindu (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/article2503426.ece)

Krishnamoorthy K

October 2nd, 2011, 08:52 AM

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Only manholes works is pending due to water in ponds.
-- Udayavani

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Work has picked up speed. Work is going on between Gandhinagara and Private Busstop. Setting works with jalli mixture is going on for one side of the road. But, people of Sulya are disconnected from basic facilities like water, electricity, road and telephone.
-- Hosadigantha

Krishnamoorthy K

October 2nd, 2011, 09:46 AM

The list of 12 road stretches selected for constructing drains and laying pavements in the first phase are:

Lalbagh Junction-Circuit House Road;
PVS Circle to Hampankatta Junction Road;
Bunts Hostel to Shivabagh Junction Road;
Kadri Kambla Road;
A. B. Shetty Circle to Pandeshwar Road;
KSRTC Bus Stand-Kuntikana Road;
Hampankatta to Rao and Rao Circle;
Shivabagh to Lower Bendoor;
Mangalore Central Railway Station to Nandigudda (via Attavar) Road;
Ballalbagh to Durga Mahal Road;
Karnataka Polytechnic Junction to Padavinangady (Airport Road) and
Padavinangady to Marakada (Airport Road).

Lancy Mascarenhas from Lancy Constructions who attended the meeting said that his agency would develop a 1.5-km stretch on Hoigebail Road free of cost. He said the agency would bear the cost of re-laying the road stretch and construct drains and the pavements.

All the above roads are already concreted so builders are not given a choice of selecting the road which is beneficial to them. As Hoigebail road is constructed free of cost there should not be any complaint against it.

It is not hundred percent true that builders are not doing any work which is beneficial to society. Lot of them make huge donations to schools and colleges as I know. Dayanada Pai of Century Builders has constructed buildings for government college free of cost. Many builders are running schools and colleges - many may be businesses but there are exceptions. But, it is true that many of construction workers immigrated from outside are dwelling in slums some even without proper toilets.

As per a statement issued by former MUDA chairman Monappa Bhandari reported in Hosadigantha

Progress in last three years in the city:

Concretization of 17 roads
Widening of many roads
MCC was under debt when this administration took over it. Out of Rs.156 crores dues to contractots by earlier administration Rs.109 crores is settled so far by this administration
Rs.25 lakhs additional grant to corporators totaling Rs.45 lakhs

Planned works:

Footpath & drainage works with private partcipation
Rs.36 lakhs tender for Jyothi -Bunts Hostel resurfacing works
Rs.36 lakhs is sanctioned for Bejai market and will be ready by December
Bus shelters in 6 places

-- Hosadigantha

Krishnamoorthy K

October 2nd, 2011, 09:53 AM

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-- Udayavani

mangalore mania

October 2nd, 2011, 01:42 PM

Bridge Girder Launcher or Bridge Beam Launcher

How does the Bridge Girder Launcher Construct Bridge? (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_does_the_Bridge_Girder_Launcher_Construct_Bridge)

Thank you

Krishnamoorthy K

October 6th, 2011, 01:23 PM

Newly concretized Panela Site - Mosque Road in Pajir (near Konaje/Mudipu) is inaugurated.
-- Udayavani

Krishnamoorthy K

October 6th, 2011, 01:28 PM

Rules are very strict here Moorthy. No digging occurs even in Christmas.THe decorations are all in the median.Even for road repair there is so muchof coordination. After all the work is done the road is restored to its original state .For small works on narrow roads they put temporary traffic lights. There are no roads here without pavements.
This time they are a little bit more careful. They have used compound walls for fixing posts.But, around MCC again sides of road is dug up in parking places, but footpath is safe except in front of Essel building where a few interlocks are removed.

Sad news for Dasara is that MG Road has lost footpath in front of Kalyan Jewellers.

mangalore mania

October 7th, 2011, 06:30 AM

Puttur, Oct 7: Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda will visit his home town Sullia and Puttur on October 12 for participating in a government function, but will he have safe drive? Can his entourage take the road?

It looks like he will have to brave the bad roads all the way to his home right from Maani to Sullia which is the road he will have take when he arrives in the district.

The state highway 88 which is being upgrade into a four-lane highway, the work on which has stopped for reasons known only to the engineers of the KRDCL and their outsourced contractors called KMC constructions.

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The 120-kilometre road between Maani and Madikeri (which is otherwise called as Bantwal-Mysore Road) is now in un-motorable condition. The PWD has not taken up any repair work for more than four years citing four-laning as a reason for this phenomenal neglect of public safety.

In many stretches there are no roads and there were dusty patches which are a poor apology for roads. According to PWD engineers the state highway 88 should have completed at least 6 months back but due to ‘administrative snags’ the road was in a state of neglect.

The contractors say the government had not handed over a few stretches of land meant for road-widening and unless that happened the road cannot be widened.

The state highway had moderate vehicle density which is pegged at 125 vehicles per square kilometres between 6 am and 6pm was fit to be converted into a four-lane highway, which has been cleared in 2001. The government had slept over the proposal for more than ten years despite the money being available the people’s representatives of this area, namely, the then-MLAs of Bantwal Ramanatha Rai, Nagaraja Shetty, Padmanabha Kottari (Vitla), Appachu Ranjan, K G Bopaiah (both from Kodagu, the latter now assembly speaker) and MPs Mangalore-Kodagu D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Nalin Kumar Kateel, and not taken up the issue with the government, allege the people.

They argue that despite the highway being under widening process, an operational or 'service' road should be maintained for the traffic. “If they do not, it was not just neglect of responsibility by the government but was also a safety hazard,” said Urimajalu Rama Bhat a social activist and former MLA.

"There are thousands of vehicles, full of people, plying on this road day in and day out and imagine the kind of hardship so many people have been enduring every day and the damage caused to their vehicles," he pointed out, calling it "a national waste."
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bel_vai

October 8th, 2011, 08:50 PM

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Mangalore, October 8: Commuters between Bangalore and Mangalore can travel comfortably after six months as the much awaited 4-lane project on NH-48 is likely to be completed by April 2012.

Sources said the stretch between Nelamangala and Bellur cross has been completed and work between Bellur cross and Hassan is on a war footing.

Larsen and Toubro official said in Hassan that the company had decided to complete the project in six months. The company has set up its stone crushing and tar mixing plants near Udayapura to expedite work on the 59 km stretch road between Hiresave and Hassan.

The construction of over 35 bridges between Channayapatna and Nelamangala had already been completed for the road widening, sources said.

More than 250 trees on either side of the road between Hassan and Kunigal have been felled for the purpose, sources added.

Interestingly, the prices of land on either side of NH-48 have gone up in Channarayapatna and Hassan taluks as real estate owners have been purchasing at exorbitant prices.

The 185km stretch between Hassan and Bangalore would be reduced to 165km as L&T had removed many curves and constructed bypass roads as per the direction of the NH authorities.

The journey time between Hassan and Bangalore will be reduced from 4.5 hours to 3.20 hours, according an estimate.

The then union surface transport minister KH Muniyappa had strived for the sanctioning of the project in 2005. But the project was stalled for eight months last year.

mangalore mania

October 9th, 2011, 06:55 AM

mangalore mania

October 10th, 2011, 07:19 AM

MANGALORE: Eight road improvement works and seven bridges have been sanctioned at a cost of Rs13.65 crore in Dakshina Kannada district under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF)-XVII of Nabard.

The work will be spread across the five taluks of the district.

Twelve road works and a bridge have been sanctioned in the Udupi district at a cost of Rs 7.55 crore. Two road works and a bridge have been sanctioned at the cost of Rs 2.9 crore in Kodagu district.

While three bridges will come up in Mangalore and two in Sullia taluks, one each will come up in Bantwal and Moodabidri taluks.

The bridge at Kedike on Haleyangady-Sasihitlu road in Moodabidri taluk will cost Rs 5 crore, followed by the bridge at Amtoor-Mullikatte road in Bantwal at Rs 1 crore.

Among the roads, work on Pernaje-Sarjamoole-Galimukha road in Nettanige Mudnur village of Puttur taluk will cost the highest at Rs 1 crore.

BS Balakrishna, superintending engineer, public works, ports and inland water transport department, Mangalore circle, said that the tender process is on and the works will be taken up immediately.

He added that the Centre will bear 80 per cent of the cost and the state will take care of the rest.

In Udupi, seven roads in Udupi taluk, four in Byndoor and one in Karkala taluk will see improvement under the RIDF plan.

The lone bridge construction will be at near Kodi Kanyana Temple in Kundapur at a cost of Rs 60 lakh.

In Kodagu, the bridge will be constructed at Medaraholey on Madapur Shantalli Road.

These works will be done on the village roads, Balakrishna said, adding that they will be completed in a year. The work on the bridges will be over in two years from day zero.

He said that all the works would be strictly carried out as per the standards.

The roads / structures will be handed over to the respective departments after defect liability period.

In the last decade, Rs 103 crore has been spent on 204 roads, Rs 23.97 crore on bridges and Rs 109 crore on buildings in RIDF I to XVI.

All the works under RlDF-XII are completed and work under RlDF -XIII to RlDF-XVI are under progress, said Balakrishna.
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avi mangalore

October 10th, 2011, 01:40 PM

What about the Hassan-BC Road part.. When is the project going to be approved..

most probably in the yr 3012 :lol:

nandan_ks

October 10th, 2011, 01:46 PM

What about the Hassan-BC Road part.. When is the project going to be approved..

I just came back from Mangalore last night, the road from Sakleshpur till Hassan is very scenic and the road quality is also pretty awesome, Let it remain same for few more years please. Though the new highways being built are good to drive, they get pretty boring during a long journey.

mangalore mania

October 11th, 2011, 06:20 AM

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Mangalore, October 10: Mangalore airport road from Karnataka Polytechnic (KPT) Junction to Maravoor was renamed after Bharat Rathna Sir M Visvesvaraya in a function organized by Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) at KPT Circle here on Monday.

J Krishna Palemar, Dakshina Kannada in-charge Minister inaugurated the programme.

The renamed road was concreted at the cost of Rs 29.32 crore in which the MCC had contributed Rs. 4.57 crore. An amount of Rs. 12.50 crore and Rs. 12.25 crore had been drawn from State Finance Commission under its grant to the corporation during 2008-09 and from a Union government scheme called ASIDE (Assistance to States for Developing Export Infrastructure and Allied Activities) respectively.

He said Sir M Visvesvaraya Road will have footpaths and storm water drains along the 7 km stretch of four-lane concrete road (from KPT junction to Maravoor). The contracts were given to ‘Nirmiti Kendra’ and the labourers would be provided by the city based builders.

Mr Palemar also said that the works of constructing much awaited bus stand at Pumpwell would begin within couple of days. He said the officials at MCC should complete the works within six months. He also denied the rumours about the uncertainty over constructing the bus stand. “There is no take back on the decision of building bus stand,” he affirmed.
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Krishnamoorthy K

October 17th, 2011, 12:37 PM

ಮೈಸೂರು-ಮಾಣಿ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ: ಮಳೆಯ ನೆಪದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಸ್ಥಗಿತ

ಸುಳ್ಯ: ಮೈಸೂರು-ಮಾಣಿ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿಯ ಅನ್ವಯ ಸುಳ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಕೆಲಸ ಈದೀಗ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಸ್ಥಗಿತಗೊಂಡಿದ್ದು ಅಲ್ಲಲ್ಲಿ ಕಡಿದು ಹಾಕಿದ ರಸ್ತೆಯಿಂದ ಜನ ನರಕ ಯಾತನೆ ಅನುಭವಿಸುವಂತಾಗಿದೆ. ಕಳೆದ ಸೋಮವಾರದಿಂದೀಚೆಗೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಬಹುತೇಕ ಸ್ಥಗಿತಗೊಂಡಿದೆ. ಜಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾಕುವ, ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ನಡೆಸುವ ಉಪಕರಣಗಳು ನಾಪತ್ತೆಯಾಗಿವೆ.

ಗಾಂಧೀನಗರದಿಂದ ಕೆಎಸ್ಆರ್ ಟಿಸಿ ಬಸ್ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣದ ಬಳಿಯ ವರೆಗೆ ರಸ್ತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಜಲ್ಲಿ ತುಂಬಲಾಗಿದೆ. ರಸ್ತೆಯನ್ನು ದ್ವಾರಕ ಹೊಟೇಲ್ ಬಳಿಯ ವರೆಗೆ ರಸ್ತೆಯ ಒಂದು ಬದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಡಿದು ಆಳದ ಹೊಂಡ ತೋಡಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಇದು ಬೆಟ್ಟರೆ ರಸ್ತೆಯ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಬೆಳವಣಿಗೆಯೇನೂ ಕಾಣುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ.

ಮಳೆ ಬಂತು ಎಂಬ ಕಾರಣಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ರಸ್ತೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಯನ್ನು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ಸ್ಥಗಿತಗೊಳಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿದು ಬಂದಿದೆ. ಆಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ ಐದರ ಒಳಗಾಗಿ ಗಾಂಧೀನಗರದಿಂದ ರಥಬೀದಿಯವರೆಗೆ ಪ್ರಥಮ ಹಂತದ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಮುಗಿಸುವುದೆಂದು ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಧಿಕಾರಿಯ ಸಮ್ಮುಖದಲ್ಲಿ ಗುತ್ತಿಗೆದಾರರು ಭರವಸೆ ನೀಡಿದ್ದರು. ಆದರೆ ಆಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ ಅರ್ಧ ಕಳೆದರೂ ಪ್ರಥಮ ಹಂತದ ಅರ್ಧವೂ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಆಗಿಲ್ಲ. ನ. 15 ರೊಳಗೆ ನಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ಪೂರ್ತಿಯಾಗಿ ರಸ್ತೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ನಡೆಸುವುದಾಗಿ ಭರವಸೆ ನೀಡಲಾಗಿತ್ತು.

ಸೆ.8ರಿಂದ ರಸ್ತೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಆರಂಭಿಸಿದ್ದರೂ ಇದುವರೆಗೂ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಗೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ವೇಗ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿಲ್ಲ. ಒಂದೆರಡು ದಿನ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ವೇಗವಾಗಿ ನಡೆಸಿದರೂ ಈಗ ಅದು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಸ್ಥಗಿತಗೊಂಡಿದೆ. ಜಲ್ಲಿ ತುಂಬಿದ ಲಾರಿಗಳು ಕಳೆದ ಆರು ದಿನಗಳಿಂದ ನಗರಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸಿಲ್ಲ. ಗಾಂಧೀನಗರದಿಂದ ರಥಬೀದಿಯವರೆಗೆ ಕಳೆದ ಸೋಮವಾರ ಡಾಮರೀಕರಣ ನಡೆಸುವುದಾಗಿ ಗುತ್ತಿಗೆದಾರರು ಹೇಳಿದ್ದರು. ಆದರೆ ಭಾನುವಾರ ಸುರಿದ ಮಳೆಯ ನೆಪವೊಡ್ದಿ ಅದನ್ನು ಮುಂದೂಡಿರುವುದಾಗಿ ತಿಳಿದುಬಂದಿದೆ.

ಹಗಲಿನ ವೇಳೆ ಮಳೆಯಿಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದರೂ ಯಾವುದೇ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ. ಒಂದೆರಡು ಜೆಸಿಬಿಗಳು ಅಲ್ಲಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲವೊಂದು ಚಿಕ್ಕಪುಟ್ಟ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿರುವುದು ಬಿಟ್ಟರೆ ಏನೂ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ. ಅಲ್ಲಲ್ಲಿ ರಸ್ತೆ ಕಡಿದು ಹಾಕಲಾದ ಕಾರಣ ವಾಹನ ಸಂಚಾರಕ್ಕೆ ತೀವ್ರ ಅಡಚಣೆ ಉಂಟಾಗಿದೆ. ಮಳೆ ಸುರಿದರ್ಂತೂ ಕೆಸರಿನ ಗದ್ದೆಯಂತಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ವಾಹನದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತ್ರವಲ್ಲ, ನಡೆದುಕೊಂಡು ಹೋಗಲು ಕೂಡ ರಸ್ತೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ. ಹೀಗಿದ್ದರೂ ಯಾವುದೇ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ನಡೆಸದೆ ಇರುವ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಜನತೆ ತೀವ್ರ ಆಕ್ರೋಶ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಪಡಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ಮಳೆಯಿಂದಾಗಿ ಡಾಮರೀಕರಣ ಮಾಡಲು ಆಗದಿದ್ದರೂ, ಇತರ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡಲು ಏನು ಸಮಸ್ಯೆ, ಹೀಗಾದರೆ ಸುಸಜ್ಜಿತ ರಸ್ತೆ ಯಾವಾಗ ಎಂಬ ಆತಂಕ ಜನರಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಗುತ್ತಿಗೆದಾರರು ಮತ್ತು ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳು ಜನಪ್ರತಿನಿಧಿಗಳು ಕೂಡಲೇ ಸ್ಪಂದಿಸ ಬೇಕಾಗಿದೆ. ಶನಿವಾರದಿಂದ ಮತ್ತೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಆರಂಭಿಸುವುದಾಗಿ ಗುತ್ತಿಗೆದಾರರು ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಎಂದು ನಗರ ಪಂಚಾಯತ್ ಉಪಾಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ ಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ಹೆಗ್ಡೆ ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

-- Hosadigantha

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-- Udayavani

Krishnamoorthy K

October 17th, 2011, 12:39 PM

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-- Udayavani

Krishnamoorthy K

October 19th, 2011, 08:13 AM

ಪಡುಬಿದ್ರಿ - ಕಾರ್ಕಳ ರಸ್ತೆ ದುರಸ್ತಿಗೆ 25 ಲ.ರೂ.

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ಇದೇ ವೇಳೆ ಉಡುಪಿ - ಕಾರ್ಕಳ ರಸ್ತೆಯಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಕೆಲವು ಭಾಗ ಕೆಟ್ಟು ಹೋಗಿದ್ದು ಇದರ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಯನ್ನು ಸದ್ಯವೇ ಕೈಗೆತ್ತಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

Krishnamoorthy K

October 19th, 2011, 08:18 AM

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mangalore mania

October 21st, 2011, 12:27 PM

MANGALORE: Farmers gaping at the sky and praying for rain is a pan-India rural scenario. But the scene is different in the Mangalore City Corporation office. Here, officials could be looking out of their office windows and praying that the rain stays away. The reason: the need to undertake urgent road repair works across the city, at least to the extent of filling up potholes and making them motorable in a sufficiently long period of dry spell.

Extended spell of monsoon, which in this part of the state sometimes extends well up to November and sometimes even in December, has proved to be bugbear for the civic body in attending to road repair works. The fear of having to answer for inferior quality works later dictates the mindset of officials to 'be safe than sorry' in attending to such works. The end result is that people of this coastal city travel on bad roads.

A classic case is the bad condition of the stretch from Bunts Hostel to Dr B R Ambedkar Circle, which is a motorists' nightmare. No better is the condition of several interior roads, which Congress party men raise at every monthly meeting of the council. But, the BJP-ruled civic body now has made up its mind to take up pothole filling along all main bus routes in the city, followed by interior roads, from November 2.

Premanand Shetty, chairperson, standing committee on town planning and development, told TOI that erratic rainfall pattern is the only reason why MCC hesitates to take up any road development work till November-end. Echoing this sentiment is Harish Kumar, commissioner, who said, "While the entire procedure to repair the Bunts Hostel is ready, the civic body wants to make sure they get a dry spell before starting work."

In the first phase, Premanand said, 'All potholes along main thoroughfares would be cleaned and cut scientifically (in square or rectangular shapes) and filled up. The actual work of asphalting the roads would be taken up only in December."

He added, the hot-mix plants of contractors concerned too would become fully operational by then. "We will begin the work (of pothole filling) from November 2 and proceed from there," he added.
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mangalore mania

October 28th, 2011, 05:03 AM

Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda has asked the officials to fill potholes on roads in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts, including the key Mangalore-Bangalore Highway, by December. He held a meeting on Tuesday with officials, ministers and legislators here.
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mangalore mania

October 28th, 2011, 05:05 AM

The petitioners wanted width of the road to be 45 metres
High Court passes the orders on October 17
Six more petitions challenging land acquisition pending

A single-judge bench of the Karnataka High Court has dismissed four writ petitions which had challenged the government's action of acquiring land for widening the National Highway No. 66 (formerly NH 17) to 60 metres (right of way) in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts.

The orders were passed on October 17.

Challenge

Official sources told The Hindu that some people from both the districts had approached the court challenging the land acquisition in more than 10 villages in the two districts for widening the highway to 60 metres (right of way) . They wanted the highway to be widened to 45 metres and acquire land only to that extent.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had taken up the widening of the highway stretch between Kundapur and Surathkal and Nanthoor Junction and Talapady under phase III of the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) under build, operate, and transfer (BOT) basis.

The writ petitions 41809/2010 (Ms. Bernadette Fernandes and 10 others); 27610/2010 (K. Mukunda Bhat and 17 others); 11377/2011 (U. M. Abdul Khader and 130 others); and 9110/2011 (Naveen Kumar Shetty and 20 others) had been dismissed, sources said.

The website of Karnataka High Court mentions the status of the four writ petitions as “dismissed' and the “case disposed''.

The petitioners had challenged the land acquisition in Nanthoor, Tekkatte, Saligrama Moodahadu, Karkada, Talapady, Ullal, Thokkottu, Permannur, Kotekar, Someshwar, Maroli, Kadri, and Mangalore villages for widening the highway to 60 metres (right of way).

Sources said while dismissing the four writ petitions, the High Court had taken into account the ruling of the Supreme Court in the case of Union of India vs. Dr. Kushala Shetty and others and had relied on other judgements of Madras High Court and other High Courts.

They said the petitioners had the option of approaching the Division Bench of the High Court.

Sources said that six more writ petitions challenging the land acquisition for the Kundapur-Surathkal-Nanthoor Junction-Talapady project were pending before the High Court.
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Krishnamoorthy K

October 29th, 2011, 07:25 AM

In October month so many road works supposed to be started. A few of works not yet started are

Marakada-Maravoor stretch of airport road
Baikampady flyover works
Pending footpath works

A few of works going on are

Nanthoor-Pumpwell stretch. A part of stretch near Nanthoor is already got concrete layer.
No idea whether actual girder placement works have started. But, Girder Launcher has taken its position. Not sure whether piling works will be done for last pillat. Saw last time a Hydraulic Piling Rig standing near Girder Launcher.
Service road works are going on near Kuntikana Flyover. Saw an electrical post standing in the middle of service road. This time mistake should be by MESCOM as road was already in a levelled condition.

ajay ramchandran

October 30th, 2011, 09:34 AM

Krishnamoorthy K

October 31st, 2011, 07:09 AM

I am not sure on Surathkal. Kuloor works were going on. I think it could be ready in a year.

Bikarnakatte-Padil stretch of NH-75 is ready expect for a curvy stretch near KEB office and the flyover. Completion of the flyover work may take a minimum of another year at the current rate of progress.

As per latest information the Bridge Girder Launcher is standing comfortably on two pillars of Netravathi river. More than 30 beams are already waiting near yekkur to be shifted and launched. These girders are nicely placed adjacent to each other parallely so that the beam lifter which is standing on two rail tracks at the both ends of beams can pick them up easil;y and put them on a truck for transport to the bridge construction site.

ಪಡುಬಿದ್ರಿ: ಚತುಷ್ಪಥ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಗೆ ದಕ್ಕದ ವೇಗ
Padubidri: Fourlane work is not picking up speed -- Udayavani

Padubidri, Mulky works proposal is pending in Bengaluru at Chief Secretary,s office. The matter is discussed with CM. And the final notification is expected in another two weeks time.

ಹದಗೆಟ್ಟ ಆತ್ರಾಡಿ-ಪರ್ಕಳ, ಹಿರಿಯಡಕ-ಸೋಮೇಶ್ವರ ರಸ್ತೆ

ಕಾರ್ಕಳ-ಉಡುಪಿಗೆ, ಉಡುಪಿಯಿಂದ ಕಾರ್ಕಳಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರಯಾಣಿಸಲು ಆತ್ರಾಡಿ-ಪರ್ಕಳ ರಸ್ತೆಯನ್ನು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನವರು ಅವಲಂಬಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಉಡುಪಿಯಿಂದ ಹೆಬ್ರಿ, ತೀರ್ಥಹಳ್ಳಿ, ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗಕ್ಕೆ ತೆರಳಬೇಕಾದರೆ ಆತ್ರಾಡಿ-ಪರ್ಕಳ, ಹಿರಿಯಡ್ಕ-ಸೋಮೇಶ್ವರ ರಸ್ತೆಯೇ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ದಾರಿ. ಆದರೆ ಈ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಮಾತ್ರ ಶೋಚನೀಯ.

ಬೀಜದ ಕಟ್ಟೆ ರಸ್ತೆ ದುರಸ್ತಿಗೆ ಸಿಪಿಎಂ ಆಗ್ರಹ (http://www.udayavani.com/news/104374L15-%E0%B2%AC-%E0%B2%9C%E0%B2%A6-%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%9F-%E0%B2%9F--%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%B8-%E0%B2%A4--%E0%B2%A6-%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%B8-%E0%B2%A4-%E0%B2%97--%E0%B2%B8-%E0%B2%AA-%E0%B2%8E--%E0%B2%86%E0%B2%97-%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%B9.html)
ಪೆರ್ಲ : ವಾಹನ ನಿಲುಗಡೆ ಸಮರ್ಪಕ ಸ್ಥಳದ ಕೊರತೆ (http://www.udayavani.com/news/104579L15-%E0%B2%B5-%E0%B2%B9%E0%B2%A8-%E0%B2%A8-%E0%B2%B2-%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%A1--%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%B0-%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%95-%E0%B2%B8-%E0%B2%A5%E0%B2%B3%E0%B2%A6-%E0%B2%95--%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%A4-.html)
ಪೆರ್ಲ : ಮೂಲೆ ಗುಂಪಾದ ಬಾಳೆಮೂಲೆ ಬಸ್* ತಂಗುದಾಣ ...! (http://www.udayavani.com/news/104582L15-%E0%B2%AE-%E0%B2%B2--%E0%B2%97--%E0%B2%AA-%E0%B2%A6-%E0%B2%AC-%E0%B2%B3-%E0%B2%AE-%E0%B2%B2--%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%B8---%E0%B2%A4-%E0%B2%97-%E0%B2%A6-%E0%B2%A3-----.html)

s.yogendra

November 3rd, 2011, 05:42 AM

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mangalore mania

November 3rd, 2011, 03:07 PM

I remember sometime back Krishnamoorthy was talking about, NHAI is providing a separate facility for utilities.
I have some snaps from the Talapady-Nanthoor 4 lane project AT Beeri

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The manhole will be closed using something like this
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Does this looks like drainage for water or space for passing utilities..

mangalore mania

November 3rd, 2011, 03:12 PM

Proposed site for Toll Gate by Navayug, For Talapady-Nanthoor 4 lane project at Talapady.
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I am happy with the location. Since this is at the just entrance of Karnataka-Kerala Border. And except for the small population of Talapady None of the Mangaloreans will have to pay toll, Hope Navayug builds service road for these families at Talapady.

Navayug will still make good Toll collection as large number of KL14 and KL13 vehicles come Mangalore:lol:

mangalore mania

November 3rd, 2011, 03:13 PM

Work on first beam on Talapady bridge has started
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mangalore mania

November 4th, 2011, 07:18 AM

Near to Nanthoor Circle
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just amazing to see the amount of soil used to raise the height, Looks like its atleast 30mts deep

mangalore mania

November 4th, 2011, 07:19 AM

Near Karnataka Bank Head Office

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mangalore mania

November 4th, 2011, 07:20 AM

As per latest information the Bridge Girder Launcher is standing comfortably on two pillars of Netravathi river. More than 30 beams are already waiting near yekkur to be shifted and launched. These girders are nicely placed adjacent to each other parallely so that the beam lifter which is standing on two rail tracks at the both ends of beams can pick them up easil;y and put them on a truck for transport to the bridge construction site.

^^
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Pictures are not of good quality, You can assume the size of the beam by comparing the size relative to the jeep parked over there

mangalore mania

November 4th, 2011, 07:26 AM

As per latest information the Bridge Girder Launcher is standing comfortably on two pillars of Netravathi river.
^^^^
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mangalore mania

November 4th, 2011, 07:27 AM

Nethravathi Bridge
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mangalore mania

November 4th, 2011, 07:29 AM

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I saw one of this trailer at the site
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ajay ramchandran

November 4th, 2011, 09:13 AM

Great snaps.

Just like constructing a building four laning is also that that easy due to the topography in this part of the country. I am sure construction costs could be higher. Hope they could use Nayvug infrastructure to fill up the valleys for extension of runway:)

If you happen to go to Surathkal,Kuloor and Surathkal flyover updates could be useful. I will request Daijiworld to give an update. They havent done for quite some time. Probably a bit fed up.

akhilesh kinnigoli

November 4th, 2011, 05:42 PM

No bypass for mulki
All those huge trees in town are cut for 4laning works
But i am not sure.

akhilesh kinnigoli

November 5th, 2011, 04:01 AM

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akhilesh kinnigoli

November 5th, 2011, 05:19 PM

what is the mistake in above .someone please help me .i am posting image for first time

engineer.akash

November 6th, 2011, 11:06 AM

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Post it continuously in one line don't break the url and you have posted url of the thumbnail image..Copy the direct link here

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akhilesh kinnigoli

November 6th, 2011, 11:27 AM

That is mulki town without trees.

thank you akash.

engineer.akash

November 6th, 2011, 11:56 AM

Traffic signals remain idle at four key junctions

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‘There will be more problems if they are switched on'
The traffic signal that was set up at Karangalpady three years ago. —

Autorickshaw driver S. Shankar, who is a regular traveller on Bunts' Hostel Circle, has never seen the traffic signal at the junction operate since its installation.

Although people frequenting the circle have seen signal lights being put in place over three years ago, they remain idle even as traffic movement is chaotic, sometimes during peak hours.

The traffic signal at Bunts' Hostel Circle was among the four signals that were installed by Bharat Electronics Limited three years ago. The others are at Karangalapady junction, which is nearly 100 metres away from Bunts' Hostel Circle; Karavali Circle; and at Kankanady Market.

“We have not been able to operate any of these signals because of the bad condition of roads,” said Assistant Commissioner of Police Subramanya. The police said slow moving traffic at Bunts' Hostel Circle and other areas would render traffic signals ineffective, if put to use.

Although not being sure whether the traffic signal is in working condition, the traffic police said there would be more problems if the signals were switched on. “There will be traffic congestion on PVS–Bunts' Hostel Road, as hardly 100 metres separate the signal on Bunts' Hostel Circle and Karangalpady Circle,” a constable said.

Moreover, there was a problem of haphazard parking of buses and cars around the circle. “We have a tough time regulating the traffic flow and prevent haphazard parking around the circle,” the constable said. Traffic movement at the circle would get affected because of the slow movement of vehicles on the bumpy Bunts Hostel–Jyothi Circle road stretch, the constable said.

B. Subash Chandra was quite blunt when asked whether traffic signals at Bunts' Hostel Circle should become operational. “What will be its use when the junction is in a bad shape? It will be of great help if the authorities first improve the condition of the junction and the roads joining it, especially the pothole-filled road leading to Jyothi Circle. If this is done we will not need traffic signals here,” he said.

Veerendra Prabhu, a software engineer, said people with two-wheelers were the ones who had been facing the brunt of the bad condition of the junction and the Bunts Hostel- Jyothi Circle Road. “I wonder where the tax paid by us is going. They have just filled potholes with mud and no permanent work is being done,” he said. Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh said operation of the signals was affected following road concreting work.

“We cannot start operating the signals unless the roadworks are completed. Arrangements for proper parking of vehicles near Bunts Hostel Circle should be made,” he said.

Krishnamoorthy K

November 6th, 2011, 12:32 PM

Kuloor: Highway Authorities removed busstop
As busstop is not reconstructed travellers are facing problems.
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Artifical flood in Kuloor-Baikampadi
As service roads are incomplete highway sides are flooded and pedestrians finding difficult to walk.
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Sidewalls of Kuloor Bridge have collapsed
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Krishnamoorthy K

November 6th, 2011, 12:34 PM

No bypass for mulki
All those huge trees in town are cut for 4laning works
But i am not sure.

Question is, for which option we have to cut more trees - for road through town or for bypass?

I think DK and Udupi DCs have taken decision not to have bypasses in Mulki and Padubidri respectively. Decision is pending at CM's office.

akhilesh kinnigoli

November 6th, 2011, 12:47 PM

Question is, for which option we have to cut more trees - for road through town or for bypass?

I think DK and Udupi DCs have taken decision not to have bypasses in Mulki and Padubidri respectively. Decision is pending at CM's office.
There are no much trees on road side from town to bappanadu bridge as oneside it is empty land filled with water most of the time.
Another thing is why to make a deep tuns on road which is very straight already.

akhilesh kinnigoli

November 6th, 2011, 12:53 PM

mangalore mania

November 6th, 2011, 12:54 PM

Sidewalls of Kuloor Bridge have collapsed
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IRCON:bash::bash::bash::bash:

mangalore mania

November 8th, 2011, 03:03 PM

Bangalore, Nov 8: The crucial Shiradi Ghat stretch of National Highway 48 linking coastal Mangalore with Bangalore via Hassan must be developed on the lines of the Golden Quadrilateral project by the Centre to boost development of the coastal and malnad region, the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) has demanded.

The National Highway 48 between Sakleshpur and Mangalore is in dire straits and the woefully inadequate infrastructure facilities in the State will act as disincentive for investors in Karnataka, FKCCI President J R Bangera has said in a press release issued on Tuesday.

Bangera said the stretch between Sakleshpur and Mangalore (Shiradi Ghat of NH-48) has to be strengthened on the lines of Golden Quadrilateral to fuel the economic growth in coastal and malnad districts.

“Connectivity to the Mangalore Port is inaccessible due to the bad road in the Shiradi Ghat section. Movement of heavy trucks caused severe damage to the road,” he said.

The FKCCI chief said the state highway from Mysore to Mangalore was also badly damaged and repair works has not been completed. The stretch between Mani to Sampaje has become unmotorable due to potholes.

He urged the Government to complete soon road widening works between Mani to Sampaje to reduce losses to trade, industry and tourism.

In view of the Global Investors Meet to be held in June 2012, the Government has to take steps to improve infrastructure, particularly roads, in the State, FKCCI said.
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mangalore mania

November 9th, 2011, 05:33 PM

Kottara flyover:
Work has started for erecting light poles on Kottara flover.

Kulur Flyover:
Work on ramp on both the ends of flyover is going on.. No service road available yet fro vehicles travelling from Kulur to Mangalore

Suratkal Flyover:
Work on ramp from southern end has just started. No sign of service road yet. there are couple of buildings, they dint let their land i guess

mangalore mania

November 10th, 2011, 05:00 AM

Fleet operators running taxis and buses face huge maintenance bills after every trip
There are five vital ghat roads leading to the districts
Shiradi and Sampaje ghats are especially in a bad state

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Traumatising: A majority of the roads leading to the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada, including the vital Shiradi Ghat section, is in a bad state

A majority of the roads leading to the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada, including the vital Shiradi Ghat section linking Bangalore and Mangalore, is in a poor state.

This has severely affected trade and industry, including tourism, even as fleet operators running tourist taxis and buses are faced with huge maintenance bills after every trip.

There are five vital ghat roads leading to the coastal districts: Sampaje Ghat connecting Mysore and Mangalore via Madikeri, Sullia and Puttur; Shiradi Ghat on NH 48 connecting Bangalore and Mangalore via Hassan, Sakleshpur and Bantwal; Charmadi Ghat connecting Hassan and Mangalore via Chikmagalur and Belthangadi; Agumbe Ghat connecting Sringeri/ Shimoga with Udupi via Hebri; and Hulikal Ghat connecting Shimoga and Udupi via Kundapur.

The Bangalore Tourist Taxi Owners' Association, representing owners of luxury taxis, said that as VVIPs either fly or travel by train to coastal Karnataka, they do not seem concerned about the pathetic condition of the roads. Association secretary K. Radhakrishna Holla told The Hindu that virtually no bitumen top exists on these ghat roads.

Longer travel

Mr. Holla said the journey between Bangalore and Mangalore, which usually takes around six hours, now takes 10 hours.

At least 50,000 people travel by road every day between the coastal districts and the south interior Karnataka. Besides, the all-important New Mangalore Port, the coastal districts have many pilgrimage centres, including Kukke Subramanya, Dharmasthala, Kateel, Udupi, Kollur, Murudeshwar and Gokarna.

Damage to vehicles

C.G. Anand, General Manager (Technical), Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, said the corporation, which operates hundreds of buses on these routes, has been put to severe hardship. At least half of the day's earnings from a bus on these routes is spent on maintenance as wear and tear is high. The corporation operates many high-end buses to Mangalore, Udupi and Kundapur from Mangalore, which get damaged frequently because of bad roads.

Jathindra Maravanthe, a tax consultant in Byndoor at the northern end of Udupi district on NH 17, said it is not only the ghat roads that are in pathetic condition. NH 17 running through Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts (about 300 km) is also in a dismal state. While the highway between Mangalore and Kundapur is in the process of being upgraded, the stretch between Kundapur and Karwar is ridden with huge potholes.

He said the other State roads, including Kollur-Agumbe; Udupi-Karkala-Dharmasthala; and Udupi-Hiriyadka-Hebri-Agumbe were also in a bad state. “Roads in the coastal districts were once known for their maintenance and now the situation is just the opposite,” he said.

Concern

Meanwhile, the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) has expressed concern over the pathetic condition of Shiradi and Sampaje ghats. FKCCI president J.R. Bangera said movement of goods as well as passengers had been severely affected because of the bad roads. He urged the State Government to take immediate steps to make these roads motorable.
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Krishnamoorthy K

November 10th, 2011, 09:47 AM

ಬಿ.ಸಿ.ರೋಡ್ - ಬೇಲೂರು ರಾ.ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿಗೆ ಸರ್ವೆ

ಬೆಳ್ತಂಗಡಿ. ನ.9: ಮಂಗಳೂರಿನಿಂದ ತಮಿಳುನಾಡಿನ ವಿಲುಪುರಂಗೆ ಹೋಗುವ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿಯ ಸರ್ವೆ ಕಾರ್ಯ ಆರಂಭವಾಗಿದೆ.

ಬುಧವಾರ ಬೆಳ್ತಂಗಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸರ್ವೆ ಕಾರ್ಯ ನಡೆದಿದೆ. ಈ ತಂಡ ಬಿ.ಸಿ.ರೋಡ್ ನಿಂದ ಸರ್ವೆ ನಡೆಸಿದೆ. ತಂಡದ ಸದಸ್ಯರು ನೀಡಿದ ಮಾಹಿತಿಯಂತೆ ಬೇಲೂರು ತನಕ ಸರ್ವೆ ನಡೆಯಲಿದೆ. ನಗರ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ 13 ಮೀ. ಅಗಲ ಹಾಗೂ ಇತರೆಡೆ 15 ಮೀ. ಅಗಲಕ್ಕೆ ರಸ್ತೆ ಇರುವಂತೆ ಪ್ರಕೃತ ಸರ್ವೆ ನಡೆಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಗುರುವಾಯನಕೆರೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸರ್ಕಲ್ ಒಂದರ ರಚನೆ ಕೂಡ ನಡೆಯಲಿದೆ.

Survey works has started for the NH from Mangaluru to Vizhupuram in Tamilnadu.

Wednesday survey works carried out in Beltangadi. A team has carried out survey starting from BC Road. As per the information from the team survey will be done till Belooru. Width of the road will be within city limits 13 meters and other places 15 meters. A circle will be constructed at Guruvayanakere.
-- Udayavani

Survey from BC Road means NH-75 (old NH-48) stretch from BC Road - Uppinangadi will be made fourlane? Or will it be a totally new road? BC Road - Belooru means that this will be alternative route to Bengaluru/Hasana via Belooru as Belooru-Hasana route is already quite good. What will happen to Shiradi Ghat route?

Krishnamoorthy K

November 10th, 2011, 10:17 AM

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/5104/manikbv.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/443/manikbv.jpg/)
-- Hosadigantha

Krishnamoorthy K

November 10th, 2011, 10:31 AM

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/521/kinni.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/12/kinni.jpg/)
-- Hosadigantha

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/6796/kinni2.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/249/kinni2.png/)
-- Udayavani

Low cost crete road for villages (http://pmgsy.nic.in/downloads/5janjun06_eng.pdf)

mangalore mania

November 10th, 2011, 01:10 PM

ಬಿ.ಸಿ.ರೋಡ್ - ಬೇಲೂರು ರಾ.ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿಗೆ ಸರ್ವೆ

Survey works has started for the NH from Mangaluru to Vizhupuram in Tamilnadu.

Wednesday survey works carried out in Beltangadi. A team has carried out survey starting from BC Road. As per the information from the team survey will be done till Belooru. Width of the road will be within city limits 13 meters and other places 15 meters. A circle will be constructed at Guruvayanakere.
-- Udayavani

Survey from BC Road means NH-75 (old NH-48) stretch from BC Road - Uppinangadi will be made fourlane? Or will it be a totally new road? BC Road - Belooru means that this will be alternative route to Bengaluru/Hasana via Belooru as Belooru-Hasana route is already quite good. What will happen to Shiradi Ghat route?

The BC Road-Belooru road will go through Charmadi Ghat, Mudigere.. This will be bit longer in distance than NH75(shiradi ghat)
The stretch from BC Road to Uppinangady will be the part of BC Road-Hassan 4 laning project

And Charmadi Ghat road has more curves and narrow compared to Shiradi Ghat.

mangalore mania

November 12th, 2011, 11:34 AM

The first beam is ready to be placed across the pillars of Nethravathi bridge
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engineer.akash

November 12th, 2011, 08:23 PM

^^ wow

Krishnamoorthy K

November 13th, 2011, 09:31 AM

I was wondering what type of vehicle they are going to use for shifting beams. Thanks for update.

Krishnamoorthy K

November 15th, 2011, 05:45 AM

Kavoor-Kuloor KPTCL New Line - The line should be high enough at Panambur junction of NH-66 (near South Gate of the port) to allow a flyover over the circle as suggested by me in 'Roads of Mangala Corniche Enclosure'. A separate underground corridor has to be made for the existing and new pipelines under NH-66.

A demand is made to CM to release a grant for Puttur Outer Ring Road - Hosadigantha
Kolya-Kaneeruthota road, Ullala concretization work launched at a cost of Rs. 7.5 lakhs from MP grant. -- Udayavani
Gujjurukukku-Thaariguri road, Bantawala resurfacing work launched at a cost of Rs. 15.14 lakhs.
Baruva-Kalluguddee-Muttinja concretized road in Konaje village inaugurated. -- Udayavani
Nelyadi-Balya resurfacing works initiated. - Udayavani

Krishnamoorthy K

November 15th, 2011, 05:50 AM

Mangalore: Speaking to mediapersons at Suratkal on Saturday, Lok Sabha member Nalin Kumar Kateel said that the union government had approved the upgradation of two national highways, a stretch each of which are passing through the Dakshina Kannada district under his constituency.

The two highways, Bantwal-Beltangady-Charmady leading to Bangalore and Nantur-Karkala-Shimoga-Sholapur (formerly NH 13, now 175) would soon be upgraded, he said. Besides, the Shiradi-Hassan-Bangalore highway would converted into a four-lane highway.

Speaking about the railway bridges, two railway underpasses have been approved by the railways, one at Jeppu Kudupadi and another near APMC in Puttur, he said. The Mangalore City Corporation and Puttur APMC have agreed to contribute their share of grants. Proposals for the Thokkottu and Padil underpasses have been submitted to the government, he added.

The Baikampady overbridge will be renovated from December onwards. The formalities of transfer of management and maintenance of this bridge, which was so far under the railways' supervision, to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) have been completed, he further said.

The daily users and commuters, whom our correspondents spoke to, had their own reservations about the early fulfilment of these promises. Some even went to the extent of saying that Kateel was not interested in continuing as a Lok Sabha member since his shortfalls in language communication were showing up prominently which has resulted in the neglect of his constituency by the government.

Since he has failed in projecting the needs of the district at the Delhi, now he is reportedly looking forward to trying his luck in the state-level politics. His close associates said that he has his eyes set on the Mulki-Moodbidri assembly constituency. As the prospects of mid-term elections to the assembly are looming large, Kateel has been nursing the constituency, actively going around attending functions and meeting people in and around Mulki and Moodbidri.

Cynics still feel that all these announcements could be in preparation for the likely assembly elections and they may take ages to be fulfilled, given the long process of land acquisition on either side all along.

Mangalorean (http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=276172)

When will Tokkottu, Padil underpass works start? Even works for Talapadi bridge for fourlaning has not started yet.

I think Thokkottu underpass mentioned above is railway underpass. Thokkottu should have a flyover.

Who will be constructing Baikampadi flyover? Navayuga Infrastructures itself?