Mangalore Projects thread [Archive] - Page 11

engineer.akash

January 17th, 2010, 05:43 PM

Twin cities to come under the ambit of JnNURM

TNN, 17 January 2010, 09:29pm IST

HUBLI: Union minister S Jaipal Reddy has assured a delegation led by the mayor of Hubli Dharwad, Veeranna Savadi that the twin cities will be included in the JnNURM project in the next financial year.

"Reddy has assured us that all cities that have a population of five lakh or more will be brought under the scheme by next year. Mangalore, Hubli Dharwad and Belgaum have a population of more than five lakhs and we are hopeful these cities will be included,'' Savadi told reporters here on Saturday. The union minister said they will consider including 29 cities under the scheme next year.

Bangalore and Mysore are already covered under the scheme. HDMC will construct a large super market in Dharwad at the cost of around Rs 5 crore. This will have around 1,000 shops. These will be rented out to petty shop owners and to farmers who sell fresh vegetables. "If successful, we will construct similar markets in Hubli,'' Savadi said.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Twin-cities-to-come-under-the-ambit-of-JnNURM/articleshow/5456867.cms

Mangalore is in that 3 cities list so is Belgaum :happy:

ajay ramchandran

January 17th, 2010, 06:10 PM

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Twin-cities-to-come-under-the-ambit-of-JnNURM/articleshow/5456867.cms

Mangalore is in that 3 cities list so is Belgaum :happy:

Great news:cheers:

engineer.akash

January 17th, 2010, 06:22 PM

Great news:cheers:

I wonder how Mangalore would look like after JNNURM schemes,as such it is seeing unprecedented Infrastructure works under ADB,World bank and CM grants.

ajay ramchandran

January 17th, 2010, 07:24 PM

I wonder how Mangalore would look like after JNNURM schemes,as such it is seeing unprecedented Infrastructure works under ADB,World bank and CM grants.

They should also concentrate on public transport,low floor buses,mono rail,ring road,bus terminals CNG buses and autos. A proposal has been sent to the centre to write off ADB loan. This will be a big relief if accepted.

engineer.akash

January 17th, 2010, 07:28 PM

Great news:cheers:

They should also concentrate on public transport,low floor buses,mono rail,ring road,bus terminals CNG buses and autos. A proposal has been sent to the centre to write off ADB loan. This will be a big relief if accepted.

I doubt if mono rail is feasibe in Mangalore??? The topography is too coarse and I guess some places the roads are narrow??

Yes you are right Ajay,we need some good bus terminal,broaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad pavements :happy:,Neat and clean,dust free roads and city for all.

:happy:

ajay ramchandran

January 17th, 2010, 10:37 PM

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India101

January 18th, 2010, 12:35 AM

Cool find Ajay :cheers:. It's also Mangalores first Green residential building.

Bearys Valencia, Valencia

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ajay ramchandran

January 18th, 2010, 08:13 AM

Thanks India 101

regards
ajay

Krishnamoorthy K

January 18th, 2010, 10:10 AM

They should also concentrate on public transport,low floor buses,mono rail,ring road,bus terminals CNG buses and autos. A proposal has been sent to the centre to write off ADB loan. This will be a big relief if accepted.

Here is what others listed earlier for JNNURM:

Here is another news on JNNRUM with some additional informations.

The MCC will get Rs 2,000 crore additional development grants, thanks to the Centre's decision to select the city for Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewable Mission (JNNRUM) project.

Mangalore could avail the project as the Centre has amended the project rules. Accordingly, the population limit of the city to be selected for the project was brought down from 10 lakh to 5 lakh. Special development grants will be given for water supply scheme, development of roads, parks, tourist centres, drainage system, bus stations, waste management schemes, city beautification works and housing facilities.

Thanking the Centre for selecting the city for this ambitious project, District Congress Committee (DCC) vice-president Ivan D'Souza said here on Tuesday that party leaders have favoured giving priority for the development of housing sector and water supply scheme in the city.

The City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO) has shown interest to develop the housing sector under this project. It has prepared an action plan that aims at building annual 25,000 houses catering the needs of the people belonged to middle class and downtrodden sections of the society, he said adding that the Mangalore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) that has not been entrusted with any work at present should be the nodal agency for the project, he said.

Source: TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS-City-Mangalore-City-selected-for-JNNRUM-project/articleshow/4777484.cms)

There is a proposal to develop worldclass intercity in 3000 acres of land using JNNURM grant. The primary blueprint of intercity project is ready and it will be having a double road connection from current city. Kadri park development, international swimming pool, rangamadira (theatre), Mangala Corniche, Ropeway to Taneerbhavi, Marine Acquarium, parking zones, busstops, concretization, Transportation, drainage, water supply, Metro, express highways, heritage sites, environmental protection are the other projects. This was disclosed during a meeting with district ministet Krishna Palemar & MLA Yogish Bhat. MCC is expecting Rs. 100 crores income this year through akrama-sakrama scheme.

Source: Udayavani (http://www.udayavani.com/showstory.asp?news=0&contentid=673424&lang=2)

In addition parking complexes both Akrama-Sakrama and JNNURM.
And all the things in Master Development Plan / CTTP.

KSRTC will run JNNURM city buses from Pumpwell?

Autos should be slowly replaced by cars like Tata Magic Iris?

Krishnamoorthy K

January 18th, 2010, 10:15 AM

Mangalore must have got JnNURM project because of polution level (hahaha). Sorry just jocking. they must have got selected because of good way of implmentation of projects( when compared to other cities).

I feel first and foremost importance for MCC would be to increase the staff strength and train them properly. As Mr. DC said last year they have implemented 116 Crore rupees project when compared to last to last 16Crore with same staff strength. this is Huge Gape. I work for the co-oprate. I can understand the stress on emplyees. the staff strength need to increase and train them with proper competancy

One more reason for marking Mangalore and Bhadravathi for pollution is their proximity to Western Ghats which are declared as world heritage. I checked other 43 cities and found that many of them are closer to national parks.

engineer.akash

January 18th, 2010, 10:16 AM

Here is what others listed earlier for JNNURM:

In addition parking complexes both Akrama-Sakrama and JNNURM.
And all the things in Master Development Plan / CTTP.

KSRTC will run JNNURM city buses from Pumpwell?

Autos should be slowly replaced by cars like Tata Magic Iris?

Krishnamoorthy I guess the second phase of JNNURM would be starting sometime mid of next year.Not really enthused about it.:(

But with the CM's grant they must buy some good SLF's,Volvo's and start operating KSRTC city buses build a big bus terminal right next to the railways station.

Krishnamoorthy K

January 18th, 2010, 10:27 AM

Cool find Ajay :cheers:. It's also Mangalores first Green residential building.

Bearys Valencia, Valencia

I think that all other projects of Bearys like Turning Point, Look Beyond, Light Upon Light, Beachfront will be green projects.

engineer.akash

January 18th, 2010, 10:44 AM

Yeddyurappa to discuss about MSEZ issue with Pejawar seer (http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=165045)

engineer.akash

January 18th, 2010, 11:39 AM

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Krishnamoorthy K

January 18th, 2010, 12:42 PM

One more reason for marking Mangalore and Bhadravathi for pollution is their proximity to Western Ghats which are declared as world heritage. I checked other 43 cities and found that many of them are closer to national parks.

OK. Here is a more detailed report.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=543649&page=12

ananda.padebettu

January 18th, 2010, 05:38 PM

OK. Here is a more detailed report.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=543649&page=12

Krishnamoorthy,

Thanks for the list. Did any one notice something? Cochin, is ahead of Mangalore. :ohno:

engineer.akash

January 18th, 2010, 05:40 PM

Krishnamoorthy,

Thanks for the list. Did any one notice something? Cochin, is ahead of Mangalore. :ohno:

That means Mangalore is less polluted right?? whats bad in that Ananda???

engineer.akash

January 18th, 2010, 06:51 PM

Will MCC buy DC's ideas on parking? Suggests More Lots, Time-Based Fees

TNN, 18 January 2010, 11:03pm IST

MANGALORE: Vehicle parking in the city could witness a sea change if Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) pays heed to a piece of advise given by deputy commissioner V Ponnuraj.

This advise requires MCC to revamp its parking policy in toto, and one facet of this policy would basically require it to go in for additional paid parking lots across the city. The policy would also require charging fees based on parking duration. Ponnuraj at the inaugural function of recent road safety week celebration organized by the district administration mooted this idea. His prime area of concern is the fact that majority of buildings across the city have systematically violated space for parking lots. Another area of concern raised by the DC is the fact that this violation has forced vehicle users to use the road for parking, which is 30-40% of the road in some cases.

The city is still to get used to the concept of `off-street' parking that would require vehicle owners to compulsorily park their vehicles in dedicated parking lots of buildings. If this comes into vogue, then motorists using the road can use 100% of the carriageway and they in turn will not be forced to wriggle their way through the main thoroughfares as the roads would be free of obstacles caused by parked vehicles.

MCC has set up a standing committee to decide on modalities of ushering in comprehensive paid parking system. One area that the committee could look in to, DC suggested is for them to introduce time-based parking fee, where it is minimum for first slab and increases with the period that a vehicle is parked there. This will also put the onus on vehicle owners to go in for their own vehicle parking arrangement, he surmised.

A more drastic step suggested by the DC is to go in for a multi-level parking system funded wholly out of fines collected by builders who have knowingly or otherwise violated parking space in their respective buildings. The other more direct step suggested by him was to demolish all such violations of parking space in an endeavour to see that the vehicle users have the entire carriageway for themselves, free from all hindrances.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Will-MCC-buy-DCs-ideas-on-parking-Suggests-More-Lots-Time-Based-Fees/articleshow/5474337.cms

ajay ramchandran

January 18th, 2010, 11:32 PM

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Krishnamoorthy K

January 19th, 2010, 04:44 AM

MANGALORE: Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Jitin Prasada said on Monday that his Ministry was considering supply of gas as fuel for refineries to bring down their cost of processing crude oil.

Mr. Prasada told presspersons on the sidelines of the launch of the Phase III of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL) here that gas was a cheaper fuel. “If there is availability, we look at providing gas to our refineries such as MRPL so that they can use their saved funds for expansion projects,” he said.

He suggested that oil companies could transport their products through pipelines instead of tankers, which were damaging the road. It was safer and more environment-friendly, he said.

Mr. Prasada advised the MRPL to invest in corporate social responsibility funds to build concrete organisations that help society.

He asked MRPL not to be complacent about safety of the workers. On the complaints of people living in the areas around the MRPL that oil was seeping into their wells, the Minister said this would be attended to immediately.

He said he would direct the Managing Director of MRPL, U.K. Basu, to take corrective steps at the earliest.

Earlier, Mr. Prasada and the former Minister Oscar Fernandes took part in the foundation laying ceremony of the third phase of MRPL. The third phase, involving an investment of Rs. 12,160 crore, is expected to increase the production capacity of the company to process 15 million metric tonnes of crude a year from the present 9.69 million metric tonnes.

Source: The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/19/stories/2010011959160300.htm)

Govt will not acquire additional land for MSEZ (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/47551/govt-not-acquire-additional-land.html)

Thermal Plant is in Udupi, so it is not reason for polluting Mangalore? Udupi has got around 6000 acres of industrial land bank, where as Dakshina Kannada has around 3000 acres.

IMO, Mangalore & Udupi can concentrate on IT, BT, Tourism, textile, apparels, food processing, jems & jelwellery and then on automobile, machinery, appliances which are less polluting industries.

NMPT sets record in handling coal (http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/19/stories/2010011959150300.htm)

Road renamed after martyr (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Road-renamed-after-martyr/articleshow/5474345.cms)

engineer.akash

January 19th, 2010, 06:51 AM

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avi mangalore

January 19th, 2010, 06:56 AM

Avi

If Life style and Westside are opening next month with hypermarket and cinepolis to follow then the Mall construction (exterior to interior) I assume is completed. Moorthy may be we should have a separate thread for this mall as it is one of the biggest completed malls in Southern part of India.(Destination mall)

thanks ajay for a wonderfull suggesstion for a new thread related only to malls, and thanks for moorthy for starting it , this thread had to happen, as so many malls are coming in the future, hope in future we can also promote tourism in mangalore in the name of shopping, what i meant to say is create a shopping festival on the lines of dubai shopping festival
citi centre exterior is 95% complete interior works are in full swing , sujatha hotel still not demolished completly sill 50% left

visnaya

January 19th, 2010, 06:59 AM

I really appriciate the idea of DC on Parking. If this is implemented properly the goverment can give the land and owners who have violated will pay for parking lot.
General public will have parking space + parking free roads. complex owners also gets benifited by better parking for customer.

This should be implemented every where in india specially in Banaglore

engineer.akash

January 19th, 2010, 07:03 AM

avi mangalore

January 19th, 2010, 07:08 AM

http://i45.tinypic.com/s5whuq.jpg

that was a good proposal moorthy for bringing the railway station close to pumpwell, but that is no possible manly due to the residential houses along the route, too much compensation, again building a terminal is not easy as huge land is required for platforms , service lines for coach maintenence etc , another idea is to make it a station with only 2 platforms and extending the line further to maroli and joining the main north line at kulshekar, so that it can become a passing station, but again comes the problem of land acquisition, another major problem regarding to railways is that not much can be done because kudla comes under a stupid railway division also know as palghat divison who does not know head or tail of mangalore, we vil wait for mangaore division attached to southweatern railway , then we can expect real action

avi mangalore

January 19th, 2010, 07:36 AM

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ajay ramchandran

January 19th, 2010, 08:22 AM

Hopefully we will hear something this week.I had a mail from Walter N of Daijiworld. They are trying to get an appt with Mr Peter Abraham,the Director.

Krishnamoorthy K

January 19th, 2010, 03:40 PM

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INCREDIBLE PICTURES!

Colourful sky, water, land and sand. Colour of sand is yellow in Kulai area and red in Panambur area. The iron ore trucks have coloured the sand red near Mangalore harbour's north entrance. If we have more oil spills from oil tankers then we will have black coloured sand also. Tourist ministry should be very happy of colourful sands of Mangalore for attracting more tourists. :lol: Just imagine if our artists construct sand structures all along cost what a colourful aerial view it will be!

We have surfing facility near Mulky. We can also have sailing competitions along tourist route of Konkan & Malabar? Can anybody imagine the aerial view of surfing and sailing along Mangalore coast?

MRPL net profit soars to Rs 259.54 cr in Q3 (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blnus/26191715.htm)
Shri Prasada lays foundation stone for Phase-III Project of MRPL refinery (http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=57072)

Krishnamoorthy K

January 19th, 2010, 03:46 PM

that was a good proposal moorthy for bringing the railway station close to pumpwell, but that is no possible manly due to the residential houses along the route, too much compensation, again building a terminal is not easy as huge land is required for platforms , service lines for coach maintenence etc , another idea is to make it a station with only 2 platforms and extending the line further to maroli and joining the main north line at kulshekar, so that it can become a passing station, but again comes the problem of land acquisition, another major problem regarding to railways is that not much can be done because kudla comes under a stupid railway division also know as palghat divison who does not know head or tail of mangalore, we vil wait for mangaore division attached to southweatern railway , then we can expect real action

Yes. It could be a passing track with 2 platforms. They can still continue to use Mangalore Central for terminating trains.

The track need not run through residential area. Elevated track (assumed elevated track is cheaper than underground) can be taken all along median of fourlane NH-48. There are not many houses near the Kankanady junction, huge vacant lands are available. Only problem is elevated platforms; but, still we can have a common subway for bus and train platforms with escalators?! One problem for elevated track over NH-48 median is there are a few sharp turns.

http://i47.tinypic.com/2624ccg.jpg

No hurry, this can be planned when there is enough fund with MCC/MUDA and with Monorail/Metrorail planning?

The Kulashekar connection you suggested can also be run all along medians of NH-17 & NH-13 as a elevated track; but, flyover at Nathoor-Bikarnakatte has to be avoided by taking a deviation. If land is not a problem to connect Pumpwell with Kulashekar then elevated tracks are not needed on NH-17 & NH-13. This track could become a part of metrorail?

Then we can demand for suburban trains from Puttur to Udupi through Pumpwell and Kenjar.

Why don't they start running Subramania-Kollur passenger train now itself? Isn't there enough passenger traffic in this route? Hope that they will take up track doubling work along this route soon.

And next, lay extra tracks along existing tracks and Mangala Corniche to run metrorail? Or do we also need underground tracks along core Mangalore areas like Hampankatta and MG Road? Idealy metrorail has to pass through intensively developed zones so that more people are covered.

engineer.akash

January 19th, 2010, 03:51 PM

Krishnamoorthy,I was surfing Mangalore on GE found huge land vacant in front of T M Pai convention center???

Any project planned there??/

engineer.akash

January 19th, 2010, 03:55 PM

How is the kuloor ferry road??Is it neat and clean/dust free??

Krishnamoorthy K

January 19th, 2010, 04:05 PM

^^ Kuloor Ferry Road is Mannagudde-Ladyhill circle-Kottarachowki road. It is concreted and in good condition. Many photographs of this road are already posted. It is popularly known as Ladyhill road.

Krishnamoorthy,I was surfing Mangalore on GE found huge land vacant in front of T M Pai convention center???

Any project planned there??/

Ajay had posted earlier that one of builders have a project of constructing mall. visnaya had written that the land is under dispute.

engineer.akash

January 19th, 2010, 05:26 PM

^^ Kuloor Ferry Road is Mannagudde-Ladyhill circle-Kottarachowki road. It is concreted and in good condition. Many photographs of this road are already posted. It is popularly known as Ladyhill road.

Ajay had posted earlier that one of builders have a project of constructing mall. visnaya had written that the land is under dispute.

Thankyou,Then which road was that where residents of vidyanagar protested??

Krishnamoorthy K

January 19th, 2010, 05:49 PM

Thankyou,Then which road was that where residents of vidyanagar protested??

Mangalore: Protesters seek repair of road (http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=163097)

http://i47.tinypic.com/149w9w2.jpg

Stretch concretized is in green, not concretized in red.

Mangalore has three Vidyanagars which I know - others are in Kulai, Natekal-Mudipu road. There may be a few more as most of the people in Mangalore are educated.

engineer.akash

January 19th, 2010, 05:55 PM

Mangalore: Protesters seek repair of road (http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=163097)

Stretch concretized is in green, not concretized in red.

Mangalore has three Vidyanagars which I know - others are in Kulai, Natekal-Mudipu road. There may be a few more as most of the people in Mangalore are educated.

Thankyou Krishnamoorthy,Names are a bit difficult for a person from South Karnataka to actually remember Kavoor and Kuloor just dint get them right.

I guess it must be the same for you people as well right,to remember places like Heggadadevanapura ??? :lol:

ajay ramchandran

January 19th, 2010, 11:17 PM

Thankyou Krishnamoorthy,Names are a bit difficult for a person from South Karnataka to actually remember Kavoor and Kuloor just dint get them right.

I guess it must be the same for you people as well right,to remember places like Heggadadevanapura ??? :lol:

Akash ,names of areas in Mangalore are shorter and more cool...remember ladyhill,hat hill,monkey stand,Valencia etc...Kuloor,Kavoor,Nanthoor,then we have Bavethagudda,Kaprigudda and other gudda's

ajay ramchandran

January 19th, 2010, 11:19 PM

Colourful sky, water, land and sand. Colour of sand is yellow in Kulai area and red in Panambur area. The iron ore trucks have coloured the sand red near Mangalore harbour's north entrance. If we have more oil spills from oil tankers then we will have black coloured sand also. Tourist ministry should be very happy of colourful sands of Mangalore for attracting more tourists. :lol: Just imagine if our artists construct sand structures all along cost what a colourful aerial view it will be!

We have surfing facility near Mulky. We can also have sailing competitions along tourist route of Konkan & Malabar? Can anybody imagine the aerial view of surfing and sailing along Mangalore coast?

MRPL net profit soars to Rs 259.54 cr in Q3 (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blnus/26191715.htm)
Shri Prasada lays foundation stone for Phase-III Project of MRPL refinery (http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=57072)

But in the photos ,one could see White sand,,beautiful/ Mangalore beaches are still pristine.

Krishnamoorthy K

January 20th, 2010, 04:54 AM

State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will lend Rs 5,000 crore to its subsidiary Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals (MRPL) for expansion projects.

MRPL is expanding its refining capacity to 15 million tonnes a year from present 9.68 million tonnes per annum at a cost of Rs 12,160 crore. Besides, it is setting up a 450,000 tonnes a year propylene unit at an investment of Rs 1,804 crore. Both the projects are scheduled for commissioning by March 2012.

"We will lend Rs 5,000 crore to MRPL at 3.85 percentage points lower than State Bank of India's prime lending rate, which presently works out to 7.9 per cent," ONGC Chairman and Managing Director R S Sharma said.

Propylene can be converted into polypropylene, which is used in a wide range of industries.

While MRPL will spend another Rs 5,000 crore from internal accruals, it would raise the balance Rs 4,000 crore in overseas debt by March 2012, MRPL Director (Finance) L K Gupta said.

MRPL Managing Director U K Bose said MRPL was ready to produce Euro-IV grade petrol and would begin production of same grade diesel from April.

The company may import 12.1 million tonnes of crude oil in 2010-11 fiscal, he said.

Source: BS (http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ongc-to-lend-rs-5000-cr-to-mrpl-for-expansion/83543/on)

Weak global cues, shutdown may impact Mangalore Refinery profits in Q4 (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-company/earnings/Weak-global-cues-shutdown-may-impact-Mangalore-Refinery-profits-in-Q4/articleshow/5478830.cms)
Pollution: vedike seeks probe (http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/20/stories/2010012058340300.htm)

^^ Shortly we are going to have helicopters of helitourism flying over Mangalore skyies and we can aerially verify the colours of beaches.

Krishnamoorthy K

January 20th, 2010, 05:15 AM

* The six-package system being followed now will expire in July
* It is aimed at 100 per cent door-to-door collection of garbage
* Cement dustbins in the city to be phased out

http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/20/images/2010012058440301.jpg
FOR PUBLIC USE: The city corporation wants to retain the 120 metallic solid waste bins even after implementing the three-package system in Mangalore.

MANGALORE: The Mangalore City Corporation has invited bids for the three-package solid waste management scheme. At present, the city corporation is operating a six-package system.

The notification inviting bids for the three-package scheme was issued last Friday.

According to it, bidders have to submit their proposals by February 20. Technical bids will be opened the same day.

The State Cabinet recently approved the proposal.

According to the revised scheme, the 60 wards in the corporation will be divided into north and south zones, with the former having 29 wards in a package, and the latter with 31 wards in another package. Two contractors will handle the solid waste produced in these wards, separately. Their tasks will include door-to-door collection of waste, street sweeping, clearing vegetation, cleaning of road dividers and footpaths, and sanitation works in public buildings and other places. The agencies will have to transport the solid waste to the compost plant and dumping yard at Pachchanady.

According to the tender notification published on January 15, the cost of handling the solid waste in the north zone is estimated at Rs. 4.25 crore a year. It is Rs. 5.47 core a year in the south zone. The cost of handling solid waste in the north zone has been estimated at Rs. 1,171 a tonne, while it is Rs. 1,160 a tonne in the south zone.

The third package covers operation and maintenance (O&M) of the compost plant and sanitary landfill site at Panchchanady. The cost of this package has been estimated at Rs. 1.78 crore a year, and Rs. 248 a tonne.

R. Manjunatha Shetty, Environment Engineer at the corporation, told The Hindu that the contract terms of the existing six agencies would expire in July.

If the civic body could select the bidders for the new package before July next, the services of the existing contractors could be terminated with a month’s notice, he said.

By restricting the number of agencies to two, the corporation could easily ensure 100 per cent door-to-door collection, Mr. Shetty said.

He said that the existing system of using hydraulic vehicles for lifting and transporting the 120 metallic solid waste bins to the dumping yard would continue even after the new contractors were put in place. Once the door-to-door collection of solid waste picked up fully, cement dustbins in the city would be removed in a phased manner, he said.

Source: The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/20/stories/2010012058440300.htm)

Metallic dustbins on footpaths!:wallbash: Better is to acquire some land adjacent to footpath and keep the dustbins there. The frequency of cleaning dusbins on road sides, bus stops and other public places should be increased.

Krishnamoorthy K

January 20th, 2010, 05:34 AM

MANGALORE: Vox populi has made out a strong case for foot over bridges at important traffic junctions in the city. People also demanded action against rampant use of vacuum horns on public transport system. They wanted strict action against people indulging in drunken driving, using mobile phones while driving as well as usage of dark sun shades on vehicles. And these were just a sample of the suggestions that the authorities received.

Acknowledging these suggestions at the valedictory function of 21st road safety week celebrations here on Tuesday, the additional SP R Ramesh observed that 50 per cent of the suggestions in the last week received pertain to engineering defects of road construction and not enforcement. The SP A S Rao had requested people to send in their suggestions to the department at the inaugural function of road safety week celebration.

Police have registered 12,500 cases in 2009 on vehicles using vacuum horns and levied stiff fines on violators. There is constant follow up on incidents of hit and run cases with the police requesting the regional transport office to cancel licenses of errant drivers. The total number of cases pertaining to drunken driving in 2009 is 3,060, and 304 drivers have gone home with a lighter purse for using their cell phones while driving.

ADDTIONAL INTERCEPTOR VEHICLE NEEDED

Police department will work in tandem with Mangalore City Corporation on the issue of constructing speed breakers once the road construction work in the city is over. A proposal has been sent to state government to provide an additional interceptor vehicle to be used in Panambur and Puttur sub-divisions. Bus drivers parking vehicles haphazardly and stopping buses at non-designated bus stops too will be booked, he said.

M Shantharam Shetty, eminent orthopaedic surgeon, said only collective will of all concerned can help reduce the number of road accidents - fatal or otherwise from taking place. Most accidents are easily preventable with some care, he said. Dr Shetty distributed prizes to winners of competitions organised for students as part of the week. J Purushottam, RTO, Rajavarma Ballal, president, CBOA were present.

Source: TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Public-against-use-of-vaccum-horns-drunken-driving/articleshow/5477898.cms)

Mangalore needs a separate driver training institute. All bus, auto, car, tempo, trucks, two wheeler drivers should be compulsorily trained here.

Bus driver park hapazardly
- as bus stops are overcrowded with buses
- long distance buses to pick up passengers and load luggages
- city & service buses due to competition & haste.
- due to autos, two wheelers and even sometimes cars parked in bus stop area
- as passengers occupy bus parking area due to space constraints and many times in haste to board buses
- ... add more reasons

Buses parking in non-designated stops indicate need for more bus stops. Ideally a city bus should have stop every 1 kilometer? (Bangalore Brigade Road area is a chakravyuha for bus passengers - you have a bus stop to get down and do not have a bus stop to go out) To stop boarding at signals all buses should have doors?

avi mangalore

January 20th, 2010, 06:14 AM

regarding shifting of bustand to pumpwell let me giv u an eg in chennai, in the past all govt buses used to enter the city as the govt busttand was in the heart of the city next to the city bustand, then when traffic increased the govt decided to built a new terminal on the outskirts of the city, in late 90s it built a huge bus terminal at koyambedu , this terminal was huge and designed to acomodate more buses for the future, its well maintained terminal which is even better than chennai railway staion, outside the terminal u have the city bus terminal where people can board buses connected to all parts of the city, there by avoiding those troublesome auto drivers ,a little distance is the pvt luxury buses terminal these buses have to stop here without entering the city, little distance is the fruit and vegetable wholesale market which is also shifted frm the city center , now the govt has panned for a elevated railway line for connecting these places to all places of chennai

avi mangalore

January 20th, 2010, 06:26 AM

Yes. It could be a passing track with 2 platforms. They can still continue to use Mangalore Central for terminating trains.

The track need not run through residential area. Elevated track (assumed elevated track is cheaper than underground) can be taken all along median of fourlane NH-48. There are not many houses near the Kankanady junction, huge vacant lands are available. Only problem is elevated platforms; but, still we can have a common subway for bus and train platforms with escalators?! One problem for elevated track over NH-48 median is there are a few sharp turns.

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No hurry, this can be planned when there is enough fund with MCC/MUDA and with Monorail/Metrorail planning?

The Kulashekar connection you suggested can also be run all along medians of NH-17 & NH-13 as a elevated track; but, flyover at Nathoor-Bikarnakatte has to be avoided by taking a deviation. If land is not a problem to connect Pumpwell with Kulashekar then elevated tracks are not needed on NH-17 & NH-13. This track could become a part of metrorail?

Then we can demand for suburban trains from Puttur to Udupi through Pumpwell and Kenjar.

Why don't they start running Subramania-Kollur passenger train now itself? Isn't there enough passenger traffic in this route? Hope that they will take up track doubling work along this route soon.

And next, lay extra tracks along existing tracks and Mangala Corniche to run metrorail? Or do we also need underground tracks along core Mangalore areas like Hampankatta and MG Road? Idealy metrorail has to pass through intensively developed zones so that more people are covered.

local trains can be run on as u said kollur subramania route, track doubling of mangalore hassan and mangalore mumbai is a must due to heavy traffic , earlier there was a proposal to connect the good shed line at bunder to kudremukh line at panambur thereby an alternative north south line but this proposal was dropped due to various reasons, another new rail line proposal is a new line connecting frm puttur to paduibidri thereby connecting dharmastala, belthangady, karkala- nitte imagine the potential the line has got, frm puttur the line can be extended to kushalnagar and then to mysore

to cover core areas of mangalore city underground metro is the only solution due to space constraints

Krishnamoorthy K

January 20th, 2010, 06:38 AM

ajay ramchandran

January 20th, 2010, 08:29 AM

ajay ramchandran

January 20th, 2010, 08:37 AM

Here in the UK they collect domestic waste every week. papers /bottles/cardboard boxes etc on alternate weeks/greens alternate weeks.They provide black bags for domestic waste and green bags for the greens.We put out the rubbish in front of our houses on the designated day ,in our caseThursday.IIf you have lot of rubbish to throw then we have to go to a skip (Every area will have a skip)which is basically a large area with different containers(huge metallic containers),one for domestic ,few for greens ,for wood,glass etc.There are containers to throw off fridges and computers/. Sorry this is a throwing country. Having been brought up in I dia I hate throwing things but that is how life is as repairing is costlier than buying a new thing.Going to a skip needs a bit of social responsibility. THat is non existent in India .

ajay ramchandran

January 20th, 2010, 08:51 AM

Moorthy,Avi .Akash . Thanks for the useful intelligent discussions.Looks like only Mangalore thread has this important discussions rather than useless talk of height and beauty of buildings..Actually our cities need good infrastructure first ...the beauty/heights of buildings are seconadry.I am sure the city corporation ghas vacant lands all over the city. They have to convert these areas into parking lots say for about 50 cars and two wheelers ,collect a nominal fee on an hrly base or a nominal fee for whole day parking. Ideally there shoud be a coin machine with the toime and tariff written on it. For example If Iwant to park for 4 hrs and if the rate is 10 rs then the machine shoul give me a receipt which needs to be displayed on the dashboard..Pay and dispaly type of car parks. There should be a security person to monitor as well.Other option is to have a security man at the entrance who will give you a ticket at the entrance,I think this is more practical in India.Multi storied car parks like the one coming up at Hamkankatta are very expensive and I am not sure of many such parks coming up in the near future. As of now we will have two multistoried car parks on KS Rao road the other one being at Citi Centre but that is purely private.

Underground/metro is a useful idea but these projects take years of planning and very difficult to implement in already congested areas.Wlevated rail is a very good idea.Will not the traffic congestion come down once all the four laning works are over?Similarly the Car street is a 50 feet road,Wonder why they did not make it 100 feet. The ring road (Mangala Corniche) will be a very important road. Hope they get the 500 plus crores they need for this project.

engineer.akash

January 20th, 2010, 10:33 AM

engineer.akash

January 20th, 2010, 10:40 AM

Commercial shop,outlet owners complain of parking problems for the customers and whine about their damaged business prospects following it.

Those shopwallah fail to realize that their own vehicle occupies entire parking space along the commercial road.

It is that most of the time along any commercial road you will find the shop owners car parked along that is really funny it actually happens on Devraj Urs road in Mysore.:lol:

Even the DC once acknowledged that and it is really amusing the shop owner is a victim of his own actions.

engineer.akash

January 20th, 2010, 12:01 PM

M'lore: CAMPCO to start buying red Areca- Expands operation in grey areas

By Team Mangalorean - Mangalore

MANGALORE, January 20, 2010: The Central Areca Marketing and Processing Co-operative (CAMPCO) headquartered here will start buying red areca from the producers. To start with the co-operative will buy from the districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. With the market set for the arrival of the new crop for 2010 -2011 the market has already started showing upward trends.

One of the Areca dealers Mr. Muralidhar Ramani says the new crop has given us good hopes and the state of Gujarat and Maharashtra have already started buying in good volumes,

The CAMPCO has already made arrangements to start buying red areca in Chamrajnagar, and Davanagere through its own agents as well as procurement centres recently started there. According to President of the CAMPCO S.R. Rangamurthy about 60 percent of the red areca goes into the Gutkha industry, but due to the menace of the sub-standard imported red areca even the Gutkha companies were demanding good quality red areca. Mr.Murthy agreed that for some reason the procurement of red areca by CAMPCO had been slower in the past but with the new decision both growers and industry demands could be met.

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The decision to buy red areca has a double advantage for CAMPCO. The Gutkha industry will be only happy to receive good quality local variety of red areca rather than the chemical marinated red areca manufactured by unscrupulous industrial dealers. The red areca has a special process which is locally done.

The arecanut after being plucked it will be cut into halves and boiled and dried. This process needs some time and additional financial inputs which is equivalent to value addition. But in another process the imported areca which is procured at a undervalued rates by the industrial dealers add chemical colouring and emulsifier agents to give it red colour. Since this variety is available at lesser prices the Gutkha companies use them. According to statistics about 60 percent of the imported areca goes into making of Gutkha.

The growers who were satisfied with the selling of white areca are now looking at value addition in the form of red areca. The red areca fetches Rs. 80-90 per kg while it is half that price for white variety. With the advent of CAMPCO getting its act together to buy the red variety there is a flurry of activities among the growers. They hope to increase their market share. The internal market mechanism is also likely get a good boost in volumes as well as value to their product. However market functionaries point out that with in increase in volumes in red areca variety prices may level off at Rs. 100-110. But this price would be qualitative and long standing as it will be providing `productive inputs to the industry they feel.

In the meanwhile the areca growers and dealers have got another shot in the arm in the form of the central governments assurance to CAMPCO that it will not ban Gutkha. This meant that more of Indian red areca will have an assured market.

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=165306

Krishnamoorthy K

January 21st, 2010, 05:28 AM

Vitla, January 20: Rs.18 crore has been sanctioned to D.K. under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. Till now the scheme was limited to primary level and now it has been extended to middle school also, said Bantwal MLA B.Ramanath.Rai.

Source: Udayavani (http://www.udayavani.com/showstory.asp?news=0&contentid=735721&lang=1)

^^ Campco factory in Putturu?

avi mangalore

January 21st, 2010, 05:55 AM

[QUOTE.

Avi ,Nice to hear about the transport system in Chennai. Iy had a very good transport system.In TN they have a state--private agreement.The old bus sterminus used to near Parry's corner? If you step into an auto...you shell out 30 rs minimum(terrible). BTW Chennai is my birth place!!

i stayed in chennai for 2 yrs during my earlier school days, that was then now things hav changed, now i heard the minimum fare is rs50 even for the minimum distance, no meters, real nuisance but bus fare is cheapest in chennai its rs 2 for minimum distance, mainly due to low income group highly dependent on these buses

avi mangalore

January 21st, 2010, 06:20 AM

i think they can shift the present r.t.o frm hampankatta to the outskirts say around kullor kavoor area- why that area b'cause lot of vehicle showrooms r present there plus even vacant land is available, everyday 100s of vehicles enter hampankatta for regestration , i hav seen new ksrtc buses standing in a q for getting registered along withh other heavy vehicles as well as cars and 3-2 wheelers, another point is to shift the r.t.o into seperate sub divisions and allot them diff numbers , they can come up in suratkal , b.c road, moodbidre, thokkotu thereby reducing burden of hampankatta r.t.o to a great extent, just like bangalore has in indiranagar kormangala. nelamangala
even or neighbouring kasargod has a another regestration office in kahangad, no is kl-60which is just 35 kms frm kasarkod

avi mangalore

January 21st, 2010, 06:29 AM

engineer.akash

January 21st, 2010, 06:56 AM

ajay ramchandran

January 21st, 2010, 08:39 AM

kudlabobs

January 21st, 2010, 09:46 AM

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Krishnamoorthy K

January 21st, 2010, 03:39 PM

i had read a newspaper article in the month of dec 2009- the hindu, that a mayor of some columbian city i think bogota who recieved international awards for his city masterplans and development , and who was in chennai to giv a talk on comprehensive plan on city development said that
a city can be termed efficient and productive if it had 3 things right
1- a broad and a clean footpath so that people can walk freely without any hinderances
2- an efficient public transport system eg low floor buses to every nook and corner of the city, it should be so efficient that people are discouraged to use personal vehicles and embrace public transport
3-effective waste disposal system

Good one. The Central government should stress more on footpath, buses, waste disposal in schemes like JNNURM.

Electrification of Shoranur-Mangalore-Penambur section of Southern Railway (http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=57151)

The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure today approved the electrification of the Shoranur-Mangalore-Penambur section of Southern Railway.

The cost of electrification of this line is estimated at Rs.302.50 crore with allocation of Rs.45.38 crore in XI Plan and Rs.257.12 crore in XII Plan.

The route Shoranur-Mangalore-Penambur falls in the Northern and Western parts of Kerala (315 RKM) and Karnataka (13 RKM) respectively on the Chennai-Mangaore corridor. Major traffic moved on this section is food grains, coal to industries, hardware, fertilizers, coir, paper, timber, cement, rubber, petroleum products, mineral ore, copper and other electrical goods.

The project is planned to be completed in five years and will be executed by Central Organisation for Railway Eletrification, Allahabad. The project is expected to be completed in the year 2014-15 and will cover two States, i.e. Kerala & Karnataka and six districts, i.e. Palghat, Mlappuram, Kozhikode, Kannur & Kasargod in Kerala and Dakshin Kannad of Karnataka.

Hope 13 is a good number to start with and more will follow.

ajay ramchandran

January 21st, 2010, 03:58 PM

Good one. The Central government should stress more on footpath, buses, waste disposal in schemes like JNNURM.

Electrification of Shoranur-Mangalore-Penambur section of Southern Railway (http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=57151)

Hope 13 is a good number to start with and more will follow.

Long awaited. Hope they electrify the KONKAN ROUTE AS WELL.

ajay ramchandran

January 21st, 2010, 04:04 PM

i had read a newspaper article in the month of dec 2009- the hindu, that a mayor of some columbian city i think bogota who recieved international awards for his city masterplans and development , and who was in chennai to giv a talk on comprehensive plan on city development said that
a city can be termed efficient and productive if it had 3 things right
1- a broad and a clean footpath so that people can walk freely without any hinderances
2- an efficient public transport system eg low floor buses to every nook and corner of the city, it should be so efficient that people are discouraged to use personal vehicles and embrace public transport
3-effective waste disposal system

In the UK there are no roads without pavements,no poles,cables rtc..they are totally free. Even the two way roads have pavements the width of it match that of a car .You will never see any foulaning at the cost of pavements here .Infact I go on two way roads for some distance every day and the traffic always moves at 3 mph .In the UK they travel one behind another like ants...I have mentioned it before. But they will never widen the roads and destroy the pavement as you saw on KSRao road. Many pavements especially at pedestrian crossings are disabled friendly . They have a different texture for blind people and a beeping sound comes when it is safe for pedestrian to cross. Safety for pedestrians is the first priority.

ananda.padebettu

January 21st, 2010, 05:55 PM

In the UK there are no roads without pavements,no poles,cables rtc..they are totally free. Even the two way roads have pavements the width of it match that of a car .You will never see any foulaning at the cost of pavements here .Infact I go on two way roads for some distance every day and the traffic always moves at 3 mph .In the UK they travel one behind another like ants...I have mentioned it before. But they will never widen the roads and destroy the pavement as you saw on KSRao road. Many pavements especially at pedestrian crossings are disabled friendly . They have a different texture for blind people and a beeping sound comes when it is safe for pedestrian to cross. Safety for pedestrians is the first priority.

I agree with you Ajay. The Civic facilities provided in Western Countries are one of the best in the world. However, What about the places in our Indian cities where, such a fabulous civic facilities are provided?

Let me consider Mumbai alone. Western and Eastern Express Highways, which pass through the city have been provided with broad Foothpaths in many places along with skywalks and undergoround pedestrian crosses.

However I have seen people crossing these Highways in the mid of the road without using the facilities provided by the BMC. Such a kind of scenarios are seen in any Indian city.

Whose fault it is? I feel, most Indians do not respect law and by doing so they are hurting the image of the country. :ohno:

Krishnamoorthy K

January 21st, 2010, 06:40 PM

^^ Ananda, can you find out the exact reasons why pedestrians don't use subways or bridges?

For example, in Bangalore Majestic area, the design is too bad. Hope they will improve it with Metro design.

When one has to move through so many bridges or subways then people try to avoid laborious task of climbing up and down. For diagonally opposite points pedestrians are forced go through two subways. And in many cases subways are far from junctions.

Ideally for each 200 meters there should be a subway but this may not be the situation in Mumbai. Why pedestrians are forced to walk extra distance to cross a road? The situation here is similar to vehicle drivers going in wrong direction on expressways to avoid dividers instead of going in right direction and then taking a U-turn. Only thing is for vehicles it is easy to cover the distance but for pedestrians it is far more difficult.

One more reason is many of subways and bridges filled with beggers and streethawkers. And there is no space for walking.

Now the governments have started introducing escalators for pedestrian bridges over roads and railway platforms. Hope situation will improve.

In current design, vehicles are provided smoothways and pedestrians are forced to do extra excercise of climbing up and down. There are some good discussions I have seen in Praja forum about how to make subways easier for pedestrians.

ajay ramchandran

January 21st, 2010, 07:22 PM

avi mangalore

January 22nd, 2010, 06:29 AM

Long awaited. Hope they electrify the KONKAN ROUTE AS WELL.

doubling the line first then elecrifying it will be better, same with hassan mangalore line also, in case of mangalore shornur line the line is already doubled

ajay ramchandran

January 22nd, 2010, 08:28 AM

doubling the line first then elecrifying it will be better, same with hassan mangalore line also, in case of mangalore shornur line the line is already doubled

Avi you are right. Forgot that the line was not double.To save time ,money ...do both at the same time.

ananda.padebettu

January 22nd, 2010, 05:21 PM

In India even I have not used the Subways as the walls are splaterred with pan spit! I am sorry it is true.I have seen people spitting from windows of buses. They are experts as they could aim it between the index and middle fingers!

Ajay,

You are 100% right. This is another classic example of most Indians not respecting law and civic sense. :bash:

AS long as we ourselves learn civic sense and respecting the law, our country can't be among Developed ones.

Krishnamoorthy K

January 23rd, 2010, 04:20 AM

* It is one of 43 centres where pollution levels are critical
* ‘Pollution levels are monitored by agencies hired by the industries and so they lack credibility’
* ‘There are vast differences in the pollution levels in studies done by different agencies’

MANGALORE: The recent ranking of Mangalore as the most polluted area in Karnataka has only confirmed the worst fears of environmentalists, environment group Dakshina Kannada Parisarasaktha Koota has said.

A study by the Central Pollution Control Board, which studied 88 industrial hubs in the country, has placed Mangalore and Bhadravati on a list of 43 centres where air, water and soil pollution levels are “critical”.

Subsequently, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has gone on record to state that it has recommended the imposition of a moratorium on industrialisation in these 43 centres.

The koota leaders, who held a press conference here on Friday, said that so-called environment impact assessments made by different industries in and around the coastal city could not be taken at face value. This was because they were done by agencies hired by promoters of these industries. Even the monitoring of pollution levels was being done by agencies hired by the industries and hence they lacked credibility, they alleged.

Secretary of the koota Mohammad Guthigar said that since the agencies received an honorarium from the industries they could not be expected to provide fair reports.

Demanding a White Paper on the status of pollution of ambient air and the sea, in the district, he sought the withdrawal of permission granted to start the special economic zone in view of the pollution levels.

Government Order

He said that the Government had passed an order in 1995 stating that MRPL should not discharge effluents in the sea after 1997 following an agitation by fisherfolk.

The order had also wanted a study done on the carrying capacity of the district and the formation of a watchdog committee to monitor pollution. However, none of this had been done, Mr. Guthigar said.

He also wondered why the unit of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) functioning from the city could not forewarn the citizens about the high pollution levels. He alleged that people had been deliberately kept in the dark.

He said that the district in-charge Minister, who is in charge of the Department of Environment, had also gone on record saying that one of the three industries — Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd., BASF and Kundremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd. — was the most polluting industry in the region. The Minister should clarify which industry he was referring to instead of keeping people in the dark about it, Mr. Guthigar said.

Koota president Upendra Hosbet said that the very fact that there were vast differences in the figures indicating the pollution levels in the studies done by different agencies indicated that they could not be taken on face value.

The level of dissolved oxygen in the seawater near Chitrapura was 2.89 to 3.68 parts per million (ppm) in the studies conducted by the College of Fisheries in the second half of 2007 whereas the KSPCB and the Nagpur-based National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI ) had put the figure above 6 ppm in the same year.

The level should ideally be above 6 ppm.

Having found that it was far below the required level, the College of Fisheries could have raised concerns about it. The college, which is expected to serve the interests of fisherfolk, had gone back on its commitment, he alleged.

Source: The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/23/stories/2010012358830300.htm)

Greens start crying over pollution in M'lore (http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=165823)

avi mangalore

January 23rd, 2010, 06:22 AM

since they have launched an elevated expressway frm silkboard jn to electronics city -10kms in bangalore, i think mangalore may require like that in the future, elevated expressway frm suratkal jn to kottara jn

Krishnamoorthy K

January 23rd, 2010, 07:00 AM

ajay ramchandran

January 23rd, 2010, 09:03 AM

^^ When Surathkal-Kottarachowki stretch of NH-17 have same traffic density as Silkboard-Electronics city traffic density elevated highway may become a neccessity.

Greenfield expressway proposed by central government along Mangalore-Karwar may reduce traffic on NH-17.

Further doubling of Konkan railways and then running suburban trains will also reduce passenger traffic.

Kottara junction(9 kms from city centre) and Surathkal junction(21 kms from city centre) have a traffic density of 80,000 PCU's a day. I am not sure how this density compares to other highways in the state and outside.

Have they completed the fourlaning of Kottara --Kulur stretch and New Mangalore(Panambur) --Baikampady stretch.The stretch from Kulur bridge to Oanambur junction was already four laned more than 20 years ago but it lacks a proper median. Is it a good idea to have lights along the areas covered by corporation.I know areas around the port Surathkal are well lit but possibly not along the Kottara - Nanthoor section. Might have changed now.(Lighting is for safety/visibility)

ajay ramchandran

January 23rd, 2010, 09:06 AM

There will be something soon in the media about its opening!

mangalore mania

January 23rd, 2010, 09:19 AM

Kottara junction(9 kms from city centre) and Surathkal junction(21 kms from city centre) have a traffic density of 80,000 PCU's a day. I am not sure how this density compares to other highways in the state and outside.

Have they completed the fourlaning of Kottara --Kulur stretch and New Mangalore(Panambur) --Baikampady stretch.The stretch from Kulur bridge to Oanambur junction was already four laned more than 20 years ago but it lacks a proper median. Is it a good idea to have lights along the areas covered by corporation.I know areas around the port Surathkal are well lit but possibly not along the Kottara - Nanthoor section. Might have changed now.(Lighting is for safety/visibility)

work is still going on construction of kottara and kullur flyover, work on suratkal flyover is stopped, some surfacing work on service road at suratkal, vidyadayani school, at kottara flyover is going on bridge over drainage at kodikal is complete and work drainage bridge opposite to APMC baikampady is still going on. remaining other places all work is complete with marking of dividers and also planting of plants at centre

Kiran Pinto

January 23rd, 2010, 09:23 AM

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ajay ramchandran

January 23rd, 2010, 09:29 AM

Thanks Kiran for the effort . Great!

What is happening to the Reliance owned vacant land next to Jyothi?

engineer.akash

January 23rd, 2010, 10:18 AM

I guess this road is being 4 laned???

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This road is looking dirty :cry: look at its sides,Mud is strewn all around :cry:

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Jyothi road??

This road looks clean with pavements :happy:

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Krishnamoorthy,Ajay in most of the pics I found no pavements :(

Kiran Ji thanks a lot:cheer:,Hope to see more pics of roads from ur side,Kindly cover even the old areas of Mangalore. :)

Krishnamoorthy K

January 23rd, 2010, 10:30 AM

Which is the best footpath of Mangalore? I used to think of
* Nandigudde-Valencia
* Mannagudde-Ladyhill circle
* Newly constructed Maidan Road

First, I dropped Mannagudded-Ladyhill when I saw the vehicles parked on this footpath. Then I dropped Maidan Road when I saw ramps with more than 45 degree gradients going to building campuses. Finally I dropped Nandigudde-Valencia when I saw the electrical posts removed and erected in middle of the footpath for expanding the road.

And at last I realized that the most pedestrian-friendly footpath in Mangalore is the one in the picture below which was there always. The footpath is narrow but one can walk blindly closing the eyes from one end to the other. No parking problems as it is barricaded, no shopper keeps things on the footpath. The only problem is that it is slightly narrow.

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Thanks Kiran for nice pictures.

ajay ramchandran

January 23rd, 2010, 10:53 AM

engineer.akash

January 23rd, 2010, 11:03 AM

I THINK THAT is the best pavement one can find in commercial areas .Akash I remember that beautiful road n MYSORE with nice pavement but that is not in the commercial district. Sadly MANGALORE is more compact....and unforunately an unplanned city which they are trying to replan....a little bit too late!

Hmmm Ajay,I think mysore hubli-dharwad and Belgaum are doing well when it comes to pavements.

But however Mangalore has got the finest roads(minus pavements),only if come up with good pavements this city will only glitter more.

:happy:

engineer.akash

January 23rd, 2010, 11:10 AM

Greens start crying over pollution in M'lore

By Team Mangalorean Mangalore

MANGALORE, January 22, 2010: The coastal town Mangalore has become the most polluted city in Karnataka and this has clearly indicated that the district is growing beyond its "carrying capacity", feel many environmentalists from coastal areas.

It is interesting to know that Karnatakas Environment Minister Krishna Palemar hails from Mangalore and he is district in-charge minister. All pollution control bodies come under his jurisdiction.

The Dakshina Kannada Parisarasaktha Koota, an eco group, has expressed serious concern over the issue and urged the State government to stop sanctioning mega industries to the district. Similarly, a environmental group from Uttara Kannada has expressed concern and opposed the Tadadi power projects and other mega industries on ecological grounds.

A study by the Central Pollution Control Board, which studied 88 industrial clusters in the country, has stated that Mangalore and Bhadravathi in a list of 43 centres where air, water and soil pollution levels are critical.

This finding has given new impetus to the struggle of eco activist in three coastal districts of Karnataka and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has stated that it has recommended the imposition of a ban on industrialisation in these 43 centres.

In fact, the New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) has decided to completely control pollution caused by iron ore dust in the vicinity of the port in two years. The port would equip itself with fully covered conveyor belt to handle the iron ore fines. The port had taken the issue very seriously and he was ensuring that the environs were watered frequently to check dust pollution.

Meanwhile, the Koota members on Friday told the media that there was no significance in environment effect studies undertaken by industries that have come in and around the coastal city. This was because they were done by the agencies hired by promoters of these industries.

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Koota Secretary Mohammad Guthigar said that the agencies received money from the industries and they are bound to produce pro-industry reports. Why the unit of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board functioning from the city could not inform citizens about the high pollution levels, he asked.

Mr Palemar who is in charge of the department of Environment also had gone on record saying that one of the three industries - Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemical Ltd., BASF, Kundremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd. - was highly polluting industry in the region.

He urged the Government to bring out a white paper on the status of pollution in the district and demanded withdrawal of permission granted to start special economic zone on account of the pollution level. An order has been passed in 1995 stating that MRPL should not discharge effluents in the sea after 1997 following an agitation by fishing community.

Koota President Upendra Hosbet said the figures of pollution levels offered by different agencies vastly differed from one another itself indicated that they could not be taken on the face value.

Will the BJP Government take steps to prevention pollution in coastal cities?

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=165823

engineer.akash

January 23rd, 2010, 11:19 AM

Are there pavements on this road??? :?

Why don't they demolish those encroachments???

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ajay ramchandran

January 23rd, 2010, 11:43 AM

Akash they are not encrachment but fairly new buildings. Evicting them wOULD TAKE 100 YEARS IN THE COURT!

engineer.akash

January 23rd, 2010, 11:48 AM

Akash they are not encrachment but fairly new buildings. Evicting them wOULD TAKE 100 YEARS IN THE COURT!

Ajay. I meant those advertisement boards :) and also I can notice that road sides are not paved nor tiled.

I hope they realize that Pavements are the most essential element in urban design and the city goes incomplete without pavements. :(
I don't want Mangalore to miss it.

ajay ramchandran

January 23rd, 2010, 12:12 PM

Ajay. I meant those advertisement boards :) and also I can notice that road sides are not paved nor tiled.

I hope they realize that Pavements are the most essential element in urban design and the city goes incomplete without pavements. :(
I don't want Mangalore to miss it.

You are absolutely right.This is the problem I have noticed in Mangalore and many other Indian cities . The pavements have all sorts of obstacles ,human obstacles,vehicles,transformers and now advt boards ...the corporation makes a fortune from these.

engineer.akash

January 23rd, 2010, 12:17 PM

You are absolutely right.This is the problem I have noticed in Mangalore and many other Indian cities . The pavements have all sorts of obstacles ,human obstacles,vehicles,transformers and now advt boards ...the corporation makes a fortune from these.

True Ajay but the Corporation in Mysore has done a commendable job in checking those.I really appreciate their works. :happy:Mysore was successful in that may in the name of heritage

Mangalore city needs to think of fining heavily for wrong doings to make a fortune,instead of putting public to inconvenience. :(

ajay ramchandran

January 23rd, 2010, 12:40 PM

True Ajay but the Corporation in Mysore has done a commendable job in checking those.I really appreciate their works. :happy:Mysore was successful in that may in the name of heritage

Mangalore city needs to think of fining heavily for wrong doings to make a fortune,instead of putting public to inconvenience. :(

Hope Mangalore corporation learns from Mysore.

engineer.akash

January 23rd, 2010, 12:42 PM

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AJAY THIS ROAD I YET TO BE 4 LANED.??

ananda.padebettu

January 23rd, 2010, 02:02 PM

Ajay. I meant those advertisement boards :) and also I can notice that road sides are not paved nor tiled.

I hope they realize that Pavements are the most essential element in urban design and the city goes incomplete without pavements. :(
I don't want Mangalore to miss it.

Akash,

You are right. We all hope that Mangalore must have good pavements alongside the beautiful roads. I think even in the city like Hubli-Dharawad, not all the main roadds have good pavements. As Ajay mentioned, Mangalore is having the same pain of many other Indian cities.

It is more or less going Mumbai's way, which I feel is really bad development when you think about future urban planning. In any case, lets hope for the best.:cheers:

engineer.akash

January 23rd, 2010, 02:11 PM

Akash,

You are right. We all hope that Mangalore must have good pavements alongside the beautiful roads. I think even in the citi like Hubli-Dharawad, not all the main roadds have good pavements. As Ajaay mentioned, Mangalore is having the same pain of many other Indian cities.

True Ananda Mangalore has beautiful roads but lacks pavements/footpaths.

Coming to Hubli-Dharwad Ananda I would differ with ur comment :) things have changed a lot in Hubli-Dharwad,all major roads in the Central business area have wonderful pavements.

You may check them here I have taken a few shots-Hubli-Dharwad Cityscapes (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1044787)

belgaum has pavements almost on all major roads-bus stand road,Congress road,College road,Club road,Ambedkar road,Link road,Court road,Kolhapur road, etc etc they were really well maintained.

As you said Mangalore has a topography which makes the city look compact,so cant expect wide footpaths but really has wonderful concrete roads.

Things are chaning Hubli-Dharwad might not have many malls U/C as in Mangalore but has seen unprecedented developements,I have posted the new modern buildings pics in that cityscapes thread.:cheers:

ajay ramchandran

January 23rd, 2010, 02:21 PM

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AJAY THIS ROAD I YET TO BE 4 LANED.??

Akash that is the Bunts Hostel Road that connects Bunts Hostel circle to Jyothi Circle. Twenty five years ago this was a narrow road ..possibly less than a 50 feet road. It was actually widened. This road has the famous Woodlands Hotel and now the near 5 star Goldfinch. Reliance created a sensation in Mangalore by buying up the land next to Jyothi theatre at an exhorbitant sum.I do not think it is included in the fourlanin as the road is fairly wide.

engineer.akash

January 23rd, 2010, 09:08 PM

Highway bandh total in coastal districts

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MANGALORE, January 23, 2010: The biggest ever National Highway bandh today took place in three coastal districts namely DK, Udupi and Uttara Kannada on five national highways that left the people gasping for help. The Rashtriya Heddari Ulisi Samithi had given a call to bandh on all the National Highways in the coastal districts following the roads going bad. The intention was good but it did not go as it was planned, the orgnisers thought the people will sit quietly at home and do nothing, but it was proved wrong. The die-hard people left for their jobs and their works as usual, but were stranded on the roads. Those buses mainly KSRTC and other maxi cabs running on these roads tried to pick them to reach to their destinations were prevented by the activists. They forcibly prevented the people from boarding any private vehicles to make their cause worthwhile.

All over the National Highway 17 right from Mangalore to Karwar there were road blocks of all kinds, including tyre burning, chopped trees, rocks placed on the roads and huge group of people squatting or sleeping on the roads. It was so dramatic in some places that the squatters did all sorts of circus when the presspersons arrived on the spot, they started rolling on the road as if they had lost something very valuable, they forgot they were fighting for a public cause but making all sorts of claims with the press people. They even posed to the photographers in funny postures.

Though there is no FIR filed, an incident that happened near Kalladka speaks about two motorcyclists intercepting a family that was going on the National Highway 48 near and beat up the driver cum head of the family and tried to snatch his wallet. They stopped the car on the pretext of the highway bandh but got down to daylight robbery. After sighting a police jeep passing through that area they fled like the cowards they were. Few youths of Kallada had given them a chase but they appear to have escaped.

According to the police the Highway bandh was total in all the three districts except on NH 206 that connects Karwar with Belgaum saw some movement; the Heddari Ulisi campaign did not work and the activists said only one or two sectors on that highway was affected.

In another incident at Uppinakudru in Kundapur taluk some miscreants had placed some boulders on the road. In a melee to escape the protestors catching him, a two wheeler rider stumbled on the road block and was injured, he was discharged after first aid.

Most of the roads were empty on Saturday, the city buses however plied normally inside the Mangalore city but at the highway junctions at Kottara, Pumpwell, Kuntikana, Kadri, Nanthoor the protesters had sent the buses back into the city, they were not allowed to ply on the highways. At Kuntikana an altercation between the bus operators and protesters reached a flashpoint, but locals intervened and the buses going from Kottara to Bajpe plied smoothly.

People going from the city to their work in the industrial areas in Baikampady were hard pressed, if they did not go to their work they would lose one day's wages, some labour organisations also launched a counter protest asking the Heddari Samithi to allow the buses to ply between the industrial estates in Baikampady and Yeyyadi to the city.

However the police have told that there was no untoward incident in any part of the district and the KSRTC officials have told that the KSRTC schedules were scaled down for the day and not even on bus sustained damage.

Very good we need such protests at places were roads are in bad shape.

engineer.akash

January 23rd, 2010, 09:12 PM

Highway blocked near London bridge in Karwar

Correspondent

Karwar: A large number of protesters under the banner of “Save National Highways Committee” blocked NH 17 near London Bridge in Karwar on Saturday morning. They staged a ‘rasta roko’ in protest against the bad condition of national highways. The committee had given a call to stage protests in different parts of Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts.

Although they had planned to stage a 12-hour ‘rasta roko’, they blocked the national highway 17 for over two hours from 8.30 a.m.

The protesters alleged that the national highways were not maintained well though several crores of rupees were allotted for their upkeep. On paper, huge amount is spent on improving the national highways but in reality nothing is done to improve the condition of the national highways which are full of potholes.

D.M. Navali, Executive Engineer of the National Highways Department, arrived on the spot of the protest and pacified the protesters.

The Executive Engineer assured the the protesting people that work on filling potholes had begun at Shirur village near Ankola. And, that the department had taken steps to repair the national highways. Mr. Navali told the protesters that a public meeting would be held on Monday to listen to the grievances of the people of the region. Later, the protest was withdrawn.

The police had made security arrangements at the place where the demonstration was staged sensing that there could be trouble.

Karwar City Municipal Council president Ganapati Ulvekar, Rama Naik, Madhav Naik and the members of the merchants’ association participated in the protest.

http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/24/stories/2010012456070300.htm

I appreciate the public for such a massive bandh.

engineer.akash

January 23rd, 2010, 09:13 PM

When they can spend 750 crores in Bangalore for an elevated expressway only to benifit some software fellows and MNC's why not look at NH 17???

NH 17 is by far the most busiest highway.

ajay ramchandran

January 23rd, 2010, 11:16 PM

When they can spend 750 crores in Bangalore for an elevated expressway only to benifit some software fellows and MNC's why not look at NH 17???

NH 17 is by far the most busiest highway.

I am actually against any form of bandhs. It conveniences the common man,poor people earning their daily bread .Any strike in India is a success because of fear generated. I am doubtful if anything positive will happen as a result of this strike.our country has seen strikes after strikes in the sixtees,seventees ,eighties which almost ruined the country...loss of production,loss of manpower,sick people unable to reach hospitals ,people missing their trains,flights etc.I would not have minded if they had held a two hour protest or something like that.

WHERE WERE ALL THESE PROTESTORS WHEN IRON ORE TRUCKS SUPPORTED BY THE MINING LORDS WERE DESTROYING THE ROADS? DID THEY PROTEST AGAINST THE STATE OF CHARMADI ROAD WHICH WAS RECENTLY REPAIRED BY THE STATE GOVT?

Krishnamoorthy K

January 24th, 2010, 03:34 AM

With realty in Mangalore city witnessing rapid growth over the past few years, pressure on the roads is mounting. The city planners have now realised the need for upgrading the existing road infrastructure and establishing new ones wherever necessary.

While the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) has been implementing road infrastructure development projects within the city limits with the Rs 100-crore grant given by the Karnataka Government, the revised Master Plan of Mangalore Urban Development Authority proposes the construction of a ring road and expanding the roads within the city.

The widening and concreting of the roads, which began in 2008, are going on in full swing in most parts of the city.

As the project focuses on road infrastructure development within the city, most properties in the residential and commercial segments will benefit from this.

RING ROAD

Highlighting the need for better roads for the growth of the city, Mr P. M. A. Razak, President of the Kanara Builders' Association, told Business Line that commercial property will witness more growth due to the widening and concreting of roads.

He said the revised Master Plan of Mangalore has marked the roads as per their hierarchy and each of them will be widened accordingly.

The Master Plan has suggested the construction of a 36-km-long ring road from Kotekar in the south of Mangalore to Surathkal in the north. According to the Master Plan, the 45-metre-wide road will pass through the villages of Deralakatte, Belma, Amblamogaru, Adyar, Neermarga, Tiruvail, Moodshedde, Padushedde, Marakada, Kenjar, Thokur, Bala and Idya.

It is to be noted that some of the major residential and commercial projects are planned in some of these villages.

Deralakatte, for instance, is emerging as the education hub with a host of professional colleges having their presence there. Also, some prominent developers of Mangalore have already started residential projects there.

A ring road would give a boost to the establishment of integrated townships in these villages. This apart, a road project — Mangala Chorniche — running parallel to the Nethravathi and Gurupur rivers has been proposed in the Master Plan.

Mr Razak said that the concept of TDR (transferable developmental rights), which has been proposed in the Master Plan, will facilitate faster road widening as it would be an incentive for the landowners to surrender the required land for road widening.

Transferable rights

However, the willingness of the landowners to part with the land will depend on the compensation in terms of adequate TDR and guarantee to repurchase the TDR by the City Corporation, he said.

The TDR allotted now is inadequate to compensate landowners for the loss of land. Currently the TDR is 1.5 times of the land surrendered for the roads. This needs to be increased to at least three times immediately, he said.

Though the revised Master Plan has several provisions for infrastructure development such as road widening, ring roads, etc., the critical factor will be availability of funds and execution of works by the local bodies.

Mr Razak said that the local authorities have to strike a balance in generation of funds from taxation revenues, development fees, and loans/ grants.

The execution of infrastructure project is the key for the success of the revised Master Plan, he added.

Source: The Hindu Business Line (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/iw/2010/01/24/stories/2010012451001700.htm)

Krishnamoorthy K

January 24th, 2010, 07:43 AM

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For more visit BhandarY Builders (http://www.bhandarybuilders.com/projects.php).

engineer.akash

January 24th, 2010, 10:18 AM

I am actually against any form of bandhs. It conveniences the common man,poor people earning their daily bread .Any strike in India is a success because of fear generated. I am doubtful if anything positive will happen as a result of this strike.our country has seen strikes after strikes in the sixtees,seventees ,eighties which almost ruined the country...loss of production,loss of manpower,sick people unable to reach hospitals ,people missing their trains,flights etc.I would not have minded if they had held a two hour protest or something like that.

WHERE WERE ALL THESE PROTESTORS WHEN IRON ORE TRUCKS SUPPORTED BY THE MINING LORDS WERE DESTROYING THE ROADS? DID THEY PROTEST AGAINST THE STATE OF CHARMADI ROAD WHICH WAS RECENTLY REPAIRED BY THE STATE GOVT?

True Ajay but in India such bandhs do wonders actually.In Mysore there is an underpass near fire station which had pathetic road and almost all the street bulbs were cold, but the efforts of the public/residents who resorted to blockades and bandhs really worked in favour of the public interest.

engineer.akash

January 24th, 2010, 11:32 AM

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Which area is this????

ajay ramchandran

January 24th, 2010, 12:05 PM

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Which area is this????

That is the Falnir road (the Hampankatta end)...this road begins from Hampankatta traffic lights to Kankannady. Surprisngly the road becomes posher and posher as it moves away from Hampankatta. This area is almost(diagnolly) opp to Motimahal Hotel,one of the oldest luxury hotels in Manglore,the first to have a swimming pool in the seventtees. That area behind Raywoods has some houses,used to have a timber yard and slightly to the right is the blue star lodge.I am not sure why it has not been developed.Those peeople are just not selling ,that is what I have heard. That part of Falnir road is concretised ...the only road that was concretised in the seventees,till Avery junction.The work from Avery to Kankannady is ongoing...that is the real posh part with high rise luxury apts,the posh houses,K2 etc.The property opp to Raywoods is Milagres centenary convention centre. It looks beautiful. Next to it on its rt is MotiMahal Hotel

engineer.akash

January 24th, 2010, 01:01 PM

^^ :)

KEONICS plans IT parks in Mysore, Mangalore

Monday, 31 Aug, 2009

The Karnataka State Electronics Development Corporation (KEONICS) is planning to develop IT parks in Mysore and Mangalore. In this regard, KEONICS has invited RFPs from prospective national/International or JV companies to set up these parks through PPP mode.

For these two IT parks, one acre area of the total site for a built-up area of one lakh sq ft in Mysore and Mangalore has been proposed. The bidder is expected to design, finance, build, market, operate and transfer the asset created at the end of the lease term to KEONICS. Interested firms may participate in either both of the two projects, or either of the two projects.

Last date for submission of RFPs is 30 September 2009.

I saw this tender in The Hindu newspaper a few days back.

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Found this on the Kembhavi architects website.

engineer.akash

January 24th, 2010, 01:32 PM

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January 24th, 2010, 01:37 PM

Akash,
Falnir road, starting from Hammpan katta circle to Avery is the first concert road constructed in Mangalore in 1970. This stretch has still that concert road (now lost the road strength but lived for 30 years). This road was laid to facilitate Moti Mahal hotel, the first five star kind of hotel in Mangalore. This hotel was built to facilitate the engineers came to Mangalore for building New Mangalore port and Airport terminal. That time Mangalore was economically backward (no industries) and nobody interested to construct any star hotel in Mangalore. That time Owner of Taj mahal hotel who had 6 Mangalore style hotels in Mangalore came forward to constructed Moti Mahal hotel. This building was one of the high rise and beautiful building of that time hence they Named “Moti “ (Pearl) of Mangalore. They had a lodge also next to that named Kirthy Mahal (Now closed).
In my child hood days when there was no swimming pool in Mangalore we used go to Motimahal, once in while for swimming and that used be a big thing for us.

engineer.akash

January 24th, 2010, 01:40 PM

^^ nice :)

I love such bits of news plz keep them coming I am actually more interested in the culture and heritage of any city.

ajay ramchandran

January 24th, 2010, 01:55 PM

ajay ramchandran

January 24th, 2010, 01:58 PM

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Akash that is the PVS end of MG ROAD.What you see was the first 10 storied building of Mangalore built again in the seventees.It is owned by the PVS beedies group. This is the narrowest part of MG road . Now the property on the left has been acquired for widening. This photo seems to have been taking during monsoon.

engineer.akash

January 24th, 2010, 02:01 PM

Akash that is the PVS end of MG ROAD.What you see was the first 10 storied building of Mangalore built again in the seventees.It is owned by the PVS beedies group. This is the narrowest part of MG road . Now the property on the left has been acquired for widening. This photo seems to have been taking during monsoon.

oh...nice :) 70's great and still standing tall facing the majestic road.PVS beedis is still operating??? what/whom exactly did this building serve for??

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January 24th, 2010, 02:06 PM

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ajay ramchandran

January 24th, 2010, 02:10 PM

oh...nice :) 70's great and still standing tall facing the majestic road.PVS beedis is still operating??? what/whom exactly did this building serve for??

It is fully occupied with offices plus HQ pf PVS beedies, On the ground floor I know there is a retail shop exclusively to buy cashew nuts and dry fruits.There are a few shops lilke thes in Mangalore.(Exclusive Cashew nuts/dry fruit outlets). I am not sure if they are still making beedies...I think the beedy industry collapsed.I am not sure though.I know they went thro a difficult period plus other controversies,poor working conditions for women who roll beedies,child labour etc.

I think child labour does not exist (at least on paper) in DK and Udupi. They had an International child labour conference in Kundapura many years ago...organisd by children

ajay ramchandran

January 24th, 2010, 02:19 PM

1.STPI
2. GANJIMATT
3. YENEPOYA SEZ
4. MUDIPU,NETHRA SEZ AND THE OTHER BUILDING,
5. SHAKTHINAGAR (karnataka NRI forum)
6. INFOSYS KOTTARA
7. WIPRO
8. FIRST INDIAN CORP
9.M phasis
10. another IT company in Kottara

engineer.akash

January 24th, 2010, 06:31 PM

^^I guess its better to go slow on IT projects during recession.

Which place???

CC imoh kay

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engineer.akash

January 24th, 2010, 10:13 PM

cc umashankar

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ajay ramchandran

January 24th, 2010, 11:06 PM

[QUOTE=engineer.akash;50689627]cc umashankar

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Mangaloreis one of the venues in India (there are about 6) for International kite festival. India is usually represented ny TEAM MANGALORE

ajay ramchandran

January 24th, 2010, 11:07 PM

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No Idea...Not Mangalore

engineer.akash

January 24th, 2010, 11:09 PM

Mangaloreis one of the venues in India (there are about 6) for International kite festival. India is usually represented ny TEAM MANGALORE

wow thats great.............:cheers:

Krishnamoorthy K

January 25th, 2010, 05:48 AM

Growing religious intolerance and communal tensions in district made it a necessity

The much awaited Police Commissionerate in Mangalore will be finally realised on January 26.

Confirming this to the Deccan Herald, Home Minister V S Acharya said, “Mangalore is the most important strategic point in the State. Hence the government has decided to set up a Commissionerate here. This is the fourth Commissionerate next to Bangalore, Hubli-Dharwad and Mysore.”

The Home Minister said, “As Manglore is the western gate for all the activities in the State a Commissionerate should have been set up here much earlier. It was delayed, however, owing to various reasons and finally the government has taken up the initiative.”

It may be recalled here that the government had to announce the status of Commissionerate on August 15 but it got postponed to November 1. However, even on November 1 it remained unannounced.

The proposal for setting up of a Commissionerate in Mangalore has been on cards for the past one decade. The first proposal for the setting up of a Commissionerate was made after the communal riots in the district in 1998 and subsequently there have been demands to strengthen the police force.

New dimension

With the commencement of direct flights between Mangalore and Middle East and with the growth of New Mangalore Port into a major port, the urge for a Police Commissionerate got a new dimension. In the meantime, the growing religious intolerance and communal tensions accentuated the necessity.

In October 2006, the then Minister for Home and Parliamentary Affairs M P Prakash had stated that Mangalore would get a Commissionerate soon and in due course several ministers and police authorities had made similar statements.

Fresh proposal

In the same year, the then Additional Director General of Police K S Suresh Babu and SP B Dayanand had submitted a proposal to the government.

However, in June 2008, V S Acharya had asked the then Inspector General of Police A M Prasad to submit a fresh proposal on Commissionerate. Finally, the dream of Police Commissionerate is being realised now.

Source: DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/48738/mangalore-commissionerate-opening-jan-26.html)

ajay ramchandran

January 25th, 2010, 08:22 AM

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There are two things that have been denied to Mangaloreans .Both these should have been set up in Mangalore atleast 15 -20 years ago

One is the Police commissionerate and other is the passport office. Atleast one is happening. I do not know how long the other one is going to take . having said that a passport office has already been okayed by the Centre but there is some hitch somewhere.

ajay ramchandran

January 25th, 2010, 08:42 AM

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There are two things that have been denied to Mangaloreans .Both these should have been set up in Mangalore atleast 15 -20 years ago

One is the Police commissionerate and other is the passport office. Atleast one is happening. I do not know how long the other one is going to take . having said that a passport office has already been okayed by the Centre but there is some hitch somewhere.[/QUOTE]

Twp police officers are being considered for commissioner of Police status,K Ramachandra Rao and Arun Chakaravarthy both DIG's.

The new commissionerate is likely to cover upto Mulky in the north,Moodabidri in the east,Ullal in the south(All future areas of MCC)

visnaya

January 25th, 2010, 12:13 PM

Ajay,
It looks like you have made Masters in mangalore Geography, places and econimics. I have not seen any subject for which you don't know the answer when it comes to mangalore.

Keep it up.

visnaya

January 25th, 2010, 12:14 PM

One more thing mangalore lacked or got neglected is Railway zone. I think government should think of this seriously.

engineer.akash

January 25th, 2010, 12:17 PM

One more thing mangalore lacked or got neglected is Railway zone. I think government should think of this seriously.

We need a SWKRTC division with a regional workshop.

engineer.akash

January 25th, 2010, 12:22 PM

ganatantra divas acharisthidhivi nimma matha needi - matha needi (http://xl.skyscrapercity.com/?page=banner)

:)

engineer.akash

January 25th, 2010, 12:32 PM

Day 2 - Sunil Shetty Special Guest at Koti-Chennaya Kambla
Pics: Akruthi Studio
News by Shekar Ajekar
Daijworld Media Network—Moodbidri (RS/CN)

Moodbidri, Jan 25: The Koti-Chennaya Kambala, which was inaugurated on Saturday January 23, continued till midnight on Sunday January 24 with the participation of 194 pairs of buffaloes.

This Kambala which has been organized under the leadership of MLA K Abhayachandra Jain saw a grand opening and was run with the real spirit of competition of the traditional race of Tulunadu. The nearly 40-hour long race of buffaloes was enjoyed by the gathering.

Bollywood actor Sunil Shetty’s participation as a guest entertained the audience at the venue. He said that the buffalo race is part of the culture of our Tulunadu and we should retain this culture.

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He stressed that the government should also encourage this. The actor honoured some of the owners of buffaloes.

The races were held in ‘Kene Halage’, ‘Hagga’, ‘Adda Halage’, and ‘Negilu’ categories.

Raitha Mela:

Alongside the Kambala, a Raitha Mela organized by the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha, Sri Dharmastala Rural Development Scheme, and Krishi Vichara Vinimaya Kendra, attracted Kambala lovers and agriculturists. The Mela focused on information about agriculture.

The two-day programme also saw an exhibition of agricultural products and equipments. Seminars on water conservation and the agricultural market were also held.

engineer.akash

January 25th, 2010, 04:27 PM

Are there plans to 4 lane bejai road???

How about kudumal Ranga Rao road??

Krishnamoorthy K

January 25th, 2010, 04:51 PM

Bejai road 4 lane concretization works are going on upto circuit house, Kadri.

KRR road is not yet touched.

Attavara road concretization is going on, 2 lane concretizaton is almost done from Railway junction upto Attavara circle, demolition works are going on in remaining stretch.

In Kottarachowki-Malemar-Konchady road also some activities are there. It is 2 lane concrete road.

Kavoor-Maravoor bridge road is 60% to 70% ready.

On Falnir Road, church compound wall is reconstructed after leaving space for widening road. But no work started on Hampankatta-Avares stretch. Also Avares-Kankanady stretch is left as 2 lane.

Vyasa Rao Road works are going on with full speed. It is 2 lane concrete road joining Bejai road near circuit house.

Lalbaugh-Mannagudde 3 lane road is ready. At Mannagudde end it is 2 lane.

I don't know about other interior roads.

But, no pavement works except on Maidan Road.

engineer.akash

January 25th, 2010, 04:58 PM

But, no pavement works except on Maidan Road.

I was checking on Google earth found bejai road kin of very important so felt like asking.

Pavements-why are they going slow on that???

Krishnamoorthy K

January 25th, 2010, 05:08 PM

^^ Generally people think pavements is something cheap work, it can be done without spending much money. So, they keep it for the end.

They do some cheap design or do they bother about design of pavements at all? If they had design then why the footpaths are not walkable?

In case of Maidan road they seem to have spend enough money for drains and interlocks. But no money on design and hence footpath is namesake. For roads they take so much care to see that roads are at proper level, and vehicle can run over it smoothly, but pavements no problem - who care for pedestrians?

ananda.padebettu

January 25th, 2010, 05:09 PM

^^I guess its better to go slow on IT projects during recession.

Which place???

CC imoh kay

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2569/3677223001_71e321b18c_b.jpg

This looks like one of Buildings in Mumbai's Fort Area.

engineer.akash

January 25th, 2010, 06:43 PM

DK misses award for total sanitation compliant dist

MANGALORE: It is a proverbial slip between the cup and the lip for Dakshina Kannada as far as earning the tag of the total sanitation campaign compliant district in Karnataka. The district incidentally to its credit has the distinction of ensuring that all the 203-gram panchayats in Dakshina Kannada have made the norm to earn the Nirmal Gram Puraskar given by the Union ministry of rural development in a phased manner since 2006-07.

While 49 gram panchayats from the district earned the puraskar in 2006-07, the highest number from any district in the state that year, it went up to 131-gram panchayats in 2007-08. The remaining 23-gram panchayats have made it to the puraskar in 2008-09 and will receive it from governor H R Bhardwaj at a function to be held at Raj Bhavan in Bangalore on January 28. This completes the roll of honour at gram panchayat level.

ERRANT BLOCKS PLAY SPOILSPORT

However, a focussed push towards ensuring that all the five blocks in the district earn the block-level award, and by virtue of it the district-level award has received a setback with two of the five blocks failing to make the cut this year. The errant blocks include Sullia and Mangalore, while Puttur, Bantwal and Belthangady blocks have passed the scrutiny of a central level evaluation team that visited the blocks recently to verify award norms.

P Shivashankar, chief executive officer of Dakshina Kannada zilla panchayat told TOI here on Sunday that the inability of the two blocks to pass master on solid waste management front has cost the district the distinction of earning the coveted award. "The evaluation team found certain deficiencies in the manner in which solid waste was managed in some of the villages in the two above blocks, and have asked us to rectify the same," he said.

Rs 80 LAKH GRANT INSUFFICIENT

The zilla panchayat has received a block grant of Rs 80 lakh from the Union ministry to address the issue of solid waste management. "This amount is grossly insufficient to meet the needs of all 203-gram panchayats," he said adding that, "We would require at least Rs 2 crore and more for such an endeavour." In addition, one has to factor the recurring cost of keeping any such system so created going on for a longer duration, the CEO said.

Gram panchayats selected for NGP get an incentive of Rs 4 lakh, blocks Rs 20 lakh, and the district Rs 40 lakh. This amount, he said can in turn be mainly used for improvement of solid waste management systems. "I have asked district support unit of the campaign to study a small scale technological intervention model of a Poona based firm to implement solid waste management systems in GPs that is not cost intensive," he added.

TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/DK-misses-award-for-total-sanitation-compliant-dist/articleshow/5500129.cms)

ajay ramchandran

January 25th, 2010, 07:40 PM

Ajay,
It looks like you have made Masters in mangalore Geography, places and econimics. I have not seen any subject for which you don't know the answer when it comes to mangalore.

Keep it up.

Thank you visnaya.I have spent 34 years in Mangalore and now 12 years in the UK.I haven't still forgotten Mangalore.

ajay ramchandran

January 25th, 2010, 07:41 PM

One more thing mangalore lacked or got neglected is Railway zone. I think government should think of this seriously.

I forgot to add that but remembered it while driving to work and thought of adding it up later. Anyway thanks you have mentioned it.

ajay ramchandran

January 25th, 2010, 07:44 PM

HAPPY REPUBLIC DAY

HOPE INDIA WILL WRAP UP THE TEST TODAY

engineer.akash

January 25th, 2010, 07:44 PM

HAPPY REPUBLIC DAY

HOPE INDIA WILL WRAP UP THE TEST TODAY

Ajay you must be knowing a bit of kannada and tulu???:)

engineer.akash

January 25th, 2010, 09:21 PM

Second LPG handling facility commissioned

Staff Correspondent

MANGALORE: The New Mangalore Port (NMP) on Monday commissioned the second LPG unloading facility in the port set up by Total Oil India Limited.

P. Tamilvanan, chairman, New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT), inaugurated the new facility in the presence of Prakash Jonnalagadda, CEO of LPG division of the company. The new facility has been set up at berth no. 12. The earlier one set up by the same company is at berth no. 9.

Addressing presspersons, Mr. Jonnalagadda, said that the company was importing LPG at berth no. 9.

With the increase in the quantum of LPG being imported at the existing berth, the company was encouraged to commission one more facility at berth no. 12.

Mr. Tamilvanan said that the port was handling approximately 1.57 million tonnes of LPG annually at berth no. 9.

The Hindu

engineer.akash

January 25th, 2010, 10:22 PM

Committee to hear public grievances on road widening

Udupi, Jan 25, DH News Service:

A committee will be set up under the leadership of the Deputy Commissioner to consider the grievances concerning the road widening process, informed Udupi Chikmagalur MP D V Sadananda Gowda.

Addressing a public meet held to discuss the public grievances over the NH stretch widening project here on Monday, he urged the public to register their complaints related to land acquisition, link roads and truck terminals with this committee before February 5, following which the DC will take up the issue with National Highway Department and try to find solutions. A meet comprising Ministers and MLAs will be called within 15 days to discuss the problems. Another public meet will follow within a week, he added.

Express Highway Nirmana Otthaya Samithi accused that the National Highway Authority is reluctant to provide accurate information regarding road widening process. Deputy Commissioner Hemalatha promised to take care off the matter. Measures will be taken to provide detailed information to all the concerned Gram Panchayaths and public can avail the required information through Gram Panchayaths, she added.

Home Minister Dr V S Acharya said that the acquired lands should be compensated as per the latest market rates. Measures should be taken to avoid problems to the public. As the city is undergoing tremendous growth, dividers and under pass are the need of the hour. Truck terminals should be set up, he said.

Briefing the gathered on the progress of the road widening process, National Highway Authority Project officer K M Hegde informed that the widening process of NH-17 from Surathkal to Kundapur and NH-48 from Mahaveera Circle to Talapady is in progress. As many as 10 under passes and 2 fly-overs will be put up across the 90 kms stretch. Bypass roads will be set up at Padubidre-Mulki stretch. As many as 52 bus stops and 2 truck terminals will be set up on the entire road. There are as many as 7 major bridges and measures are taken to renovate all of them. The project is estimated at a cost of Rs 674 crore, of which Rs 200 crore is earmarked for land acquisition process. About 421 hectare land has been required for the purpose while 230 hectare of land is yet to be acquired, he added.

Deccan Herald (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/48933/committee-hear-public-grievances-road.html)

engineer.akash

January 25th, 2010, 10:24 PM

‘The new CDP has received 1,811 objections from public’

MCC approves revised SAS tax

Mangalore, Jan 25, DH News Service:

The general body meeting of Mangalore City Corporation, supposedly the last meeting of Mayor Shanker Bhat ran the course without any fruitful discussion, on Monday.

Opposition members staging a protest during MCC meeting on Monday. DH photoWhile the house approved the third time revised Self Assessment Scheme of taxation, the chaotic discussion over the Comprehensive Development Plan was carried over from the last three meetings.

According to the revised SAS, the tax has been fixed at 0.5 per cent for residential structure, 1.5 per cent for commercial and 1.0 per cent for non-residential commercial structures (tile factories, oil mills etc).

The revised version has been now sent to the government and Mangalore City Corporation is expecting the approval soon.

During the beginning of the meet, member Mariamma Thomas raised objection to violation of the previous meet ruling that MUDA officials should be present at the meeting.

She pointed that since there is no post of Deputy Director of Town Planning in MCC all applications for building license is forwarded to MUDA for technical advice. She demanded post of Deputy Director of Town Planning in MCC. However the discussion subsided with arrival of MUDA Executive Engineer Shanker who said that CDP has received 1,811 objections and has been sent to Government for approval on 1-1-2009.

Opposition Leader Harinath said that the proposal copy was not sent to the Corporation and hence demanded that the contents of the proposal must be made known to the corporation. Mayor said that the contents can not be disclosed.

CDP, as pointed by Member Shashidhar Hegde states that any construction to be undertaken next to the roads in the city needs to be carried on leaving 20 ft space from the road. This he said would create problems to people with small land holdings. Following the discussion Congress members assembled at the well of the house.

Trade license

The opposition leaders took exception to the proposal of handing over survey works of identifying illegal trade in the city to Self Help Groups. Opposition members said that there is no need to hand over the works to SHGs when most of the Group D workers and Bill Collectors are idol in the Corporation itself.

MCC Commissioner K N Vijayaprakash responding to the queries said that official records state that there are only 17,108 trades in the city while it is visibly evident that there are more than 25,000 trades.

“The proposal is to hand over the survey works of identifying trades in the city to SHGs. They will not be vested power to issue or cancel the license,” he clarified and added that demand register states that corporation should received a sum of Rs 78, 68,000 towards trade license but it has only received Rs 19 lakh so far.

Another proposal to hand over SAS tax collection to Self Help Group raged the opposition members further who staged a walk out after shouting slogans against Mayor.

Deccan herald (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/48935/mcc-approves-revised-sas-tax.html)

ajay ramchandran

January 25th, 2010, 10:27 PM

Ajay you must be knowing a bit of kannada and tulu???:)

Dear Akash
can speak Kannada very well,( can write a bit and can read big letters)Tulu(No practice in speaking at the moment but can understand very well)),Malayalam,can speak a bit but with Kannada accent (cannot write but can read big letters)Tamil(cannot speak,can understand a bit)Hindi(can speak and follow),Punjabi(can understand a bit)

I moved from KREC school to Kendriya Vidyalaya ,Panambur in 1972 . Did my PUC at Govinda dasa College,Surathkal!(1980-1982)

engineer.akash

January 25th, 2010, 10:33 PM

Dear Akash
can speak Kannada very well,( can write a bit and can read big letters)Tulu(No practice in speaking at the moment but can understand very well)),Malayalam,can speak a bit but with Kannada accent (cannot write but can read big letters)Tamil(cannot speak,can understand a bit)Hindi(can speak and follow),Punjabi(can understand a bit)

I moved from KREC school to Kendriya Vidyalaya ,Panambur in 1972 . Did my PUC at Govinda dasa College,Surathkal!(1980-1982)

nice intro...... you know quite a number of languages.:)

engineer.akash

January 25th, 2010, 10:34 PM

34 years in mangalore I can understand your love for the city. :happy:

Krishnamoorthy K

January 26th, 2010, 05:44 AM

The ban on transportation of iron ore by road has brought down the cargo handling in New Mangalore Port Trust by eight lakh tonnes as compared to last year. The Port was handling two million tonnes of iron ore per annum.

However, the decline in volume could be made up with the Union government giving its nod for the proposal to start mechanised iron ore handling. The ore will be supplied to the Port via rail and loaded directly into the ship from the stockyard. So far the ore was being loaded into crane manually, said NMPT chairman Tamilvanan. He also hoped of reaching the target by handling coal and lime stone.

Speaking to presspersons here on Monday, Tamilvanan said that the capacity to mechanised iron ore handling is 6.62 million tonnes per annum. The work on installing the system has been entrusted to Sical Logistics Ltd through tender and is expected to be completed within 24 months.

He said MRPL is expanding its capacity by 2011 and in order to cater to the increasing needs NMPT will set up a new berth. “We have made our presentation at the expert finance committee meeting recently. Bids will be invited after the proposal is approved. The berth will be set up at an estimated cost of Rs 79 crore.

Container traffic

Tamilvanan said that there has been steady increase in container traffic by 10 per cent. The rail traffic has gone up to 51 lakh tonnes over the last year’s 49 lakh tonnes. The port has handled five container vessels with raw cashew from East and West Africa this year. Another vessel is expected to reach on January 31. He however disclosed that there has been tremendous decrease in the cruise traffic owing to economic slowdown. The Port handled only four cruise last year.

Source: BS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/48881/ore-transport-ban-hits-cargo.html)

Instead of iron ore we should export automobile, machinery and appliances by putting steel plant and downstream industries. Mangalore-Hassan railway line has to be doubled and electrified immediately.

Mangalore Chemicals Q3 net profit up at Rs 24 cr (http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/results/mangalore-chemicals-q3-net-profitat-rs-24-cr_437418.html)

avi mangalore

January 26th, 2010, 05:58 AM

avi mangalore

January 26th, 2010, 06:13 AM

the private city buses which run on nh 48 run only upto adyar , and some upto farangipet , its high time that govt allow running these buses upto b.c road, bantwal, pane, mani and kalladka once this is operational we can have buses running from b.c road to talapady, suratkal, kavoor, kottara etc, express govt buses which ply frm b.c rd to mangalore people have to shell out minimum 12rs,whereas in citybuses it would be around 9 rs, more ever mangalore in future would extend upto b.c road so better connectivity required .

ananda.padebettu

January 26th, 2010, 06:13 AM

MANGALORE: If Dubai can boast of the world's tallest building Burj Khalifa which opened amid much fanfare earlier this year, Mangalore will soon

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have bragging rights to the state's tallest residential building, the premium apartments near Karnataka Polytechnic at Kadri.

Promoted by Shashi Kiran Shetty, MD and chairman of Allcargo Global Logistics, and architect Sanath Kumar Shetty, the building, 125 metre tall, will have 38 stories and three basements for parking about 350 cars. It'll have 200 apartments, each of minimum 3,000 sqft. Work on the project will start soon and be completed in about 40 months from the date of commencement. Spread over 4.25 acres, the complex occupies 9% of the total area and total built-up area will be 6 lakh sqft.

Sanath Kumar Shetty told TOI the building will incorporate intelligent building technology and have amenities like swimming pools, waterfalls, putting area for golf, tennis and badminton courts, apart from a helipad atop the building. Shetty said details of the price per sqft rate and a scheme to avoid the monthly maintenance charges by collecting a one-time deposit are being worked out.

The building will have seven high-speed elevators. This project is just three floors shy of the 40-storey residential building by Choice Group, Kochi, and five more than Tata Aquila Heights at Bangalore and 13 more than Bearys Habitat.

The building, being built according to the National Building Code of India, has received a No-Objection Certificate from the fire department.

ananda.padebettu

January 26th, 2010, 06:20 AM

MANGALORE: If Dubai can boast of the world's tallest building Burj Khalifa which opened amid much fanfare earlier this year, Mangalore will soon have bragging rights to the state's tallest residential building, the premium apartments near Karnataka Polytechnic at Kadri.

Promoted by Shashi Kiran Shetty, MD and chairman of Allcargo Global Logistics, and architect Sanath Kumar Shetty, the building, 125 metre tall, will have 38 stories and three basements for parking about 350 cars. It'll have 200 apartments, each of minimum 3,000 sqft. Work on the project will start soon and be completed in about 40 months from the date of commencement. Spread over 4.25 acres, the complex occupies 9% of the total area and total built-up area will be 6 lakh sqft.

Sanath Kumar Shetty told TOI the building will incorporate intelligent building technology and have amenities like swimming pools, waterfalls, putting area for golf, tennis and badminton courts, apart from a helipad atop the building. Shetty said details of the price per sqft rate and a scheme to avoid the monthly maintenance charges by collecting a one-time deposit are being worked out.

The building will have seven high-speed elevators. This project is just three floors shy of the 40-storey residential building by Choice Group, Kochi, and five more than Tata Aquila Heights at Bangalore and 13 more than Bearys Habitat.

The building, being built according to the National Building Code of India, has received a No-Objection Certificate from the fire department.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Mangalore-to-boast-125-m-tower/articleshow/5500958.cms

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Can anyone let me know, which is the tellest Building in Karnataka?

pachhu2006

January 26th, 2010, 06:54 AM

Hotel Sujatha is not demolished yet......

pachhu2006

January 26th, 2010, 07:04 AM

Bengaluru Turf Tower Proposed, Bangalore with 660 metres (2,165 ft) 155 floors
Brigade North Star, Bangalore 188 metres (617 ft) 45 floors 2009

Krishnamoorthy K

January 26th, 2010, 07:15 AM

^^ SKS Enclave has a separate thread. Height and other things are discussed there.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=734870&page=2

ajay ramchandran

January 26th, 2010, 08:22 AM

i think the present bangalore mangalore night train can be extended 4 days a week to karwar rather than kannur, its more useful for the people of udupi, kundapur, karwar than kannur. another night train must be introduced frm mangalore to blore via arsikere and this train can leave around 10.30pm if this happens this can be a highly patronised train

Before the train was extended to Kannur ,Mangalore had some 450 seats or so and it was always full. Now MANGALORE GETS ABOUT 60. The only solution is to start another train,or a link express where two trains could join up at Mangalore and then proceed to Bangalore.
Karwar -Bangalore via Mangalore is a very good Idea.Hopefully the dream might be fulfilled. At the end of the day Mangalore should have its longfelt railway divison

ajay ramchandran

January 26th, 2010, 08:35 AM

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=71300

Mangalore: IGP Gopal B Hosur to be First Commissioner of Local Commissionerate

ajay ramchandran

January 26th, 2010, 08:48 AM

Gopal Hosur named Police Commissioner

Sudipto Mondal

http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/26/stories/2010012659710300.htm

Mulky, Moodbidri left out of Commissionerate

He takes the additional charge today

He took over IGP (Western Range) in February last year

Gopal B. Hosur

MANGALORE: Inspector-General of Police (Western Range) Gopal B. Hosur will take additional charge as the first Police Commissioner of Mangalore city. The appointment was conveyed to the district police through a Government Order on Monday.

He will take charge on Tuesday at a ceremony to mark the inauguration of the Police Commissionerate at the District Police Headquarters, which will be attended by Home Minister V.S. Acharya and Director-General and Inspector-General of Police Ajai Kumar Singh.

Mr. Hosur will hold charge until a “suitable and willing” officer of the rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Police is found for the job, according to highly placed sources. The decision is learnt to have been taken at the last moment after two DIGs, K. Ramachandra Rao and J. Arun Chakravarthy, declined the post citing personal reasons.

Mr. Hosur was asked to take interim charge after intense deliberations at the highest level that continued past noon on Monday. Several names, including that of Superintendent of Police A.S. Rao, were considered, the sources said.

As Police Commissioner, Mr. Hosur will have powers that are otherwise held by the Deputy Commissioner of the district. In another unexpected move, the Government has decided to leave Mulky and Moodbidri out of the purview of the new Comissionerate. It was believed until the very end that the Home Department would succumb to pressure from local BJP leaders, who wanted Mulky and Moodbidri to be added to the new Commissionerate. Mr. Acharya is said to have conveyed that Mulky would be added in future, but not Moodbdri.

Yogish Bhat, MLA, welcomed the appointment of Mr. Hosur.

Mr. Hosur joined the police force in 1980 as a Karnataka State Police Service officer of the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police. He was later upgraded to the IPS cadre. He took over as Inspector-General of Police (Western Range) on February 18, 2009 and is in charge of Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada and Chickmagalur districts and heads the Anti-Naxal Force.

engineer.akash

January 26th, 2010, 09:52 AM

any pics of the commissioner's office ???Mysore has a heritage building,Hubli boasts of a superb modern swanky building eager to see mangalore's :)

engineer.akash

January 26th, 2010, 09:13 PM

‘NMPT poised for growth'

Mangalore, Jan. 26

New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) is poised for growth in future with a host of infrastructure projects on cards at the port, according to Mr P. Tamilvanan, Chairman of NMPT. Unfurling the national flag during the Republic Day celebrations at NMPT, he said that the port has awarded the work on the establishment of mechanised iron ore handling facility at berth no. 14. The port has submitted a proposal to the Centre's public private appraisal committee for the establishment of a container terminal at the port. The proposed terminal would have a capacity to handle 3.7 lakh tonne TEUs (twenty foot equivalent units) of containers. To cater to the needs of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) an oil jetty will be constructed at the berth no. 13, and a proposal has been submitted to the Government in this regard. — Our Bureau

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/01/27/stories/2010012751991100.htm

ajay ramchandran

January 26th, 2010, 10:46 PM

any pics of the commissioner's office ???Mysore has a heritage building,Hubli boasts of a superb modern swanky building eager to see mangalore's :)

Nothing as yet. It is in its infancy. Hopefully it will be constructed .

engineer.akash

January 26th, 2010, 10:48 PM

Nothing as yet. It is in its infancy. Hopefully it will be constructed .

oh where will it be housed as of now temporarily????

ajay ramchandran

January 26th, 2010, 10:53 PM

oh where will it be housed as of now temporarily????

No idea. Might be from police HQ at Pandeshwar

engineer.akash

January 26th, 2010, 10:59 PM

Mangalore Police Commissionerate- A new beginning for Mangalore
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By Team Mangalorean
Pics: Rajesh Shetty

Mangalore, January 26, 2010: It was a demand of the people of Mangalore which was on the top of their minds for the last one decade. The commissionerate has now become a reality today with Dr. V.S. Acharya opening it here in a glittering function.

Speaking on the occasion Dr. Acharya stated that Mangalore deserved to have a Police Commissionerate long time back but due to various administrative and official clearances the actual launch of commissionerate had taken some time to materialize. But now Mangalore joins a group of select cities that have commissionerates. He said having a commissionerate has several advantages -- it elevates the society into a system which has regular interaction with the police and help them to administer law and order in a civilized way.

He said all the commissionerates that are there in the state have a regular interaction with the people that is why the crime rates in the cities like Bangalore, Hubli, Dharwad and Mysore have been showing a downward tendency and Mangalore will also join this elite group he said.

Dr. Acharya stated that it was noticed that the underworld activities were on the rise in Mangalore and having a commissionerate would help the city to minimize it as the Commissioner will have magisterial powers and deploy men and material in such a way that there would not be any time lag in pounding the underworld and rioters.

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The extent of Mangalore Commissionerate will be from Mulki to Thalapady(North South) and Mangalore to Kolavoor (East West). This means the Superintendent of Police will not have any jurisdiction in Mangalore City, but he will be left with four taluks and some areas of Moodbidri firca. The office of Superintendent of Police will still be located in the Police headquarters in Mangalore.

The Mangalore city will have separate division for traffic, three Deputy Commissioners of Police, One Deputy Commissioner of Traffic and a full unit of City Armed Reserve.

Later speaking to the presspersons Dr. V S Acharya has stated that Monday's incidents in religious places in Mysore and Karwar were the acts of theft and had nothing to do with any concerted attack on churches.

"The miscreants did cause damage to property on church premises but it was not directed at the churches but they were directed at valuables that were in the church. "Our government has taken a serious action in the attacks on church in the past and why should the culprits get away in the present incidents he added.

Earlier in the function DGP-IG of Karnataka Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh told that the police had been working under so many adverse conditions but we are doing our duties without loss of efficiency. Our men work 14-16 hours a day without a break but they do not complain about it, but the social concern they have should be recognized by the citizens by appreciating their work.

Mr. N. Yogish Bhat MLA and the chairman of KSIIDC Bangalore said  I have seen how the police work and what are their emoluments, their housing and living conditions, the lower cadres of the police force needs to be compassionately looked after by the society. In Mangalore the police quarters in various places are crumbling and there was no water facility in many houses all these will have to be corrected by the government in association with the people he added.

Mr. Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP of Mangalore also spoke, Mr. Krishna Palemar district incharge minister presided, Others who were present included Mr. U.T. Khader MLA Mangalore, Mr. Abhayachandra MLA of Moodbidri, Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada Mr. V. Ponnuraj, Superintendent of Police Dr. A.S.Rao, Chairman of the Coastal Development Authority Mr. Nagaraja Shetty and others. Earlier Mr. Gopal Hosur Inspector General of Police (Western Range) who will officiate as the Commissioner welcomed.

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=166394

ajay ramchandran

January 26th, 2010, 11:14 PM

Thanks Akash.I WAS ABOUT TO INSERT THE NEWS!

Krishnamoorthy K

January 27th, 2010, 06:15 AM

MANGALORE: Converting agriculture land for non-agriculture purposes will no longer be a tedious affair in Dakshina Kannada district.

The district administration is all set to usher in a system where applications for conversion of such land will be received online, and report of village accountants sent directly to authorities concerned for their approval, minister for ports, environment, inland water transport J Krishna Palemar said here on Tuesday.

Delivering the 61st Republic Day address after unfurling the National Flag at the district RD celebrations, Palemar, also the district in-charge minister, said this new system will be ushered in on a trial basis in Bantwal and Mangalore taluks of the district. "This is for the first time that such a system is being tried out anywhere in Karnataka," he noted.

People seeking conversion of their land for non-agriculture purpose can submit their applications to the gram panchayat or to the nemmadi centres, Palemar said. In a move to plug revenue leakage on the sale of stamp papers, the government has entered in to an 'e-stamping' arrangement with Stock Holding Corporation of India and Corporation Bank.

This service will shortly be provided through post offices and other commercial banks.

The Karnataka Valuation and E-Registration (KAVERI) software for property registration is being upgraded and people will shortly be able to register their property online. Such a step, Palemar said will reduce the prevalent delays being experienced by people in sub-registrar's office. The data will be fed online and the process of registration will be completed online once the data reaches the sub-registrar's office on time.

The district has taken a major step forward in distribution ration cards to people in above and below poverty line categories. So far, 1.73-lakh BPL and 1.98-lakh BPL cards have been issued to people, he said adding that the remaining 23,521 cards will be distributed at the earliest. The lacunae's in the ration cards distributed so far, such as mistakes in names, religion and other details of the family, will be corrected in a phased manner, he noted.

In a move aimed at reaching out to victims of floods that ravaged North Karnataka, the district administration handed over a cheque for Rs 2.63 crore to the state government through Palemar on this occasion. Palemar thanked the public for their generosity.

Source: TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Now-apply-for-land-conversions-online/articleshow/5502615.cms)

Converting Agriculture land to non-agriculture purposes will be no more a problem. But, growing enough food for everyone may become a problem.

Aegis is looking to set up LPG import terminals in Mangalore? (http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Aegis-to-pump-in-Rs-200-crore-for-3-import-terminals/571860/)

Krishnamoorthy K

January 27th, 2010, 06:18 AM

MANGALORE: Mangalore City Corporation has revised the rates for collecting property tax under self-assessment scheme (SAS) for the third time. The civic body at its last monthly meeting revised the rates for the second time and sent it to the state government for approval. However, following directions from the directorate of municipal administration, the civic body has revised the rates yet again, and is awaiting approval.

The tax rate for residential buildings is now 0.5 per cent as against government-approved rate of 0.6 per cent, and for commercial buildings at 1.5 per cent as against a maximum of 2 per cent. The rate for non-residential/commercial buildings reduced to three broad categories - industrial, business and service sectors in December last has been done away with and single category - non-residential/commercial buildings created.

The rate for the third category is now one per cent. Vacant sites will be taxed at 0.1 per cent up to 1,000 square metres, 0.025 per cent for vacant sites that measure 1,000 sq.m up to 4,000 sq.m, and 0.01 per cent for vacant sites above 4,000 sq.m.

The council approved the prior ratification of the agenda by mayor M Shankar Bhat in anticipation of its approval. The government will now have to give its final approval to these new rates.

The council on June 30, 2009, approved tax rates based on slab system as suggested by an expert committee set up by it creating newer classification of property and taxed them accordingly. The government expressing concerns over likely dip in property tax collected under the system proposed by it and finding the slab system convoluted and difficult for people to understand, directed MCC to go back to the drawing board.

The result of this exercise was a second revision of rates, which the mayor ratified at last month's meeting. The commissioner for directorate of municipal administration in response to this second revised rates on January 16 directed the civic body authorities to go in for uniform SAS taxation rates as adopted by other city corporations in the state. Now MCC has to wait for the approval of the government on this important issue.

Source: TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/City-Corporation-revises-SAS-rates-again/articleshow/5502612.cms)

ajay ramchandran

January 27th, 2010, 08:39 AM

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=166439

By Team Mangalorean

MANGALORE, January 27, 2009: Critics will still have their say, the new police commissionerate of Mangalore may have many flaws according to them, but have they forgotten to see the brighter side? The so called analysis they write in the columns of the popular newspapers speak about what the Commissionerate is not, but they forget to highlight want the commissionerate can be.

But it is time to take a fair view of the things that the commissionerate can do to Mangalore to put an end to the illegalities that the city has endured for decades which the district police was not able to handle. Take for instance the traffic woes of the city. The city traffic police have not been able to reign in the rowdy bus operators, they flout every rule in the book, signal jumping, overspeeding, rash driving, using shrill horns in the city and in no horn zones, they have made the city roads virtually unsafe for all other road users. With the coming of the new police commissionerate all that will end. Two additional traffic divisions that will be created are expected to get more men and material to nail the bus operators into their place.

With the new commissionerate the city will get the City Armed Reserve (CAR) which will be reserved for exigencies like rioting, group clashes and communal situations, since men and material are readily available at the commissionerate the law and order situation could be controlled faster and effecitively it is an intensive operation that the men of the commissionerate can take up.

It is not the intention of this write up to paint a rosy picture of the new commissionerate but the officials of the commissionerate will have frequent interaction with the Public. In cities like Bangalore and Mysore the commissioners are easily accessible to people, this brings the police and public closer and in such a situation the public become the informants of the police, this co-operation will pave a way for better understanding of the police system.

But all that will start happening only after April 2010 when the Commissionerate will have its full complement of officers and vehicles. Presently Mr.Gopal Hosur Inspector Genreal of Police (Western Range) will hold the charge of Commissioner. He also as the additional charge of as the commandant of the Coastal Security Police. The Commissionerate will have to work with the present men who share other duties which may be a slight disadvantage for Mangalore Commissionerate.

The new commissionerate will have a jurisdiction from Mulki to Thalapady and Mangalore to Kolavoor, and the present Superintendent of Police will have four taluks including Buntwal, Belthangady, Puttur and Sullia and a small portion of Moodbidri firca. Inclusion of Mulki into the Mangalore Commissionerate has been welcomed by the police also.

Secondly, and most importantly the Commissioner will have magisterial powers, which will enable him to take action immediately in every law and order situation, there would not be a situation again where the city will have to reel under severe prohibitory orders like Curfew like it happened in October 2006. The communal goondas, underworld operators and common rowdies can be put away effectively, one can agree that the city got a bad name due to these guys. It is not that the earlier set up had any flaws under the command of the Inspector General of Police and the Superintendent of Police, but even the Home minister Dr. Acharya and the DGP-IG of Karnataka Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh agree that in the earlier set up the police force was stretched too far. Each policeman had to work more than 14-16 hours per day which made them ineffective.

With the new commissionerate the city will get the City Armed Reserve (CAR) which will be reserved for exigencies like rioting, group clashes and communal situations, since men and material are readily available at the commissionerate the law and order situation could be controlled faster and effecitively it is an intensive operation that the men of the commissionerate can take up.

It is not the intention of this write up to paint a rosy picture of the new commissionerate but the officials of the commissionerate will have frequent interaction with the Public. In cities like Bangalore and Mysore the commissioners are easily accessible to people, this brings the police and public closer and in such a situation the public become the informants of the police, this co-operation will pave a way for better understanding of the police system.

But all that will start happening only after April 2010 when the Commissionerate will have its full complement of officers and vehicles. Presently Mr.Gopal Hosur Inspector Genreal of Police (Western Range) will hold the charge of Commissioner. He also as the additional charge of as the commandant of the Coastal Security Police. The Commissionerate will have to work with the present men who share other duties which may be a slight disadvantage for Mangalore Commissionerate.

The new commissionerate will have a jurisdiction from Mulki to Thalapady and Mangalore to Kolavoor, and the present Superintendent of Police will have four taluks including Buntwal, Belthangady, Puttur and Sullia and a small portion of Moodbidri firca. Inclusion of Mulki into the Mangalore Commissionerate has been welcomed by the police also.

ajay ramchandran

January 27th, 2010, 08:43 AM

There will be 15 police stations under the new commissionerate

New commissioner will be assisted by three officers of DCP’s rank

Rs. 3-crore proposal for recruitment, infrastructure sent to Government

http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/27/stories/2010012757980300.htm

ajay ramchandran

January 27th, 2010, 08:56 AM

[QUOTE=engineer.akash;50729997]I was checking on Google earth found bejai road kin of very important so felt like asking.

Pavements-why are they going slow on that???[/QUOTE

Moorthy has given the right answer anyway. Pave ments do not make headline news but four laning does. So what the politicians do is to finish off what brings happiness to people and themselves in the form of votes . A typical example is KS RAO road... Anyone can boast from the top of Poonja International that we have a beautiful four lane road at what cost ....'minus the pavement' . Anyway no one is interested in that.

Am I correct?Human psychology!

engineer.akash

January 27th, 2010, 12:02 PM

Pot bellies obstructing athletes- Mangala stadium serves no purpose (http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=166436)

By Rajat. R

Mangalore, Jan 27, 2009: Mangala stadium in the city is in shambles, not just structurally but also in usage, it is being used by 'Public of Mangalore' for all other purposes other than developing athletes. In other cities like Mysore and Bangalore the stadium is meant exclusively for sports purposes, but here in Mangalore the stadium is a multi purpose facility."

Consider the following situation for a fair assessment of the stadium -an upcoming Javelin thrower Naveen comes running for the throw just when he lifts his hands, he sees a middle aged woman darting across his path, Naveen aborts the throw and ends up having a shoulder pain and is out of action for the next week and misses an important state level athletic meet in Mysore. In another case Rosamma a sprinter comes running towards the finish line of the 100 meters in her practice session, but just when she was just couple of meters from the finish line an urchin comes running in and picks up a rubber ball, Rosamma screeches to a deadly halt to prevent her crashing into the urchin, but she fell and sprained her ankle, while the urchin throws the ball to a causes a run out at a cricket match happening a few meters away, a loud cheer goes off in the air and other urchin joins in celebrating the run out.

This and many other incidents are common in Mangala stadium. From morning 5.30am to 8.30am no athlete is able to practice without being obstructed by some pot belly or a fat lady who use the stadium for their morning walk. The expensive cinder track that has been laid by the government at a cost of Rs. 40 lakhs is now being used by them for their morning walks and evening walks while the able bodied athletes full of energy and zest will have to wait for their turn to use the stadium for the purpose it was meant for.

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If one sees the line of luxury cars parked outside the stadium one may wonder when did our athletes get so rich? But the cars do not belong to them but to these rich walkers who use up the cinder track for their morning and evening walks. The only time the athletes can practice was after 9am when all these "public user" have vacated the place, but then it is time to go to the college or to schools and even undertake the theory studies for those who are in the sports hostel.

These rich walkers cannot be wished away or shooed away, they are influential. A poor security man at the gates of the stadium is always at the receiving end, he is bombarded with bad words by the walkers if he ever stopped them from entering the stadium. If the district administration restricts the entry they run to their MLA and get things sorted out in their favour. This has happened many times in the past says the office bearers of the many sport bodies operate from the stadium. The district athletic association faces the brunt of problems due to these free radical walkers. As a result the district was not able to train any athlete worth their name. These middle aged people are not supposed to be using this facility as it was meant for training young athletes but that is not just done here say the office bearers.

One of the walkers told this correspondent proudly that he and his wife had been using this facility for over 10 years for over an hour every day and have kept in shape, but looking at them they are hardly in any shape. Another middle aged couple said, there are lots of dogs on the street and they are afraid to walk on the roads.

The district stadium committee is headed by the Deputy Commissioner and this time the misuse of the stadium has gone too far and it is time for the committee to start cracking down on the 'mis-users' of the stadium feel the sports associations.

Krishnamoorthy K

January 27th, 2010, 03:31 PM

^^ Walking is good for health even rich guys know it. Imagine we had good walkable footpath everywhere!

engineer.akash

January 27th, 2010, 04:14 PM

^^ Walking is good for health even rich guys know it. Imagine we had good walkable footpath everywhere!

True,How long is Maidan road???

Krishnamoorthy K

January 27th, 2010, 05:06 PM

^^ Maidan is bigger than Mangala stadium. The place is used by cricketers, footballers, etc. Another issue is that many of migrant labourers who work for construction of smooth roads and posh buildings of Mangalore take shelter there; many of them may be street hawkers. The place is not so clean. These joggers may not like nearby fish market, busstop, etc. Mangala stadium is conveniently located for areas like Ladyhill, Gandhinagara, etc where rich people of Mangalore stay.

What I have heard is that corporation is planning to reconstruct the Mangala stadium and have some jogging facility also.

engineer.akash

January 27th, 2010, 06:13 PM

8 shops violating parking lot razed

TNN, 27 January 2010, 10:17pm IST

MANGALORE: Officials of Mangalore City Corporation headed by commissioner K N Vijay Prakash `walked the talk' on dealing with violation of parking space in basements of commercial buildings here on Wednesday. Feeling the brunt of the earthmovers of the city corporation were eight out of 13 shopkeepers functioning from the basement of a prominent multi-storeyed commercial complex on Balmatta Road here.

The operation which started around 8.15 am went on for nearly five hours. The officials cleared 266.37-square meters of basement area meant for vehicle parking, but was being used for commercial purposes. Some of these shops had set up partitions in the available space and sub-let it to others. The officials, however, had to spare the remaining five shops for they had obtained licenses from the civic body to operate from there.

Vijay Prakash, who remained incommunicado during the entire time that the operation was on, later told TOI that the corporation had issued notices to Mohammad Arabi of Attavar, owner of the complex, to deal with the violation of parking space in the basement of the building. "We reliably learnt that the owner was trying to move higher judiciary after efforts to get relief at the local courts did not go their way," the commissioner said.

Thanking the support given by the local police and Mescom authorities in carrying out the demolition drive, Vijay Prakash said the corporation could no longer afford to turn a blind eye to such violations. The minister for urban development Suresh Kumar too during his recent visits to the city instructed the commissioner to take serious cognisance of violation of parking space in basements and initiate appropriate measures.

Admitting that the civic body had erred in giving permission to five of the 13 shops in the basement, Vijay Prakash said he did not want to go about on a witch-hunting exercise. The commissioner, however, asserted that he had clearly warned the town planning section of the civic body that they would be held liable for any such violations in the future. The building in question was constructed in 2007 as per records with the corporation, he said.

Krishnamoorthy K

January 27th, 2010, 06:48 PM

MANGALORE: Obtaining income and caste certificates in three villages in Mangalore and 11 in Bantwal taluks is now an over the counter (OTC) service. In the remaining villages in Dakshina Kannada, except in Mangalore City Corporation limits, people will have to wait for a day to obtain these certificates. And a month down the line, even people in these places will be able to obtain the above certificates over the counter and without delays.

Ration card data to the aid

Ingenuity on part of the district officials in utilizing the data collected for the process of issuing ration cards to people in the district has enabled them to start this OTC facility. At present, a person applying for either an income or caste certificate has to wait for at least 15-20 days to obtain the same. This apart, there was also the need to wait for the revenue inspectors and the village accountants to come round for the mandatory verification.

However, from Republic Day, people can obtain these certificates once they submit an application at either the nemmadi centres, or the `Namme Padasaale' opened on the Mangalore taluk office premises. This move, deputy commissioner V Ponnuraj explained would do away the need for students and their parents to make a beeline to the revenue offices to get these certificates, especially at the start of a new academic season.

People will have to ensure that any mistakes that may have crept into the process of collecting data for ration cards and reflected in the cards given to people is corrected. In such cases, people will have to wait for the mandatory 15 days before which they can get these certificates, he said adding that chances of this is remote since the data collected for issuing ration cards has been corrected twice and is presumed to be error free.

Migrants and expatriates residing in the district too will have to undergo due verification before they can obtain their certificates, he said. Expecting the system put in place to stabilize by the end of next month, Ponnuraj said the aim of the district administration is to reach zero pendency on requests for such certificates on a day-to-day basis. Efforts are on to provide various other such certificates to people over the counter in a phased manner.

Source: TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/After-medicines-income-caste-documents-available-OTC/articleshow/5506376.cms)

OK. Next phase is to eliminate certificates.

ajay ramchandran

January 27th, 2010, 10:18 PM

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=71378

ajay ramchandran

January 27th, 2010, 10:20 PM

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=166538

1000 PARKING SPACES TO BE RELEASED FROM BUILDINGS IN THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS
OTHER CITIES HAVE A LOT TO LEARN FROM THIS!

ajay ramchandran

January 27th, 2010, 10:27 PM

True,How long is Maidan road???

I TOTALLY RESENT THE WORD 'POT BELLIED' AND 'FAT 'PEOPLE BEING USED IN THE ARTICLE. (I am a thin PERSON anyway.)

The security person is paid to do a job. If there is a rule against joggers using the track then the rule has to be implemented and that is the duty of the security person. If he cannot do that then he is unfit for the job!

engineer.akash

January 27th, 2010, 10:29 PM

I TOTALLY RESENT THE WORD 'POT BELLIED' AND 'FAT 'PEOPLE BEING USED IN THE ARTICLE. (I am a thin PERSON anyway.)

The security person is paid to do a job. If there is a rule against joggers using the track then the rule has to be implemented and that is the duty of the security person. If he cannot do that then he is unfit for the job!

True,I guess there must a track in the premises of Mangalore university,in dharwad and Mysore the universities have their own track which is used by the junta for walking,jogging etc etc

ajay ramchandran

January 27th, 2010, 11:30 PM

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=166538

1000 PARKING SPACES TO BE RELEASED FROM BUILDINGS IN THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS

The building was Oberle towers,Balmatta ,post 2070,4'th photo,page 104

engineer.akash

January 27th, 2010, 11:39 PM

Mangalore: MCC Demolishes Illegal Constructions in Building at Balmatta

Pics: Dayanand Kukakje
Daijiworld Media Network-Mangalore (RS/SB)

Mangalore, Jan 27: The illegal constructions in an area meant for parking lot at a building near Balmatta were demolished by Mangalore City Corporation in an operation conducted under the directions of the commissioner on Wednesday January 27.

The four shops housed in the basement of the Oracle towers were demolished as the area was meant for parking. The shops were constructed without obtaining license from the MCC and had also violated the building norms prescribed under the National Building Code (NBC). The building owners had marked the basement as parking place while applying for the license.

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During the demolition, the MCC officials confirmed the fact that the demolition was being undertaken against the complaint that the construction had come up without obtaining license as well as for violating the norms prescribed under NBC. Further, the parking problem on the road disturbed smooth traffic on Balmatta-Jyothi road.

K N Vijayaprakash, commissioner of MCC said that the demolition drive will continue with 19 such illegal constructions earmarked for demolition for violating the norms under NBC. The occupants of such illegal constructions were conveyed the information prior to the action to avoid any problems, he said.

The demolition drive that began in the morning was appreciated by the public. However, the occupants of the illegal constructions were worried and expressed their anger against the move undertaken by the MCC.

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=71352

ajay ramchandran

January 27th, 2010, 11:41 PM

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There was a petrol pump here before this building came up!That is the brief history.

engineer.akash

January 27th, 2010, 11:52 PM

Struggle against MSEZ will continue: seer

Staff Correspondent

Udupi: Visvesha Tirtha Swamiji of Pejawar Math said on Tuesday that his struggle against the second phase of Mangalore Special Economic Zone (MSEZ) would continue till the Government gave up the project.

Briefing presspersons after a meeting with Home Minister V.S. Acharya, Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, MLC Ganesh Karnik, chief operating officer of MSEZ A.G. Pai and president of Jayasri Krishna Parisara Premi Samiti Jayakrishna Shetty at the math here, the seer said that he had made it clear to all those who attended the meeting that he was opposed to acquisition of the 2,035 acres of land for the second phase of MSEZ.

He said the RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat wanted to discuss the issue. But Mr. Bhat could not attend the meeting because of unavoidable reasons. The seer said he had called Dr. Acharya for the meeting.

Dr. Acharya told him that the 2,035 acres was required to promote small industries in the second phase of MSEZ, and the land had already been notified and there would be no going back on it. Dr. Acharya told him that 4,000 acres of land was required for MSEZ.

Requirement

The seer told the meeting that Dakshina Kannada district in-charge Minister Krishna Palemar had told him that the first phase of MSEZ would require 1,800 acres of land, which had been acquired.

http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/28/stories/2010012856470500.htm

avi mangalore

January 28th, 2010, 05:59 AM

ajay ramchandran

January 28th, 2010, 08:47 AM

regarding tall skyscrapers coastal cities when compared to height allways have an edge over other inland cities due to lower altitude near sea level, when compared to cities like bangalore , pune hyderabad which are at a higher altitude, no wonder all tallest skyscrapers are situated in coastal cities like bombay , dubai, singapore, shangai, newyork etc

Good point there. I never realised that ..any Idea why??shortage of land?I can understand that in Kerala which is only a narrow strip

Mumbai,Mangalore,Calicut ,Kochi,TVM but not that many at Vizag..which is otherwise the most Industrially developed amongst non metros.

Krishnamoorthy K

January 28th, 2010, 05:10 PM

ONGC's two petrochemicals projects – Dahej and Mangalore – have attracted the interest of Kuwait's Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC).

“PIC has shown keen interest in investing in the petrochemical projects driven by ONGC – ONGC Petro additions Ltd (OPaL) and ONGC Mangalore Petrochemical Ltd. (OMPL) – with suitable premium on valuation,” sources in the know told Business Line.

“A final decision on participation by PIC is subject to strategic bilateral interest,” sources said.

At the first Joint Working Group meeting of Kuwait-India on the hydrocarbon sector, which was recently held in Kuwait, PIC had shown keen interest in investing in the projects.

“Both sides are taking up the matter for signing of the confidentiality agreement for sharing the detailed project information,” sources added.

OPaL is setting up the country's biggest petrochemical project at Dahej special economic zone with an estimated cost of Rs 12,440 crore and is expected to be commissioned in October 2012. OPaL is jointly owned by ONGC, GAIL and Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation.

OMPL is promoted by ONGC and Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) for setting up aromatic unit in Mangalore SEZ. The company is setting up an aromatics unit slated to produce 920,000 tpa of paraxylene and 140,000 tpa of Benzene to be commissioned by end of 2010.

In the project OMPL will hold 49 per cent equity and remaining will be offered to public or strategic partners.

Source: The Hindu Business Line (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/01/28/stories/2010012852960300.htm)

avi mangalore

January 29th, 2010, 05:32 AM

Good point there. I never realised that ..any Idea why??shortage of land?I can understand that in Kerala which is only a narrow strip

Mumbai,Mangalore,Calicut ,Kochi,TVM but not that many at Vizag..which is otherwise the most Industrially developed amongst non metros.

it can b shortage of land as one of the main reasons, but i find westcoast cities hav more skyscrapers than east coast cities

avi mangalore

January 29th, 2010, 05:34 AM

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6332/pc130069.th.jpg (http://img138.imageshack.us/i/pc130069.jpg/)
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7152/pc130045.th.jpg (http://img197.imageshack.us/i/pc130045.jpg/)

avi mangalore

January 29th, 2010, 06:15 AM

the above photo is infosys mudipu

Krishnamoorthy K

January 29th, 2010, 08:31 AM

ajay ramchandran

January 29th, 2010, 08:37 AM

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=166774

MORATORIUM ON INDUSTRIES AROUND MANGALORE FOR 8 MONTHS

IS MANGALORE NOT SUITED FOR AUTOMOBILE MANUFCTURING?I THOUGHT COASTAL CITIES WERE FAVOURED. MINUS POINT IS THAT MANGALORE LACKS ANCILLARY INDUSTRIES.THE REASON IT LOST THE VW PLANT!

Krishnamoorthy K

January 29th, 2010, 09:44 AM

Which are the Projects coming under Mangalore SEZ?

◦ Petrochemical Industries, Down stream petrochemical units
◦ Pharmaceutical industries, IT/ITES
◦ Textile & Garments
◦ General Industry Zone
◦ Hospital & Service Industry

http://www.mangaloresez.com/faq.php

The website is not updated at all!

engineer.akash

January 29th, 2010, 11:43 AM

lIGHT HOUSE HILL ROAD IS IT 4 LANED NOW???

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_g_7QzjF1cwg/SB12GhlJVbI/AAAAAAAABCk/KzPa8m0HHK4/Light_House_Hill_Road_Mangalore_38.jpg

This is an old photo,new concrete road laid and new pavements???

Krishnamoorthy K

January 29th, 2010, 11:48 AM

^^ No. It is oneway two lane road. Concretization is complete, footpath is also done on stretch recently concretized, but in lower parts footpath is not touched.

engineer.akash

January 29th, 2010, 11:50 AM

new concrete being laid now.????

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_g_7QzjF1cwg/SB12ZBlJVkI/AAAAAAAABDs/oI-QXutdyOI/Light_House_Hill_Road_Mangalore_50.jpg

ROAD LOOKS OLD

engineer.akash

January 29th, 2010, 11:57 AM

Krishnamoorthy K

January 29th, 2010, 12:04 PM

new concrete being laid now.????

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_g_7QzjF1cwg/SB12ZBlJVkI/AAAAAAAABDs/oI-QXutdyOI/Light_House_Hill_Road_Mangalore_50.jpg

ROAD LOOKS OLD

Same LHH or Bautagudde road. Concrete is old on this stretch.

Krishnamoorthy K

January 29th, 2010, 12:07 PM

old clock tower??

plz throw some history behind this circle.it is a nice round about............

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/5083/ksraoroadmangalore28.jpg

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/3275/ksraoroadmangalore27.jpg

That is Navabharat circle or officially Rashtrakavi Manjaeshwara Govinda Pai circle.

Passport seva kendra will be located in Rambhavan complex.

This road will be concreted once Sujatha Hotel demolition is completed. Demolition should be complete by this weekend.

engineer.akash

January 29th, 2010, 12:10 PM

wow................

I must admit that Mangalore is damn confusing.......:crazy:

Krishnamoorthy K

January 29th, 2010, 12:15 PM

^^ It is not confusing. Only the circle is concreted, rest of the stretch from Sujatha Hotel to PVS circle is not yest concretized.

engineer.akash

January 29th, 2010, 12:34 PM

Krsihnamoorthy can u guess which circle one would encounter if he is coming from mysore to mangalore.I seriously do not remember anything and i also stayed in a lodge very close to that circle where the conductor told us that it is this area where one would find lodges.????

engineer.akash

January 29th, 2010, 12:35 PM

I am not sure whther it was a circle but it had traffic signals it was way back in 2005

Krishnamoorthy K

January 29th, 2010, 01:03 PM

^^

Krsihnamoorthy can u guess which circle one would encounter if he is coming from mysore to mangalore.I seriously do not remember anything and i also stayed in a lodge very close to that circle where the conductor told us that it is this area where one would find lodges.????

The Mysore-Madikeri-Mangalore road joins NH-48 near Mani.

NH-48 touches NH-17 at Pumpwell circle (officially Mahaveera circle) then through Kankanady bypass it touches Kankanady circle (officially Karavali circle) or Bendorewell circle and then it touches Jyothi circle (offcially Ambedkar circle). Generally people get down at Jyothi circle to goto lodges or Hampankatta or railway station. Lodges ara available near Bunts circle & PVS circle also, but Jyothi circle is best.

engineer.akash

January 29th, 2010, 02:06 PM

DELETE

ajay ramchandran

January 29th, 2010, 08:21 PM

http://www.mangalorean.com/browsearticles.php?arttype=Eating&articleid=1595

ajay ramchandran

January 29th, 2010, 08:26 PM

wow................

I must admit that Mangalore is damn confusing.......:crazy:

AKASH

YOU NEED TO VISIT AND SPEND A FEW DAYS ...YOU WILL SOLVE THE CONFUSION

engineer.akash

January 29th, 2010, 08:27 PM

http://www.mangalorean.com/browsearticles.php?arttype=Eating&articleid=1595

Ajay it says link broken kindly paste the news article here :)

ajay ramchandran

January 29th, 2010, 08:28 PM

new concrete being laid now.????

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_g_7QzjF1cwg/SB12ZBlJVkI/AAAAAAAABDs/oI-QXutdyOI/Light_House_Hill_Road_Mangalore_50.jpg

ROAD LOOKS OLD

Thhere is no need to concrete now. It was concreted in the ninetess! There is no need to concrete now as there are no potholes

engineer.akash

January 29th, 2010, 08:29 PM

AKASH

YOU NEED TO VISIT AND SPEND A FEW DAYS ...YOU WILL SOLVE THE CONFUSION

hahah true I got confused with the old clock tower circle and the Mangalore stock exchange circle..............:)

engineer.akash

January 29th, 2010, 08:38 PM

Thhere is no need to concrete now. It was concreted in the ninetess! There is no need to concrete now as there are no potholes

Ajay but the sides of the roads look shabby and also the footpath railings look rusty.......it is an old photo however.

Is it neat now?? :cheers:

ajay ramchandran

January 29th, 2010, 09:04 PM

Ajay but the sides of the roads look shabby and also the footpath railings look rusty.......it is an old photo however.

Is it neat now?? :cheers:

I have no idea but in India you cannot keep changing these. Mangalore weather make metals rusty...unless they use some other material...we cannot afford that.My College building stands tall there. I am surprised it has not been painted! I thought the new building had a green color ,looks like it still has its natural cement colour.

ajay ramchandran

January 29th, 2010, 09:09 PM

http://www.mangalorean.com/browsearticles.php?arttype=Eating&articleid=1595

Please go on to Mangalorean front page,you will find it. I love chinese food. There used to be many chinese restaurants in Mangalore during my days.There is Thai as well.

Krishnamoorthy K

January 30th, 2010, 05:14 AM

Even after closing the National Highway 48 for three days for clearing it from the landslide remainings, the highway connecting Mangalore and Bangalore is not motorable, according to the vehicle users.

It can be mentioned here that two lorries had fallen into a river near Gundya in the past three months. The body of the diver of a lorry has not been found yet.

Mangalore, dhns: National Highways Executive Engineer Krishne Gowda said the boulders which had slipped down to the road on June 26, 2009 along Shiradi stretch has been removed during the ban on the movement of vehicles between January 23 and 25. Speaking to Deccan Herald, he said “a concrete drain is also being constructed on the Shiradi stretch. There is a rock where the work on the concrete drains will be laid. The contractor will remove the rock while laying the concrete drains.”

Read full reports on DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/49684/shiradi-road-still-not-motorable.html).

avi mangalore

January 30th, 2010, 05:44 AM

^^ Whether KIADB corporate building is ready at Mudipu BC Road junction?

Earlier posts on this are #755 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=26776060&postcount=755) & #775 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=27055644&postcount=775).

the building still is not ready , the first block is ready but no occupants yet,the behind block still in construction stage (slowed down ), the building is built by a city based buisnessman, once completed will let it to ITcompanies

visnaya

January 30th, 2010, 08:52 AM

Union Minister for Law and Justice M. Veerappa Moily has urged the Railway Ministry to introduce five new trains in the State in the next Railway budget.

The list of new trains was presented in an 11-point memorandum submitted by Mr. Moily during a meeting with Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday, said an official release.

The trains sought are: Bijapur-Mangalore via Gadag-Arasikere-Hassan-Sakleshpur route, Solapur-Mangalore (with AC coaches), Bangalore-Goa via Mangalore-Udupi-Karwar, Mumbai Chatrpati Shivaji Terminus-Mangalore through the Konkan Railway Sector, and a daily train between Bangalore and Nelamangala. Mr. Moily said in the memorandum that the there was a “huge public demand” for trains on Bijapur-Sakleshpur via Mangalore and Sholapur-Mangalore routes. He has contended that the introduction of these trains would “improve hinterland connectivity from the major (sea) port at Mangalore”. He has stated that a train between Bangalore and Goa via Mangalore “will provide connectivity to various places of historical and tourist importance.” And the Mumbai-Mangalore train was important to Udupi and Mangalore as there was “at least one member from each family living in Mumbai and its suburbs”. Taking note of the vociferous protests in Mangalore over the extension of the Bangalore-Mangalore night train (6517/6518) to Kannur (Kerala), he has suggested that the same train be diverted to Karwar instead.

engineer.akash

January 30th, 2010, 11:29 AM

the building still is not ready , the first block is ready but no occupants yet,the behind block still in construction stage (slowed down ), the building is built by a city based buisnessman, once completed will let it to ITcompanies

Any renders available?? :cheers:

engineer.akash

January 30th, 2010, 11:30 AM

http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/3/mudipucorporate1mw8.jpg
http://www.mangaloreproperty.com/projectimg/plans/mudipu/plan.jpg

This may be Kanara Entreprenuers Limited (KEL) Internet City at Mudipu.
As per some reports KEL is setting up its IT-SEZ at a 180 acres plot in Shakti Nagar. Whether it is setting up both?
I don't think it is Wipro as it is for sales in http://www.mangaloreproperty.com/res...aspx?ProjID=20. Wipro purchasing from KEL can not be ruled out. Mudipu locals think every building coming up there is Infosys.
The front portion of this building is fully ready and back portion is also half constructed. Located at the junction of Konaje-Mudipu road and a road towards BC road.

For news on KEL read
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/10/07/stories/2006100703971900.htm
http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=35731&n_tit=News+headlines - last paragraph

Got it :cheers:

engineer.akash

January 30th, 2010, 11:33 AM

Is it a private bus stand in Mangalore??

The ground is concretized???or is it the mud/bare earth I am seeing??

http://mangalorean.com/images/news/temp8/20070414bus1.jpg

ajay ramchandran

January 30th, 2010, 05:35 PM

Is it a private bus stand in Mangalore??

The ground is concretized???or is it the mud/bare earth I am seeing??

Mangalore bus terminus is generally packed with buses.I am not sure if this is Mangalore. Avi,Moorthy,Visanya could comment. I had posted a photo of Mangalore bus terminus a year ago or so.

Now that KEL IT park ,is it at Shakthinagar?...that means it is far from Mudipu which is nearer to Mangalore Uni at Konaje,
I notice Coimbatore has a separate thread for IT

engineer.akash

January 30th, 2010, 06:08 PM

ajay ramchandran

January 30th, 2010, 06:12 PM

Mangalore bus terminus is generally packed with buses.I am not sure if this is Mangalore. Avi,Moorthy,Visanya could comment. I had posted a photo of Mangalore bus terminus a year ago or so.

Now that KEL IT park ,is it at Shakthinagar?...that means it is far from Mudipu which is nearer to Mangalore Uni at Konaje,
I notice Coimbatore has a separate thread for IT

Mangalore bus terminus has a fish market next to it. That might be the Mangalore bus station.Possible photo has been taken early in the morning.The ground is concrete.However I need someone to confirm.For a tier two growing city like Mangalore we really need a moden bus terminus ,not one but three or more.Proposals come and go but nothing concrete seems to be happening.Akash if you are again going to talk about nationalisation that is not going to happen in the near future.

engineer.akash

January 30th, 2010, 06:23 PM

Mangalore bus terminus has a fish market next to it. That might be the Mangalore bus station.Possible photo has been taken early in the morning.The ground is concrete.However I need someone to confirm.For a tier two growing city like Mangalore we really need a moden bus terminus ,not one but three or more.Proposals come and go but nothing concrete seems to be happening.Akash if you are again going to talk about nationalisation that is not going to happen in the near future.

hahahhaha true its tough to ask for nationalization of routes in mangalore.Yes Mangalore needs a much modern terminal.

Mysore is getting 5 IMTC's,I guess you are aware of that Ajay,but I find it really ridiculous when it comes to Mangalore why is govt neglecting Mangalore,Hubli-Dharwad???

ajay ramchandran

January 30th, 2010, 06:50 PM

Ajay am sure that it is in Mangalore,:dunno: whether it is private or some kind of depot???

Hmmmmm,we can have a thread for IT companies in Mangalore but as of now there are no big projects I guess.???

Shall we have it at a later stage??

Fine,thanks

Actually Mangalore ranks something like 10'th in India according to NASSCOM in IT development.TVM has a rank above Mangalore.

engineer.akash

January 30th, 2010, 06:58 PM

Fine,thanks

Actually Mangalore ranks something like 10'th in India according to NASSCOM in IT development.TVM has a rank above Mangalore.

hmmm ok but are there any projects??? I only know about Keonics setting up parks in mysore and mangalore.

Yes yes,it is expected Trivandrum is a capital city,our mangalore is a small town compared to TVM :happy:
Also along the coast TVM has the distinction of having many IT industries.

ajay ramchandran

January 30th, 2010, 07:24 PM

hmmm ok but are there any projects??? I only know about Keonics setting up parks in mysore and mangalore.

Yes yes,it is expected Trivandrum is a capital city,our mangalore is a small town compared to TVM :happy:
Also along the coast TVM has the distinction of having many IT industries.

TVM is a nice city,very conservative like Mysore.

Mangalore is a bigger city by area and more cosmopolitan ! Technopark in TVM has made outstanding achievements but if you look at IT exports Mangalore Mysore might have an edge over TVM.May be some one from TVM could enlighten me.

engineer.akash

January 30th, 2010, 07:35 PM

TVM is a nice city,very conservative like Mysore.

Mangalore is a bigger city by area and more cosmopolitan ! Technopark in TVM has made outstanding achievements but if you look at IT exports Mangalore Mysore might have an edge over TVM.May be some one from TVM could enlighten me.

Ajay I had been to Kerala only once :( been to mangalur also once :(

No much idea about both the cities.Iknow only one thing for sure that Mangalore is bigger than mysore in size but lesser when it comes to population that may be due to the topography of mangalore.

Mysore is dense,it is a small city 128 sq KM when compared to Mangalore 170Sq KM.

Yes Ajay Mysore is a very conservative city,most laid back,it has town looks and is a town actually with no modern buildings at all full of heritage buildings,Trivandrum is way way modern compared to Mysore.:)

engineer.akash

January 30th, 2010, 08:52 PM

Traffic Surveillance hot spots in Mangalore

The Superintendent of Police Dakshina Kannada will hold the additional charges of all 3 Deputy Commisisoner's of police till the new commissioner level officers take charge. Dr. A.S. Rao Superintendent of Police who is also now the DCP Traffic told in the press conference that the Mangalore City Corporation has identified five traffic intersections where surveillance camera system will be set up to curb traffic offences. The traffic police however has recommended that there should be fifteen traffic intersections which should come under Camera Surveillance, this will be set up at a cost of Rs. 3 crores Dr. Rao stated.

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=167028

ajay ramchandran

January 31st, 2010, 10:11 AM

Commissioner to get magisterial powers soon

Staff Correspondent

Formalities and paperwork are under way for issuing a gazette notification to this effect, says Hosur

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Police Commissioner will be empowered to

extern people

Finding land for commissionerate’s HQ likely to be difficult

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— Photo: R.Eswarraj

MAKING A POINT: Police Commissioner Gopal B. Hosur at a press conference in Mangalore on Saturday. A. Subrahmanyeshwar Rao, Superintendent of Police, is to his right.

MANGALORE: In a month from now, the City Police Commissioner is expected to get executive magisterial powers under the Code of Criminal Procedure (1973), the Karnataka Police Act (1963), the Indian Arms Act (1959), the Karnataka Goonda Act (1985) and the Indian Explosives Act.

City Police Commissioner Gopal B. Hosur told presspersons here on Saturday that the Government would confer the magisterial powers through a gazette notification. “The formalities and the paperwork will take about a month,” he said.

Scope

The magisterial powers are expected to “add teeth” to policing and will give the Police Commissioner the authority to extern, detain and arrest persons. The Commissioner will also have the power to take decisions on traffic regulation such as declaration of one-way roads. These powers are now held by the Deputy Commissioner, Assistant Commissioners and tahsildars in the district, who are revenue officers with executive magisterial status. At present, if the police want to remand a habitual offender to judicial custody for three months under the Goonda Act, they have to present all the evidence before the executive magistrate, who takes a decision only after a detailed discussion with the investigating authorities. “By the time a decision is taken, the accused often gets wind of the proceedings and absconds,” said Mr. Hosur.

The Police Commissioner will also be able to arbitrate “proceedings to extern an accused” under Sections 55 and 56 of the Karnataka Police Act, which power is now in the hands of senior revenue officials.

Jurisdiction

Magisterial powers have traditionally been a cause for conflict between IAS and IPS officers since the powers of the IAS officer in charge of a district become diminished with the formation of a Commissionerate. Asha Nayak, advocate, said that the issues such as conflict of jurisdiction and conflict of interest were bound to arise in the new setup. Chairman of the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission S.R. Nayak said that in a modern democracy, the executive, judicial and legislative functions could not be strictly separated. Each of the three wings often performed certain functions of the other two, he said.

Staff requirement

Mr. Hosur said that a proposal had been sent to the State Government recently asking for an additional 1,657 personnel for the City Police Commissionerate. It would take at least two years to have all these posts filled, he added. The 660-sq.-km area under the commissionerate had the highest crime rate compared to the rest of the district comprising 4,200 sq. km. In 2009, the area under the commissionerate witnessed 2,362 crimes compared to 1,907 in the rest of the district. The police registered 8,533 criminal cases in the commissionerate area in the last three years, whereas 5,241 cases were registered in the rest of the district during the period, he said.

He said that apart from recruiting staff, identification of land for the headquarters of the commissionerate was a huge challenge since most of the available land in the region was in private hands and exorbitantly priced. The bifurcation of the district police too was expected to be a knotty issue, he said and added that the police personnel would be given a choice between working for the district police and the commissionerate.

According to the proposal, recurring and non-recurring costs involved in the setting up of the commissionerate will be Rs. 26.6 crore at the end of 2012-13 fiscal year.

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ajay ramchandran

January 31st, 2010, 10:20 AM

MANGALORE Sept 5: The city traffic police will install high-definition surveillance cameras at important junctions here by November, Superintendent of Police N. Sateesh Kumar has said.

Two types of surveillance cameras assembled by Bharat Electronics Ltd. will be installed. Mr. Kumar told The Hindu said that one type of camera would be used purely to identify vehicles jumping signals. Another type would have a wide-ranging application to assist both the traffic and the crime detection branches of the police.

Cameras that will identify vehicles jumping the red signals will be installed at five places: Hampankatta Circle, Ambedkar Circle, P.V.S Circle, Lalbagh Circle and Bunts Hostel junction. The cameras cost Rs. 18 lakh. The multi-purpose cameras will initially be installed at Mahaveera (Pumpwell) Circle and Hampankatta Circle on a trial basis, at a cost of Rs. 10 lakh, he said.

The Red Light Enforcement System is expected to work on "auto-pilot mode". "The moment a vehicle crosses the line when the red light is on, a sensor will take note of the violation and immediately trigger the camera. Police officers at the control room will be automatically notified and they will in turn prepare a traffic ticket and despatch it to the Regional Transport Authority. The RTA will forward it to the postal address of the violator," Mr. Kumar said.

The multi-purpose video surveillance system will use a sophisticated camera that captures a 360-degree view of a junction and cover a radius of 1.5 km. The video footage and photographs gathered by this camera will be uploaded onto a server and filed into a massive database.

Presenting a hypothetical situation, Circle Inspector (Traffic East) G.V. Subrahmanyam said that in case a criminal act was committed in the 1.5-km radius, the photo and video files of the camera could be accessed and scanned for any suspicious behaviour. "It will even help monitor the activities of police personnel on duty," he said.

Mr. Kumar said that the technology was an investment in the future. "The city is expected to grow rapidly in the coming years and that will put tremendous pressure on law enforcement agencies that are already overburdened and facing staff crunch. The system is already operational in Bangalore and it has been extremely successful in curtailing traffic offences," he said.

Hindu
THIS ARTICLE IS ON THIS THREAD.CAME LAST YEAR

engineer.akash

January 31st, 2010, 10:38 AM

cc dinesh sorry old pic

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Lovely Mangalore rains,Balmatta

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Mangaluru rains :cheer:

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Some pics of MANGALORE DURING RAINS

ajay ramchandran

January 31st, 2010, 10:48 AM

THANKS AKASH
Fantastic! Feeling homesick!

COuld not recognise some of the photos ...4'th from the bottom ,the road which show two girls walking and the road which has pavements colored black and white instead of yellow and white..4,6'th and 7'th? Mangalore pavements have the trademark yellow /white pattern. I think the black white pavement is Mysore?Bangalore?

engineer.akash

January 31st, 2010, 11:04 AM

YELLOW AND BLACK

gun house..........

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3129/2910903723_00801b9a64.jpg

start of devraj urs road........this is better than even brigade road, bangalore....

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/8620/dsc01497xq6.jpg

jlb road..............

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/444/dsc01498jp1.jpg

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BLACK AND WHITE

stretch near BM hospital

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/3346/dsc02654.jpg

to the left is St Joseph's state school......studied there till 4 th standard :) until we (CBSE) central students got a new campus in vijayanagar.....

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http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/5803/dsc02656.jpg

No unifrom color code as such Ajay.

You will find hundreds of roads covered by me in the Mysore cityscapes (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=720846)thread.Kindly go through wheneber you are free. :banana:

ajay ramchandran

January 31st, 2010, 11:12 AM

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Oh I know that Akash ,yellow and black is more common. That black and white colored pavement,I doubt if that was Mangalore.

engineer.akash

January 31st, 2010, 11:14 AM

Oh I know that Akash ,yellow and black is more common. That black and white colored pavement,I doubt if that was Mangalore.[/QUOTE]

IT WAS MENTIONED BY THE AUTHOR as Mangalore itself..no idea.???

May it is a bridge so they painted it black and white???

ajay ramchandran

January 31st, 2010, 11:41 AM

Oh I know that Akash ,yellow and black is more common. That black and white colored pavement,I doubt if that was Mangalore.

IT WAS MENTIONED BY THE AUTHOR as Mangalore itself..no idea.???

May it is a bridge so they painted it black and white???[/QUOTE]

Akash it is the seventh snap from below. There is no bridge but a bown colored building with compound wall.Anyway let us not waste our time on this. I wondered if that was Bangalore.

engineer.akash

January 31st, 2010, 02:09 PM

Udupi city roads

Bannanje road

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I guess that road is in udupi I can see the manipal university board there.:cheers:

black n white in udupi :banana:

Krishnamoorthy K

January 31st, 2010, 05:00 PM

http://mangalorean.com/images/newstemp24/20100130jacobite-17.jpg

http://mangalorean.com/images/newstemp24/20100130jacobite.jpg

Read news on Mangaorean (http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=167022).

visnaya

January 31st, 2010, 08:26 PM

As per some reports KEL is setting up its IT-SEZ at a 180 acres plot in Shakti Nagar

This might not be Shakti Nagar since there is no so much of land bank available there. It might be Ganjimutt SEZ

visnaya

January 31st, 2010, 08:30 PM

Mangalore bus terminus is generally packed with buses.I am not sure if this is Mangalore. Avi,Moorthy,Visanya could comment. I had posted a photo of Mangalore bus terminus a year ago or so.

Now that KEL IT park ,is it at Shakthinagar?...that means it is far from Mudipu which is nearer to Mangalore Uni at Konaje,
I notice Coimbatore has a separate thread for IT

Yes this is Mangalore Private service bus terminus. earliar it was in old bus stand area. The current BBMP comissisor Mr.Meena, when he was DC of mangalore wanted close old bus stand and shift this to kottar chowki( in 1994). But all bus people protested for the same. Hence this area was given. it was actually a Hockey ground, some time used for Exibhistion. But now from last 15 years make shift servcie bus terminus. middle part is fully concreated but outer part is not. this now they are planning to shift to Pumpwell.

Krishnamoorthy K

February 1st, 2010, 04:49 AM

^^ Pumpwell has enough paddy fields in front of Karnataka Bank and Vishwa Bawa building.

We can have bus stop both service and city (KSRTC). Railway station if possible. Veg, fish and daily use items market. And also hopefully the government can shift exhibition & public utility ground to nearby area so that both Nehru Maidan and Mangala stadium are fully reserved for sports. In this way exhinition/Public utility ground will be easily accessible by people from all over district as it is near to bus stop.

Pumpwell circle has now three hospitals in nearby area - Father Muller, Omega and one more u/c. If they build a government hospital, may be on the vacant land next to Hotel Pentagon then it will be more convenient to patients and their visitors of the district and neighbouring districts. Important thing is that the government has to provide good subways and footpath for people using these hospitals to reach the bus stop.

Doubt: Am I making Pumpwell circle too much crowded or decongesting the city?

avi mangalore

February 1st, 2010, 06:01 AM

Is it a private bus stand in Mangalore??

The ground is concretized???or is it the mud/bare earth I am seeing??

http://mangalorean.com/images/news/temp8/20070414bus1.jpg

this is the service bustand ,reason empty because photo taken on a bandh/strike day, notice the city busstand on the right end after the fish market no buses there also

avi mangalore

February 1st, 2010, 06:07 AM

IT WAS MENTIONED BY THE AUTHOR as Mangalore itself..no idea.???

May it is a bridge so they painted it black and white???

Akash it is the seventh snap from below. There is no bridge but a bown colored building with compound wall.Anyway let us not waste our time on this. I wondered if that was Bangalore.[/QUOTE]

the photo mentioned is in manipal , the right side red building is the manipal main head office and the building ahead is the hostel block (a.c block)

avi mangalore

February 1st, 2010, 06:15 AM

quote 2732
anyways pumpwell vil become crowded once bustand is shifted there, i think if shifted to jeppinamogaru , ekkur alongside highway, lot of land bank available, land also level, compared to pumpwel where the highway and the proposed bustand hav a lot of height difference,

visnaya

February 1st, 2010, 07:53 AM

But Ekkaru and jeppina moggaru, location will shift the bus stand location to south of mangalore. It will be problem for people going to east( B.C.Road, puttur, belthangadi) and north( udupi, kundapur). Hence pump well is the ideal location.

As some one suggested we need many TTMC as in bangalore at atleast 4-5 places this will reduce the concentration of crowd.

following i suggest:
1. Thokkotu
2. Pumpwell
3. Basement of new building going to come Old busstand( Humpankatta circle)
4. Kottar chowki
5. Nathoor- shaktinagar
6. Kavoor

Any suggestions

Krishnamoorthy K

February 1st, 2010, 08:58 AM

^^ And

7. Kenjar
8. Kankanady Junction
9. Surathkal
10. Deralakatte
11. Mulky
12. Bajpe

Some of these may be terminals for city buses only. All these terminals should have a daily use market nearby.

I am not sure on using basement of parking complex at Hampankatta as a bus stop. It could be used as a busbay but not as a terminal? Busbay for buses moving towards Bautagudde-Jyothi? But IMO best is to demolish all buildings between Old Krishna Bhavan and Hampankatta and use it as a busbay for all buses moving towards east. Rest of the area should be a garden and Market road should be a pedestrian way. We need another busbay towards west? And all the busbays should be connected to subways coming from all sides of Hampankatta circle. There should be strong railings not allowing pedestrians to cross roads haphazardly.

Anyway all autorisksha stands surrounding Hampankatta circle (Milagres, Market road entrance, side of Excel Mischief Mall) should be shifted to new parking complex. And subways should connect to parking complex.

FYI KSRTC Kuntikana depot is almost ready.

As per earlier news reports KSRTC is having a plan to construct an office in Bendorewell.

engineer.akash

February 1st, 2010, 02:20 PM

CCTVs to monitor city traffic

TNN, 31 January 2010, 09:08pm IST

MANGALORE: Use of closed circuit televisions (CCTVs) could revolutionize the way city police go about dealing with people violating traffic rules in the future.

A move to use CCTVs at five important traffic junctions across the city, is at its proposal stage. It could take same time before Mangalore joins the ranks of Bangalore in using such technology to deal with, but an idea which the police here are serious about.

Interestingly, Gopal B Hosur, Inspector-General of Police (Western Range), had floated this idea at the inaugural function of the 21st Road Safety Week celebration here earlier in the month. Hosur, who is since wearing the additional hat of in-charge commissioner of police of Mangalore City Police, is keen to take this idea forward. And he reiterated this in no uncertain terms at his press conference here on Saturday.

When probed on his statement at the Road Safety Week, Hosur said there is a proposal to install CCTVs at five important places in the city. SP of Dakshina Kannada district A S Rao said the MCC is planning to install CCTVs at 15 important locations across the city. These CCTVs, if all goes well, will be set up at Lalbagh junction, PVS junction, Bunts Hostel Circle, Hampankatta junction and A B Shetty Circle.

Using these CCTVs, the police intend to send traffic violation challans to owners of vehicles at their addresses registered with the respective regional transport offices. Primarily, police intend to crack down on use of mobile phones by motorists while driving, besides also checking for host of violations such as jumping signals, crossing the stop line and other offences, which go unpunished and even contested by violators.

Use of surveillance cameras in Bangalore is coming in handy for police there to take on not only those violating traffic rules but also those creating law and order disturbances. The proposal to set up five CCTVs in Mangalore is expected to entail expenditure of Rs 3 crore. The district police has spent Rs 50 lakh received by it to buy enforcement related material. Funding for this project is an area that will have to be worked out.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/CCTVs-to-monitor-city-traffic/articleshow/5521132.cms

engineer.akash

February 1st, 2010, 05:58 PM

MSEZ not following HC's order

TNN, 1 February 2010, 09:37pm IST

MANGALORE: MSEZ Pradesh Samrakshana Vedike has accused MSEZ Ltd of constructing a road on agricultural land at Kudubi Padavu in Permude village
of Mangalore taluk illegally and by force here on Monday.

Condemning the development, the Vedike stated MSEZ officials had resorted to such a move despite the high court granting a stay (27323725/2010) on Friday, adding they used muscle power to remove temporary fencing put up by the residents there.

Accusing MSEZ of destroying prime agricultural land, Karnataka south convener of Hindu Jagaran Vedike, Satyajit, demanded that the state government, district administration and police immediately respond to the plight of the residents of the area. "The directions of the high court should be followed in its true letter and spirit," he said adding that the Vedike would furnish copies of the HC order to authorities concerned at the earliest.

TRIBALS BEING HARASSED

Satyajit, demanding action against the 'musclemen' hired by the company to 'terrorise' the Kudubis, a tribal community residing in the area, said MSEZ is harassing them after they protested against forceful acquisition of around 14-acres of land in the recent past. Warning that the Vedike would intensify its agitation in favour of the tribals, he also demanded that MSEZ should not be allowed to proceed with second phase of the project.

However, refuting contention of the MSEZ Pradesh Samrakshana Vedike, MSEZ officials stated, "We have received possession of land from KIADB on January 27, and hence the land belongs to MSEZL. This land is essential for formation of approach road both for MSEZL and it's rehabilitation and resettlement colony - Somanatha Dhama - built on 14.43 acres. There is no stay brought on MSEZL by earlier owners," they said.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/MSEZ-not-following-HCs-order/articleshow/5525080.cms

What kind iof industries are proposed at the MSEZ??Heard ONGC is a major stake holder.

avi mangalore

February 2nd, 2010, 05:53 AM

Krishnamoorthy K

February 2nd, 2010, 07:35 AM

quote 2736-2737
the suggestions given by visnaya and moorthy vil really help in reducing traffic congestions to great extent, city bus terminals can also come up at bondel, kunjatbail, konaje , kankanady station, moodushede,mangaladevi, talapady as lots of buses ply to these place frm various other places, bus terminal can be built on the lines of bangalore city terminals, its high time govt start constructing these terminals in mangalore even thou the buses running are pvt owned

Bondel is too close to Kavoor. IMO all buses terminating in Bondel can ply upto Kavoor and terminate there. (will this congest Kavoor junction?) Bondel should have good busbays on both the sides of the road. And all along airport road they should come up with good busbays at the earliest and make it a model road for other roads.

Many of places like Moddushedde, Konaje, Talapady may be having enough space available for car parking and hence parking complex with TTMC may not be needed immediately. But a good bus stop with basic facilities is definitely needed in all these places.

visnaya

February 2nd, 2010, 09:59 AM

What about having a private and public buses with same color and same defined standard. some thing like Auto rikshaw. They all owned by private people but all looks same and follow their rule.

There can be grade like high class like ( volvo city bus, A.C), delux like Pushpak buses, Public class like Janatha buses.

visnaya

February 2nd, 2010, 10:25 AM

Can we make comprhensive Bus plan for greator mangalore using google maps. We will cover the area Mulki at north, talpady in south, B.C Road in east, old Bunder in west.

We can do following:
1. Identify the BUS Terminus,
2. Identify the major Bus bays (must have)
3. Bus bay or terminus with parking space, Mangalore one and market etc
4. Must have Routes.
Like:
a. Statebank -- Pump well
b. Statebank --- Jeppina moogru ( south entry to mangalore from mangala devi)
c. State bank --- Kottar ( North entry to Mangalore city)
d. State bank --- Kuntikana
e. Statebank ---nantoor

These five Bus terminus will shield managlore from out side bus.

Other terminus can be
a. Tala pady( south of mangalore),
b. Konajai ( south, east)
c. B.C ROAD ( East)
d. Kenjar, bajpai ( North east -1)
e. MRPL, MSEZ ( North east-2)
f. Surthkal
g. Mulki ( North)

Like all udupi, kunda pur buses will stop at kottar and divert peple from here. Avoiding unnecessary public and traffic desity in mangalore city.

there can be a direct buses also from stat bank which go via this and on route back take extra people from here.

There can be direct buses from Mulki to talpadi via two routes
1. from NH-17
2. Proposed by pass for NH-17 via kateel passing through bujpai, MSEZ , konajai terminus

Krishnamoorthy K

February 2nd, 2010, 01:34 PM

^^ I don't like proposed Bangalore model.

For example, if implemented in Mangalore, people from Kasargod to Udupi as per the above model have to get down at Talapady then catch a bus to Surathkal and then board a bus to Udupi.

That is not good. Especially for people travelling with luggage and it will take extra time for changing buses.

Best model is to reach any destination by one bus or by just changing two buses.

IMO Chennai has a better model.

engineer.akash

February 2nd, 2010, 01:45 PM

IMO Chennai has a better model.

Yes chennai has a good transport system,most of my frnds from bangalore are really happy with the transport system here.

Its MRTS is really good.:cheers:

engineer.akash

February 2nd, 2010, 01:48 PM

give me an option to settle in bangalore or chennai I will prefer chennai anyday,even my frnds who are working here really appreciate the transport system,its damn cheap.Imagine spending only 6 rs for a travel of about 15 km that too in just 20 mins.Impossible in bangalore.:ohno:

Krishnamoorthy K

February 2nd, 2010, 02:28 PM

An accidental fire which broke out at the Pachchanady dumping yard on Saturday night continued even on Monday.

Read more on DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/50229/fire-dumping-yard-continues.html).

^^ Chennai is better for poor travelling by bus.

engineer.akash

February 2nd, 2010, 02:41 PM

Read more on DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/50229/fire-dumping-yard-continues.html).

^^ Chennai is better for poor travelling by bus.

Anyday,BMTC bus fares are very high compared to the other states in the south.Quality of BMTC is there no arguments on that.
The only drawback of chennai buses are the vertical windows which require supports to hold them most of the time I find them broken and eventually get choked :nuts: during summers.The other drawback is the horrible horn they use..................boaaaaaaaaaaaw baaaaaaaaaaaw :ohno:

engineer.akash

February 2nd, 2010, 05:55 PM

Firms seek direct flight to Saudi Arabia

TNN, 2 February 2010, 10:08pm IST

MANGALORE: Several organizations based in Saudi Arabia under the leadership of Amaco group of companies have made a strong pitch for a direct flight from the coastal city to Saudi Arabia. The company through its newly launched portal www.coastaldigest.com, the franchisee of Mangalore team in Mangalore Premier League T20 cricket event, is hopeful of collective efforts back home and here in this regard.

Mohammad Asif, director of Amaco group of companies told reporters here on Monday that Indian residents in Saudi Arabia, especially from coastal and South Karnataka and even Kerala have been seriously pursuing the cause of a direct flight to Saudi Arabia for the last three-years. "The legitimate claims of people of this part of the state for a direct flight have been ignored for long, and we are pursuing this vigorously," he noted.

The consortium of organizations backing this cause recently called on the MINISTERS POSITIVE Union minister for civil aviation Praful Patel and Union law minister M Veerappa Moily, Asif said, adding that both these ministers have given positive assurances to their request in this regard. "Praful Patel has assured to take up our memorandum positively with authorities of Air India Express who have to take the initiative in this regard," he noted.

A discussion with Ansbert D'Souza, COO of Air India Express too has been fruitful, he said. "D'Souza has agreed to extend some of the flights operated by his carrier to places such as Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, and Bahrain to Saudi once he is able to overcome shortage of pilots. We are expecting a formal announcement of the schedule of flights, which could be twice a week, from Air India Express, sooner than later," he added.

Dismissing suggestions from certain quarters that Mangalore airport is not able to handle direct flights to Saudi Arabia, Asif said Peter Abraham, director of the airport has assured them that airport can do so without any problems. At present, direct flights to Saudi Arabia operate from Calicut, and Kochi. People wanting to go to Saudi have to do so either from these places or via Bangalore, or Mumbai and it is time consuming, he said.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Firms-seek-direct-flight-to-Saudi-Arabia/articleshow/5528774.cms

ajay ramchandran

February 2nd, 2010, 10:39 PM