Amendments have been made to the Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) and has been sent to the government for approval, said District-in-Charge Minister Krishna Palemar.

Speaking to presspersons on Tuesday, he said the amendment was made to the CDP at MUDA meeting held here recently. He said those owning 1,200 square feet land need not pay fine for the violation.

Those owning, three to 5 cents land have to pay fine of 50 per cent of the 15 per cent of the value fixed by the Sub Registrar and the fee prescribed in column 18. Those owning 5 to 10 cents land, have to pay a fine of 75 per cent of the 15 per cent of the value fixed by the Sub Registrar and the fee prescribed in column 18. All the problems related to the new CDP will be sorted out at the earliest.

Pollution

To a query on pollution in Mangalore, he said “Pollution Control Board officers are assessing and making a study on the situation. It will take another 15 days to get a clear cut picture of the situation.”

KSRTC buses

Palemar said: “KSRTC has deployed buses in those areas where there was shortage of buses. We have send a proposal to deploy 8 volvo buses in Manipal-Mangalore route. In fact, the bus owners had agreed to withdraw the case they had filed against deploying KSRTC buses to Udupi.”


Source: DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/50416/cdp-amendments-awaiting-approval.html)

Mangalore February 2, 2010: Chairman of the third state finance reforms commission Mr. A.J. Kodgi today took the Mangalore City Corporation for task. He expressed dissatisfaction over the handling for the financial issues that is faced by the Mangalore City Corporation. He was particularly upset about the MCC not being able to start collecting the Self Assessment Tax under the newly introduced scheme.

Mr. Kodgi who arrived from Bangalore today drove straight to the MCC and met the Mayor Mr. R.Shankar Bhat and later addressed a pre-arranged meeting with the corporators and officials. In his initial remarks Mr. Kodgi said he had already submitted the report of the third financial reforms commission which he heads and in the report there were wide ranging reforms and financial discipline that have been outlined. But the Mangalore City Corporation had not adopted many of them particularly those new regulations that are aimed at tax collection.

Mr. Kodgi said the state government has sent the papers pertaining to the new recommendations on the Self Assessment scheme. The government has also reduced the tax rates from 0.6 to 0.5 which means it was a people friendly tax scheme and people may not grudge to pay it. If the MCC was not able to collect even then and it was only the bureaucracy has to be blamed for it he roared.

Mr. Kodgi very often looked at the Mayor Mr. Shankar Bhat during his observation, for support from him, but Mr. Bhat always looked aloof, he remained in deep thought even after several verbal prompts from the Chairman. But then it was time for the opposition benches to air their disagreement with the new tax scheme -- leader of the opposition Mr. Harinath continuously interjected his views along with some other members of his party (Congress) to the chagrin of the chairman. At the end of the day Mr. Kodgi had made no point at all, but only dwelt in detail about the laurels of the government and heaped praises on the Chief Minister for "his financial acumen." When everybody left the hall one could hear expressions aired in hushed tones if Mr. Kodgi's visit had reached its logical conclusion or not.

But one thing was sure Mr. Kodgi had driven home a point, which obviously had not been taken kindly by the members of the house including the ruling and the opposition. The point he made was that the Mangalore City Corporation should instill large economic discipline in order to gain the confidence of the tax payers.

He also had asked the Mayor and the Commissioner and the Deputy Commissioner to strengthen the tax collection system of the Corporation unfortunately even these things had been already discussed in the general monthly meeting of the Mangalore City Corporation in December 2009 and January 2010.


Source: Mangalorean (http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=167457)

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.

i agree with u that buses terminating at bondel can be extended to kavoor but in reality its not possible, bus terminals will have to be constucted at bondel as well as kavoor mainly due to the following reasons
1- buses which arrive frm kuloor side via kavoor terminate at bondel
2-buses which terminate at bondel via padvinangady side(route no 19, 14) cannot be extended to kavoor as there vill be huge objections by the people of bondel and padvinangady areas as buses will be fully occupied at kavoor itself
3- further kavoor is well connected by buses which come frm kunjatbail, bajpe

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.

having a same color code for pvt and public buses is good idea , for eg city bus, rural bus , service buses express buses etc all having different color code but in practical its not applicable , for eg if a city bus has a red color , service bus has green color, here the problem lies is these buses are private these bues most of the time get transfered frm city to service or express, or get sold , hence again repainting them to the required color code, again investment etc may not go well with pvt owners

^^ 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.

No No, What I mean is to shiel mangalore city. But some service is from kasargod to udupi directly they go directly without entering mangalore. they enter all this terminal momentary go forward. say they go to Talapady, pumpwell, kottar, surtkal, mullki and go forward. people who want enter amnaglore from which direct will get down there and go take the 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:

I don't agree with this. bus system might be good ( i have not tried) but Quality of Buses are very bad. Bus station also except kolambed bus stand other bus stand are not good. many TTMC built in bangalore are Dam good. only thing required in bangalore is dedicated bus line, which they are planning now. also they have asked us online how they can support us. that is good. we have written to them that we need direct buses with good freuency. also they have to tell us like mumbai local train when the bus will reach the bus stop through GPS. so that we are sure bus will come and when it comes. they said they are working.:banana:

having a same color code for pvt and public buses is good idea , for eg city bus, rural bus , service buses express buses etc all having different color code but in practical its not applicable , for eg if a city bus has a red color , service bus has green color, here the problem lies is these buses are private these bues most of the time get transfered frm city to service or express, or get sold , hence again repainting them to the required color code, again investment etc may not go well with pvt owners

I thought Mangalore buses had a colour code....not the entire bus but they have a rectangular code at the sides.

I don't agree with this. bus system might be good ( i have not tried) but Quality of Buses are very bad. Bus station also except kolambed bus stand other bus stand are not good. many TTMC built in bangalore are Dam good. only thing required in bangalore is dedicated bus line, which they are planning now. also they have asked us online how they can support us. that is good. we have written to them that we need direct buses with good freuency. also they have to tell us like mumbai local train when the bus will reach the bus stop through GPS. so that we are sure bus will come and when it comes. they said they are working.:banana:

What is good in Bangalore and Chennai may not be good at Mangalore. One has to plan according to local conditions and circumstances. Moreover Chennai and Bangalore are to big when compared to Mangalore.

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=71706

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=167511


Akash you can proudly put up the pictures...I know you are beaming...

Moorthy,Akash,Avi,Visnaya could some one make a plan and send at least the ideas to the DC. Akash ,Moorthy your earlier design for Railway station terminus was good. Please send a paper copy to the DC. They all like paper copies.Could some one make a diagram for the Pumpwell terminus and Kottara terminus.These are the key terminlas for buses coming from south /east and from North respectively.You can have smaller bus stations at othwer places mentioned. That might take time. Right now Pumwell and Kottara are urgent.by the way what is this TTMC? AND IMO?

^^
TTMC - Traffic and Transit Management Center

Read more on
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=747616
http://www.praja.in/en/blog/blrsri/2009/09/02/ttmc-mall

You can park your personal vehicle at TTMC and get into a bus.

Delhi has Integrated Multi Mode Mass Rapid Transport System (MRTS) and Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS). http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=516812
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=613414
http://delhigovt.nic.in/newdelhi/dept/transport/tr7.asp

In Multi Mode Mass Transport System one can park and travel through bus or/and rail.

The option of travelling by train and then having option of travelling by bus or personal vehicle is good IMO.

IMO - In My Opinion
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Finally, a relief for passengers- KSRTC cleared for Udupi - Mangalore route

By Team Mangalorean Udupi

MANGALORE, February 3, 2010: Finally the passengers between Udupi and Mangalore will be able to ride in the comfort of the Air conditioned Volvo buses as the KSRTC has made its machinery ready for that operation. All legal hurdles that the private bus operators had put before the KSRTC have been cleared by the court and the KSRTC can now ply its service from State Bank circle to Udupi and back.

Announcing this in a chat with the press persons here on Tuesday Mr. Krishna Palemar district in charge minister of the Dakshina Kannada district said that the KSRTC will initially begin with 8 Vajra vehicles between Udupi town and Mangalore city. The KSRTC divisional manager in Mangalore has been given powers to plan the route map and start the service as early as possible stated Mr.Palemar.

Infact the KSRTC may also start the Mangalore intra city services soon for which the KSRTC has applied for 16 licenses and the KSRTC officials have already created the route map featuring pickup and drop points. This service was also blocked by the bus lobby in Mangalore, pushing the passengers to travel in their rickety vehicles, endure the abuse and pushing by their crew.

Mangalore's bus lobby has been known for their high handedness in the government circle, they have not only troubled the KSRTC for over 10 years from entering the various service routes in Dakshina Kannada but also had blocked the Udupi -Mangalore service for considerable time. They did not allow the KSRTC to run full scale bus service to Udupi and even the mini bus service to Udupi started by the KSRTC has been troubled by them to a great extent. There are instances when the private bus drivers and crew had intercepted the KSRTC mini buses beat up the crew and damaged the buses, all this and the legal problems they landed the KSRTC into.

http://mangalorean.com/images/newstemp24/20100202vajra1.jpg

They were aided by the people's representatives by slowing down the KSRTC in their quest to start the services. In the bargain the people of Mangalore and Udupi were put to hardship. The private buses have bad vehicles there are no adequate seating place, the people are treated like second hand citizens. The stress was on standing and not on seating. The two seater can barely accommodate one fully grown man or woman while it was meant to hold two such persons, the buses usually have spare tyre tucked inside the passenger bay to the utter disgust of the passengers. It is unhealthy to sit or stand near the spare wheel they feel. They are also inconvenienced in many other ways by playing loud and lewd music, blaring shrill horns, abusing passengers, making fun of old folks, pushing children and sexually harassing women and above all driving at break neck speed and jeopardize the other road users.

The drivers and conductors of the buses have least respect for the mandatory road rules. They jump signals and if a cop objects they argue with them in foul language, they try to overtake emergency vehicles like ambulances, fire engines and even the police vehicles are not spared. In a worst situation they have rammed into the car of the Deputy Commissioner recently and damaged his car. The funny part is that they do not know the significance the car that has a red top light. They use every signal to pick up or drop passengers even when the light is green, blocking the traffic. All these offences are overlooked by the traffic police and the RTO for "obvious reasons" -- in plain words both traffic police and RTO are "favoured" by the bus lobby often to keep their rickety vehicles on the road and allow their crew to go scot free when they commit traffic offences even as serious as killing another road user. In such cases the driver of the bus just makes a vanishing act and the police never try to trace him, however the same driver is seen seated in another bus of a different operator. There is no guarantee of justice to the family of the person who died in the accident if the vehicle involved is a private bus.

The private bus mafia also do not maintain their vehicles. They flout the Fitness Certificate norms by "hideous means". The bus is not kept in road worthy condition. No tail lights, no brake lights, even the brake system is not serviced and one can see the racket those buses make when they stop.

With the arrival of KSRTC, things are going to be more legal, their vehicles are not driven by morons like drivers of the private operators. The drivers of the KSRTC buses are trained like professionals and their first lesson was to respect the other road user and respect for the road rules. While the conductors are given strict training to treat the passengers like their masters. The people of Mangalore richly deserve to be given the respect they deserve richly.

Namma Mangaluru will see Volvo's soon.........they must name the mangalore volvo's as Namma Volvo's :happy:

MRTS is also planned in bangalore at Byappanhalli , Pinya and majestic depot of metro, where Buses, trian and Metro will be stationed in differnt floors and there will also be car parking area. user can chose what he wants.

Good india is developing and more facilities are provided to general public.

Any way I am enjoying the free ride of Elevated Highway of 8Kms, iin bangalore and many ideas are comming to my mind when I travel on that.

One is that there should be many such in bangalore Big 10 roads. Now it takes 5 min to reach from silk board to electronic city.

another is Eleveated Highway with Metro/mono side by side. this will serve as multi purpose and reduce the cost and blocking of the road.

is it possible Ajay, murthu any where else in the world this concept is working.

Mangalore, February 3: People representatives will be giving this assurance. But, this has not been implemented till date.

There is no proper plan with municipality to provide round the clock water to Mangalore city which is growing day by day. If questioned, they will point at Kudsemp scheme and won’t speak about alternate systems. But still, in some places there is continuous supply of water. Also there are many areas were water will not come at all.

Especially in summer, water tanks own the roads of city which strongly point at water shortage problem. Last year even in rainy season also water has been supplied incessantly to many places in tanks. As per the report of crisel, drinking water is being supplied only to 72% of Mangalore. It means municipality is not supplying water to other places.

Even though new pipelines have laid it doesn’t cover entire city. Still 200km new pipeline is required to provide round the clock water which may cost about Rs.66.77 crore and municipality can’t bear this expenditure by its internal income. Presently the population of city is more than 5 lakh and if the development around the city is observed the population may cross 7 lakhs within 6 years. But, municipality has estimated 7 lakhs population in 2025 and new pipeline has been instilled from Thumbe.

If water supply is handed over to private parties it may be carried out systematically but, it will be costlier.

Mangalore MLa N.Yogish Bhat said that he is trying his level best to provide 24*7 hours water supply. In the first stage 18 MGD water has been brought to the city from Thumbe. But, distribution system should be reformed. Since old pipes are breaking they are unable to supply water to those places and there is a need to repair these pipelines. Also water leakage should be pegged. We will try to overcome all these problems and supply continuous water.

Before implementing this plan it is essential to complete other schemes and this cant cant be implemted al at once in the whole city. For experiment this will be implemnted in 1-2 wards. And its necessary to peg water leakage, said Commissioner Dr.Vijay Prakash.


Source: Udayavani (http://www.udayavani.com/showstory.asp?news=0&contentid=738062&lang=1)

Moorthy,Akash,Avi,Visnaya could some one make a plan and send at least the ideas to the DC. Akash ,Moorthy your earlier design for Railway station terminus was good. Please send a paper copy to the DC. They all like paper copies.Could some one make a diagram for the Pumpwell terminus and Kottara terminus.These are the key terminlas for buses coming from south /east and from North respectively.You can have smaller bus stations at othwer places mentioned. That might take time. Right now Pumwell and Kottara are urgent.by the way what is this TTMC? AND IMO?

Now that Mangalore will soon see KSRTC intracity services for which it has applied for licenses and I am also hopeful that it would seal the deal very soon.

Yes we can use wikimaps and spot some bus stops.:cheers:

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^^http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/879/pc130052q.jpg

WATS THIS???

this is mudipu near infosys

this is mudipu near infosys

Avi the link what u have posted cannot be shown up as an image here,Instead u click on the image and paste the jpeg url within AND

Example: http://..........................................jpeg also don;t leave space anywhere between the url and the warping [IMG]

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avinash kindly paste that url in between ...............
Fill in the blank :cheers:

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that is a thumbnail image :doh:


Kindly paste the below image url within the quotes of and

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thanks akash for advice, above photos are infosys at mudipu, a church and a hindu meditation center (tower)under construction

thanks akash for advice, above photos are infosys at mudipu, a church and a hindu meditation center (tower)under construction

nice pics..how far is mudipu from mangalore city centre aka hampankatta???:cheers:

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The building U/C belongs to Infosys????

Log books on bus routes to monitor schedules: DC

Mangalore, Feb 4, DHNS:Log books will be kept on all the private bus routes to check whether permit holders conduct trips as per schedule or not, said Deputy Commissioner V Ponnuraj.

Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, he said that log books will be kept at two or three places on the routes, wherein bus conductors must enter the trip timings on each trips.

He said that the move is being implemented in the backdrop of complaints from citizens that private operators are not plying buses as per schedule. Talking about the issue with regard to the introduction of KSRTC Volvo buses to Udupi, he said that the KSRTC authorities have not submitted the request for Volvo bus permit so far.

Further, he said that permits cannot be issued till the High Court stay has been vacated.
To a query on the fire mishap at the solid waste dumpyard at Pachanadi, the Deputy Commissioner said that all arrangement will be made to check the recurrence of fire. About 10-15 fire engines, 5-6 excavators and 10-12 tankers will be kept ready on the spot for another 15 days to douse the possible fire breakout.


DHNS

Good pictures.

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Is this picture taken from the incomplete corporate building u/c in Mudipu?

nice pics..how far is mudipu from mangalore city centre aka hampankatta???:cheers:

?18 KMs am I right guys?

nice pics..how far is mudipu from mangalore city centre aka hampankatta???:cheers:

mudipu is around 24kms frm mangalore

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moorthy,the photo is not taken frm corporate building under construction,its taken frm the church compound which is situated in the neighbouring hill

The building U/C belongs to Infosys????

yes the building belongs to infosys they are expanding

another website launched 4 mangalore ,containing mangalore news ,etc by NRIs (maintained by amaco group of companies)-coastaldigest.com

yes the building belongs to infosys they are expanding

Infosys has got 300 plus acres out of the 500 plusacres in this SEZ. Ofcourse you cannot construct everywhere due to the peculiar topography. Infosys has nearly 2000 employees at Kottara and here they are proposing nearly 3000 or more as this project is much bigger.Wipro has also been given land here but I am not sure how much?100 acres


what is happening to EPIP,Ganjimatt,IT SEZ at Thumbay? Time is not just ripe for IT at the moment.Mphasis is another large firm working from Tech bay.They have a large workforce.

mudipu is around 24kms frm mangalore

where exactly is it??? near to MRPL and NIT surathkal???

coz MRPL and NIT K are also 20+ KM from Hampankatta/City center

where exactly is it??? near to MRPL and NIT surathkal???

coz MRPL and NIT K are also 20+ KM from Hampankatta/City center


opposite direction ,soUth east of MANGALORE NEAR MANGALAGANGOTHRI.
SURATKAL IS NORTH OF MANGALORE ON THE MUMBAI NATIONAL HIGHWAY 17AND MRPL IS NORTH EAST.(ON THE SURATHKAL -BAJPE AIRPORT ROAD)

opposite direction ,soUth east of MANGALORE NEAR MANGALAGANGOTHRI.
SURATKAL IS NORTH OF MANGALORE ON THE MUMBAI NATIONAL HIGHWAY 17AND MRPL IS NORTH EAST.(ON THE SURATHKAL -BAJPE AIRPORT ROAD)

oh?? is it? MRPL is visible from NIT K :)

Google earth has made life simple.checked it on Google earth thanx ajay for the info :cheers:

The New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) has reportedly short listed five consortiums to bid for the project to develop and operate a new container terminal at the New Mangalore port.

The short listed groups are IL&FS Maritime Infrastructure Company and Punj Lloyd Infrastructure; Vadinar Oil Terminal, and Essar Ports and Terminals; Mundra Port and SEZ and Adani Enterprises; Simplex Infrastructures, SREI Infrastructure Finance and Galfar Engineering and Contracting SAOG; and Grup Maritim TCB and West Coast Port.

These companies are to submit the financial bids for the projects provided they get security nod from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. The financial bids will be based on the minimum grant or maximum revenue share offered by the bidders.

The developer is to build and operate a new container terminal in the port with a project cost of Rs 276 crore, on a BOT basis for 30 years. The terminal is expected to have a four lakh TEU container handling capacity.

As an upfront tariff fixation is required for the bidding process, the Tariff Authority of Major Ports has already issued an order fixing the tariffs the winning bidder can charge for handling containers. So, now, when the developers bid, they undertake the traffic risk for the concession period.


Source: PorjectsToday (http://www.projectstoday.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?smid=24&nid=29663)

Sixth mainline container vessel calls at New Mangalore port (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/02/04/stories/2010020450720500.htm)

The sixth mainline container vessel of the current financial year — m.v. Kota Arif, belonging to Pacific International Lines (PIL) — has called at the New Mangalore port.

A press release by Mr S. Gopalakrishna, Traffic Manager of the New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT), said here that the mainline container vessel from Port Mtwara in East Africa unloaded 176 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) of raw cashew at the port on February 1.

The transit period from East Africa to Mangalore was nine days. The vessel loaded 206 TEUs of export cargo such as fish meal, fish oil, and granite, for Far East destinations.

Seamaster Shipping Logistics Pvt Ltd of Seaways Group was the agent of the vessel and HML Agencies the clearing and forwarding agent.

Quoting the NMPT Chairman, Mr P. Tamilvanan, the release said that mainline operators now plan to bring vessels from West Africa.

This will bring down the transit time to 21 days, instead of 45 days by feeder vessels via Colombo, the release added.

oh?? is it? MRPL is visible from NIT K :)

Google earth has made life simple.checked it on Google earth thanx ajay for the info :cheers:


Akash
Surathkal enkelna territory! Artha aanda?

did you follow?

Akash
Surathkal enkelna territory! Artha aanda?

did you follow?

illa nooooo :ohno:

i only understood artha aanda=artha ayatha in kannada.

is it tulu? :)

No taxes, roads take a beating


TNN, 5 February 2010, 10:44pm IST

MANGALORE: What's the connection between Self Assessment Scheme for property Tax (SAS), contractors' unwillingness to take up road works and the bad condition of roads? Money.

The city corporation has failed to mop up revenues through SAS as there was a lot of indecision (sorted out just a couple of days back) which saw the MCC fail to meet its revenue targets. The result is that there is no money for development works and the road repair works which were supposed to start in October-November are being taken up in January, on roads which will be concreted in a couple of months.

The City Hospital- Bunts Hostel Road was repaired at an estimated cost of Rs 6-7 lakh a fortnight back. Now, the road is half-filled with mud, intended to raise the level for concreting.

Corporation engineer Bhaskar says in the original scheme of things, there was never a proposal to repair the road as it was targeted for concreting. ``Public pressure forced the administration and the district in-charge minister to see that they are repaired assuring the contractor that funds will be released soon, he added.

Contractor Suresh Rao, who undertook the work, admits that the corporation is a poor paymaster. ``If we don't get immediate payment for our works, our profits dip. Hence we don't agree to take up these works. But there was pressure and I had to do it."

Rao says the scheduled rates for these works are bad and they have to pay upfront while getting bitumen, aggregate etc. ``We work (despite late payment) as we have invested for the equipment. We somehow manage with the money that is paid by the corporation," he adds.

He says the primary reason for the delay in payment is because the corporation does not have the revenue as citizens have not paid their taxes as per SAS. Now that matter is sorted out, he hopes things will be better for him and the corporation.


TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/No-taxes-roads-take-a-beating/articleshow/5537223.cms)

oh?? is it? MRPL is visible from NIT K :)

Google earth has made life simple.checked it on Google earth thanx ajay for the info :cheers:

Akash,

Unlike Mysore, Mangalore has more of Sub Urban developments. Let it be BC. Road, Surathkal, Moodubidri or Ullal (Close to Mudipu) they are cities by themselves. Hence, when Urban Agglomeration is considered Mangalore's population has already crossed 5 Lakh and it is expected to touch 10 Lakh by 2015.

Mysore has seen Core city development and Mangalore is more of Decentralised Development like Mumbai.:)

MCC does a reality check, alters masterplan

TNN, 5 February 2010, 10:45pm IST

MANGALORE: Mangalore City Corporation has forwarded far reaching recommendations on simplifying provisions in the masterplan to Mangalore Urban Development Authority to mitigate problems faced by people.

This comes in the wake of criticism from various quarters about the provisions contained in the masterplan, which has been made stringent to facilitate orderly growth of the city horizontally rather than vertically.

Mayor M Shankar Bhat told reporters here on Friday that MUDA has to get approval from the government to the changes suggested by the civic body. We have got verbal assurances from the government in this regard, the mayor said adding that the changes suggested cover most of the demands of the people with regard to the plan, especially approval for single sites and where partition of family property is involved.

Raghupal, assistant town planning officer, said the changes suggested include doing away fully with levying penalty of 15% of land registration value for unauthorized layouts up to three cents, reducing by 50% the penalty amount for layouts from three to six cents, and by 25% for layouts from six to 12 cents. Full penalty of 15% will be levied on all unauthorized layouts above 12 cents, he said.

MUDA has been requested not to levy the above penalty is cases where family property is partitioned on condition that the person receiving such property does not enter i to sub-sale. Permission has been sought to construct houses of up to 150 sq.mt on three cents of agriculture land, a provision which does not exist in the current master plan, he said adding that 150 sq.mt area is for a building structure of ground plus first floor.

In case of 64 major roads earmarked by MUDA for widening up to 24 metres, people giving up their land for it could get transfer of development rights of 1:3 against existing 1:1.5. MUDA has been urged to exercise discretion on issue of widening roads in areas not proposed by it in master plan. Concessions in setbacks have been sought where not much land would be available for construction after giving up land for road widening.
People wanting to add floors to their existing building should be permitted to do so as per old comprehensive development plan but as per the master plan if it falls under area earmarked by MUDA for road widening. Other relaxations sought include those for building parking, for neighbourhood shops and providing a higher floor area ratio of 1:2 for smaller plots. This would be implemented once the government approves it, he said.


TOI-http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/-MCC-does-a-reality-check-alters-masterplan/articleshow/5537222.cms

Akash,

Unlike Mysore, Mangalore has more of Sub Urban developments. Let it be BC. Road, Surathkal, Moodubidri or Ullal (Close to Mudipu) they are cities by themselves. Hence, when Urban Agglomeration is considered Mangalore's population has already crossed 5 Lakh and it is expected to touch 10 Lakh by 2015.

Mysore has seen Core city development and Mangalore is more of Decentralised Development like Mumbai.:)

Ananda; Mysore is also seeing some sub urban development if u visit places like hebbal and metagalli which are about 14 KM from the city centre,the development is tremendous.

Hubli is by far seeing a hell lot of expansion both in the city and in the suburbs.

illa nooooo :ohno:

i only understood artha aanda=artha ayatha in kannada.

is it tulu? :)

100% right. It is tulu

100% right. It is tulu

btw what it meant?? I only understood the insignificant part :lol:

So you speak tulu?? or Malayalam??

:cheers:

btw what it meant?? I only understood the insignificant part :lol:

So you speak tulu?? or Malayalam??

:cheers:

At home ,English ,Mothertongue,Malayalam but speak better Kannada than Malayalam. I know Hindi and Tulu. understand Punjabi and Tamil.

At home ,English ,Mothertongue,Malayalam but speak better Kannada than Malayalam. I know Hindi and Tulu. understand Punjabi and Tamil.


Nice.............. :)

Tulu is a bit difficult to understand if spoken very fast,some words are totally different.

Coorgi is more like kannada. :)

MCC to acquire land for multi-layer parking in Hampankatta

Mangalore, Feb 5, DHNS:Land will be acquired for the construction of multi-layer car parking in Hampanakatta, said Mayor Shanker Bhat.

Addressing a press meet, he said the commercial complex cum car parking will come up in the old bus stand in Hampankatta. The S L Shet Diamond House land will be acquired as the owners have failed to hand over the land for the proposed complex. Once the land is acquired, tenders will be called.

Environment Engineer Manjunath said according to the new proposal, three contract agencies will handle the solid waste management in the jurisdiction of Mangalore City Corporation in three packages. The 60 wards in the MCC limits will be divided into 2 zones viz—North and South zone.

The North zone will have 29 wards and South zone will have 31 wards. The third package will cover operation and maintenance of compost plant and sanitary land fill site at Pacchanady. A global tender has been invited for the same.

Dumping yard

To a query on fire at dumping yard in Pacchanady, Commissioner Dr Vijayaprakash said the garbage dumped on the sanitary land fill site will be covered scientifically with clay layer.

At present, it has not been covered scientifically. An exhaust pipe will also be laid in the vicinity, he added.

Roads

Mayor Shanker Bhat said 32 roads with a length of 36 kms are being concreted in the city limits at an estimated cost of Rs 98 crore. As much as Rs 7 crore has been set aside for asphalting of the interior roads.

As none of the contractors are coming forward to asphalt the road, interlock will be laid to all the interior roads. Tender has already been invited in this regard. The concreting of 22 roads have been completed in the City, said Executive Engineer Rajashekar.

DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/51049/mcc-acquire-land-multi-layer.html)

MANGALORE: New Mangalore Port has achieved a new milestone in handling coal, fertilizers, limestone and containers.

A New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) press release said here on Friday that the merchant vessel Ikan Kedewas, a gearless vessel, arrived at the port with 86,522 tonnes of coking coal — the largest quantity of coal ever handled at the port in a vessel. It sailed out on Wednesday. The consigneeis Jindal Group, Bellary.

The release said that another significant achievement was the record discharge of 17,311 tonnes of fertilizer (MOP) accomplished in a day, on January 22, on the vessel M.V. Seminole Princess. This was the largest quantity of MOP handled in a day. The consignee of the cargo was Indian Potash Ltd (IPL).

Container traffic too has shown an upward trend. The port has so far handled 27,166 TEUs (20-ft equivalent units) as against 24,628 TEUs handled during the corresponding period of the last fiscal. This works out to 10.36 per cent growth, the release said.

As many as six main line vessels have so far called at the port directly from East Africa. There are indications of more main line vessels arriving here from West Africa. The port handled 54.5 lakh tonnes of railway traffic till January, compared to 50.17 lakh tonnes of last year.


Source: The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/06/stories/2010020658870300.htm)

Here is one more version with some other details.


Amendments have been made to the Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) and has been sent to the government for approval, said Mayor Shanker Bhat.

Speaking to presspersons, Town Planning officer Raghupal said that those who own less than three cents of land in unauthorised layouts need not pay the fine. Those owning, 3 to 6 cents land have to pay fine of 50 per cent of the 15 per cent of the value fixed by the Sub Registrar and the fee prescribed in column 18. Those owning 6 to 12 cents land, have to pay a fine of 75 per cent of the 15 per cent of the value fixed by the Sub Registrar and the fee prescribed in column 18.

He said: “Under the CDP, for the partition of property among children, one has to pay a penalty. However, in the revised CDP, we have proposed no penalty on the condition that after the division of the property, the owner should not sell the land. In case, if he sells the land, then he will have to pay penalty of 15 per cent to the MUDA.”

The revised CDP also says that in agriculture land, house can be constructed in three cents land. However, the house should not be in more than 150 square metres.

Raghupal said “MCC and MUDA have already identified 64 roads for widening. The minimum width should be 9 metres and maximum must be 24 metres. In such a situation, the owners of the house or plot have to leave the land for road depending on the circumstances. If the owner agrees to leave the land, then he will be given attractive Transport Development Right (TDR) and Floor Area Ratio (FAR).

If there is no proposal for the widening of the road from MUDA and MCC, then the width of such road will be 6 metre instead of 9 metre in the CDP. If the road comes in narrow lane or hilly region, then it is left to the discretion of the MUDA to decide on the width of the road. “If the owner hands over 25 per cent of the land for the widening of the road, then he will be given 50 per cent concession in front set back area and 25 per cent in back set back area,” he added.

According to the revised CDP, MUDA should not insist for land to be left for road if a person owns only three cents land. He said there should be two parking lot for two dwelling which is more than 175 square feet.


Source: DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/51047/cdp-sent-govt-approval-amendments.html)

oh?? is it? MRPL is visible from NIT K :)

Google earth has made life simple.checked it on Google earth thanx ajay for the info :cheers:

MRPL is visible from almost all parts of mangalore, if u r top of any highrise, or any hill, can see it especially at night due to its enormous lighting, it also stands on top of a hill- man love those lights

The State government has okayed the revised Self Assessment Scheme (SAS) of property tax based on capital value proposed by the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) with effect from 1-4-2008.

Addressing a press meet on Friday, Mayor Shanker Bhat said the revised scheme was approved by the government on January 29, 2009.

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, 0.1 per cent for 1,000 square metre non-agricultural vacant land, 0.025 per cent for more than 1,000 square metre upto 4,000 square metre land and 0.01 per cent for more than 4,000 metre non agriculture vacant land.

He said: “The property tax structure has come in for a change in Mangalore after a gap few years. Though the new Self-Assessment Scheme (SAS) of property tax based on capital value came into effect on April 1, 2008, replacing the old system of annual rental value (ARV), there was lot of confusion, protest against it. However, this revised SAS is final.” He appealed the citizens of MCC to pay the SAS property tax and help in the development of the City.

Those who have paid more taxes which was fixed during the reign of Administrator, will be adjusted while paying the SAS now.

The Mayor said that SAS can be paid in the 46 branches of 16 various banks in 53 revenue wards of the City Corporation limits. Personnel have been deployed in 15 ward offices, 2 sub offices and MCC to distribute the challan, handbook, details and prospectus on SAS and accept the applications. Assistants have been deployed to fill the SAS booklets. Measures have been taken to print the booklets on revised SAS.

Tax

MCC Commissioner Dr K N Vijayaprakash said that in 2008-09, the target was to collect Rs 18.53 crore tax. In the revised SAS system, MCC is expecting to collect a sum of Rs 26.42 crore.

There are 34,000 unidentified properties in MCC limits. Of which, a sum of Rs 7.89 crore will be collected this year. The survey of one ward on the property is still pending. The MCC limits has 1.84 lakh properties. Of which, 1.41 are residential property and 42,000 are commercial property. Citizens of MCC have to pay SAS from April 1, 2008, he added.

Dr Vijayaprakash said “in 2007-08, under annual rental value (ARV), a sum of 15.92 crore has to be collected. However, Rs 10.27 crore was collected. Rs 5.65 crore was pending. In 2008-09, under ARV, the opening balance was Rs 565 lakh.

However, only Rs 310 lakh was collected. In 2008-09, under SAS, the target was to collect Rs 14.87 crore. However, only 604 lakh was collected. Deputy Mayor Rajani Dugganna was present.


Source: DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/51051/state-okays-revised-sas.html)

No taxes, roads take a beating (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/No-taxes-roads-take-a-beating/articleshow/5537223.cms)
MCC swings into action on SAS (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/-MCC-swings-into-action-on-SAS/articleshow/5537224.cms)
Tax rates stabilizes- MCC promises more (http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=167944)

KSRTC has not sought permit for Volvo service - Ponnuraj (http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=167967)

MRPL is visible from almost all parts of mangalore, if u r top of any highrise, or any hill, can see it especially at night due to its enormous lighting, it also stands on top of a hill- man love those lights

Yes. From Padavinangady area MRPL, MCF, Port, etc appear in a single line, a nice panoramic view. Not sure on airport terminal.

airport terminal can b seen along bondel road towards kavoor righthand side,there is a valley seperating bondel frm the new terminal earlier there was a proposal to connect the new airport direct to bondel by building a bridge across the valley, but dropped due to high financial expenses involved, if it was built ve would hav saved another 7kms, and the bridge would have become a tourist attraction , somewhat like the one built in rural france across 2 valleys

Infosys has got 300 plus acres out of the 500 plusacres in this SEZ. Ofcourse you cannot construct everywhere due to the peculiar topography. Infosys has nearly 2000 employees at Kottara and here they are proposing nearly 3000 or more as this project is much bigger.Wipro has also been given land here but I am not sure how much?100 acres


what is happening to EPIP,Ganjimatt,IT SEZ at Thumbay? Time is not just ripe for IT at the moment.Mphasis is another large firm working from Tech bay.They have a large workforce.
it parks are little down at this moment, lets wait for some action in cmg months

MRPL is visible from almost all parts of mangalore, if u r top of any highrise, or any hill, can see it especially at night due to its enormous lighting, it also stands on top of a hill- man love those lights

Avi is right . MRPL can be seen from NIT light house,Kadri Hills,Bajpe,Pilikula and while you travel on Konkan Railway as well.30 years ago when you entered Mangalore near Surathkal you could see the orange haze of Port lights.

MCC to acquire land for multi-layer parking in Hampankatta



DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/51049/mcc-acquire-land-multi-layer.html)

How will they Acquire SL SHET DIAMOND house? Will they not go to court?

THIS MULTISTORIED CAR PARK IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR MANGALORE.I GUESS NOT MANY CITIES IN INDIA HAVE MULTISTORIED CAR PARKS.

KSRTC has not sought permit for Volvo service - Ponnuraj (http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=167967)

:(

Lets wait

KSRTC has not sought permit for Volvo service - Ponnuraj (http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=167967)

:(

Lets wait

looks like KSRTC is not too serious? Pressure from pvt operators.?DK ministers are not too keen on KSRTC either

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=71839

M'lore: Equipment Aiding Flyover Concreting Work Collapses Injuring Two


M'lore: Equipment Aiding Flyover Concreting Work Collapses Injuring Two

Pics: Sphoorty Ullal
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (RS/SB)

Mangalore, Feb 6: In an incident that occurred early morning on Saturday February 6, two labourers on work at the site of flyover construction at Bikarnakatte-Kaikamba on National Highway 13 here were injured as the metal plates, rods fixed for concreting works and supporting wood collapsed.

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The labourers from Kolkata who escaped with minor injuries are identified as Sandeesh Biswas (24) and Shafan Biswas (22). The duo is admitted to private hospital in the city with minor injuries.

The accident occurred as soon as the labourers began working for the day. It can be recalled here that the flyover construction works at the site has been long delayed after pillar was constructed at the spot several years ago and was only resumed two days ago

Hopeless construction looks so obsolete, the design. :(

looks like KSRTC is not too serious? Pressure from pvt operators.?DK ministers are not too keen on KSRTC either

Definitely KSRTC would not like to lose a profit making route,It is solely because of the private operators and the local politicians.

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blueberry road [concrete rd]

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abhiman heights

blueberry road [concrete rd]


Blueberry hill road is fine on Airport Road side. But on AJ Hospital side it is incomplete.

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abhiman heights

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skyline blueberry on apartments on left and abhiman heights on right

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landlinks township can b seen in the valley below

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aj institute of medical science hostel block

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stpi park

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view of harbour behind stpi park

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where airport road meets blueberry road

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airport road

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my favourite mlore city bus

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airport road

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my favourite mlore city bus

Blueberry hill road is fine on Airport Road side. But on AJ Hospital side it is incomplete.

blueberry road is o.1km 4laned frm airport road then it becomes 2 lane, it goes all the way upto stpi park , then it is tar road down all the way 2 koncahdy,

airport road

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my favourite mlore city bus

:cheers:

There are still the traditional buses with tarpaulin running on Mangalore roads.

How will they Acquire SL SHET DIAMOND house? Will they not go to court?

THIS MULTISTORIED CAR PARK IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR MANGALORE.I GUESS NOT MANY CITIES IN INDIA HAVE MULTISTORIED CAR PARKS.

the multi storied carpark vill hav ground space let for commercial use , they will giv space for s.l shet in that space, so u vil have commercial establishments down and carparking upper floors , quite the opposite isnt it

Some fantastic concrete roads there thanks a million for the wonerful pics avinash you have any more left??? next time try taking pics of the buildings/skyline from heights.


Mangalore soil looks rich in iron ore content.

^^ Entire Malenadu & Karavali is rich with iron.

the multi storied carpark vill hav ground space let for commercial use , they will giv space for s.l shet in that space, so u vil have commercial establishments down and carparking upper floors , quite the opposite isnt it

I would like to have half of ground floor reserved for parking autorickshaws.

They should free Milagres cross road from autorickshaws and long distance buses.

^^ Entire Malenadu & Karavali is rich with iron.



I would like to have half of ground floor reserved for parking autorickshaws.

My god that is true you come to hubli and belgaum side you will find red soil complete red...............:nuts:

Mangalore now needs some good pavements.Then it would make this city the cleanest. :happy:

Wonderful pics Avinash thanx for sharing,I wish I was in Mangalore to explore it completely,I am mostly interested in the extension areas of any city and you have precisely showcased that. great job.

Great going Mangaloreans. :cheers:

Ananda; Mysore is also seeing some sub urban development if u visit places like hebbal and metagalli which are about 14 KM from the city centre,the development is tremendous.

Hubli is by far seeing a hell lot of expansion both in the city and in the suburbs.

For me a Suburb is the Town close to a big urban area with all basic facilities of the Big city being available in those towns in the outskirts of the City.

Yes I don't deny your claim of Suburban developments in Mysore or Hubli. However, the scale of such development is minimal compared to Mangalore.
You will find remote villages mostly (Around Hubli or Mysore even Bengaluru) with no modern communication facilities like CyberCafe or well furnished Restaurants, Hospitals, Schools etc., when you are out of City limits.

However, you will find developed small towns in and around Mangalore, Udupi all along Highways.

I had been to Mysore, rather I was a frequent traveller to Mysore when I resided in Bengaluru few years back. The developments in other parts of Karnataka other than Costal Districts are centralised. In the Coastal Areas, every town by itself has grown like cities with modern facilities being available.

:)

true I agree that even small towns have better facilities,but when it comes to planned extension layouts Mysore and Hubli score over Mangalore,If you see vijayanagar resdiential layout there are 4 stages and have 25,000 houses It is the Asia's biggest layout.You can Imagine the scale of development taking place,yes we too have small villages which are now having good facilities have you been to metagalli?Koorgalli?? area in mysore.:)

yes I agree small towns in mangalore are way modern,but your concept of centralized is a bit off track.:cheers:

Ananda; Mysore is also seeing some sub urban development if u visit places like hebbal and metagalli which are about 14 KM from the city centre,the development is tremendous.

Hubli is by far seeing a hell lot of expansion both in the city and in the suburbs.

Nice.............. :)

Tulu is a bit difficult to understand if spoken very fast,some words are totally different.

Coorgi is more like kannada. :)

Coorgi is more or less like HALEGANNADA.:lol::cheers:

true I agree that even small towns have better facilities,but when it comes to planned extension layouts Mysore and Hubli score over Mangalore,If you see vijayanagar resdiential layout there are 4 stages and have 25,000 houses It is the Asia's biggest layout.You can Imagine the scale of development taking place,yes we too have small villages which are now having good facilities have you been to metagalli?Koorgalli?? area in mysore.:)

yes I agree small towns in mangalore are way modern,but your concept of centralized is a bit off track.:cheers:

Akash,
:ohno:
I meant Suburb... What is the real meaning of Suburb? It is not just a locality, it should have all the facilities of its big brother. In that meaning Mysore and Hubli do not have such suburbs in the outskirts.

Let me brief you. Mumbai is almost 45 km away from Kalyan and Dombivli. There is a huge creek in between and barren Land as well. However, they are Sururbs of Mumbai as they have all the facilities available in the Main city for people's need.

I meant it that way.

Viajay nagar, Hebbal, koorgalli are part of mysore city now,

Where as Nanjangod, Sriranga pattana, Bannur, KRS, Malavalli we can call as suburb

Viajay nagar, Hebbal, koorgalli are part of mysore city now,

Where as Nanjangod, Sriranga pattana, Bannur, KRS, Malavalli we can call as suburb

Ok ananda :cheers:

Yes visnaya you are right I went to take bath so was in a hurry just put watever I felt
:doh:

bannur you might be aware of the eagleton project and also the sky golf city many newer projects are in the pipeline,also Srirangapatna is not bad it has a wonderful bus stand and lies well conenected on the SH 17.

Nanjangud is the industrial town of Mysore no introduction needed.:cheers:

I forgot to add one more thing KSRTC has started Volvo services to nanjangud

but if i type suburbs of mysore in google I am seeing that gokulam,kuvempunagar are treated as subrubs?:banana:

My god that is true you come to hubli and belgaum side you will find red soil complete red...............:nuts:

Mangalore now needs some good pavements.Then it would make this city the cleanest. :happy:

Wonderful pics Avinash thanx for sharing,I wish I was in Mangalore to explore it completely,I am mostly interested in the extension areas of any city and you have precisely showcased that. great job.

Great going Mangaloreans. :cheers:

Fantastic photographs Avi. I am unable to recognise some of the roads like the blue berry road.The Airport road looks crowded. Did not know that the blue berry road touched Airport road at all. My memory of Airport road is till Kavoor near Saphthagiri via Kunath bail(I have been to the MCF and Kudremukh colony in Kunajthbail few times)

Can any one please take the photographs of Airport road from Kavoor to Maravoor...That is the more difficult part of road widening as the road is winding.

I will have to get my geography right...all these STPI,AJ hospital,Blue berry road,Lands links township( I thought it was along Kuntikana /Konchady road).

In post 2823 which is the road at the T junction. I mean which is that road which is perpendicular .Is that the blue berry road in post 2828.

When I travelled on Airport road in 2007 Airport road was in terrible state near the Trishna bar and restaurant...the truck shaped restaurant?

Avi BTW I like your favourite bus!In my days the bus' Kohinoor' was everyone's favourite

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Wat a lovely road to cycle on duing the evenings munching "churmuri" and waiting for the sun to set...................waaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh aweeeeeeesomeeeeeeeee

I loooowwwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeee iiiiiiiiiittttttttttttttttt :cheers:

I hope you get Churmuri in mangalore?? :happy:

Wat a lovely road to cycle on duing the evenings munching "churmuri" and waiting for the sun to set...................waaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh aweeeeeeesomeeeeeeeee

I loooowwwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeee iiiiiiiiiittttttttttttttttt :cheers:

I hope you get Churmuri in mangalore?? :happy:

Yes cycling is safer than walking on these roads.

Sides of roads are occupied by cars.

Yes cycling is safer than walking on these roads.

Sides of roads are occupied by cars.

churmuri sigathaa??? :happy:

churmuri sigathaa??? :happy:


churmuri, mandakki, bhelpuri ella sigotthe.

Ladyhill - Chilimbi hill - Hathill area is nice to eat, walk and enjoy nature.

But again no footpath walking.

churmuri sigathaa??? :happy:

Idi rathri Yakshagana noduvaga chermuri tinnudu namma kaladali!

Thaneer Bhavi beachali kooda cherumuri siagathe

Mysoorinali Chermuri woonta?(Sorry oonta ..woonta is DK Kannada)

Idi rathri Yakshagana noduvaga chermuri tinnudu namma kaladali!

Thaneer Bhavi beachali kooda cherumuri siagathe

Mysoorinali Chermuri woonta?(Sorry oonta ..woonta is DK Kannada)

Sakath Kannada nimmadu guruvae.........:)

churumuri originate agiduu Mysore alli.........:banana:

How many flyovers are u/c in mangalore??? Why are they using obsolete designs,I mean look at the heavy girders :gaah:

In post 2823 which is the road at the T junction. I mean which is that road which is perpendicular .Is that the blue berry road in post 2828.

When I travelled on Airport road in 2007 Airport road was in terrible state near the Trishna bar and restaurant...the truck shaped restaurant?

Avi BTW I like your favourite bus!In my days the bus' Kohinoor' was everyone's favourite

In 2823 the T junction is formed between Blueberry hill road and Airport road. Bluebearry hill road starts at Airport road ( near marry hill or old canara steel) and this is juction shown there. It ends at kuntikana junction on Kuntikana- kavoor road.

As Murthy said this starts with 4way concreat road ends one way tar road. This has been made with the plan to give connectivity to STPI from AIRPORT road.

'No industrial expansion in M’lore, Bhadravathi'

Bangalore, DHNS:There will be no industrial expansion or green field projects in Mangalore and Bhadravathi till August 2010, as these two places have been critically polluted, said K P Nyathi, CEO, Sustainable Mining Initiative, New Delhi.

He cited this information, based on a comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index 88 Industrial clusters in India.

He was speaking after inaugurating a workshop on recent notification, ambient air quality standards, Fly Ash Utilisation, jointly organised by FIMI Sustainable Mining Initiative and Karnataka State Pollution Control Board here on Friday.

“According to the New Fly Ash Utilisation notification, all the public, private or government construction agencies in the radius of 100 kms of a power plant will have to use only fly ash-based construction materials,” he said.


DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/51285/no-industrial-expansion-mlore-bhadravathi.html)

What about making similar Authority in all major cities to improve and protect road



Land transport authority to get real authority

Anil Kumar Sastry
BANGALORE: If a proposed law comes into force, all projects involving the city’s infrastructure will have to be compulsorily cleared by the nodal Bangalore Land Transport Authority (BMLTA), be it digging of roads, laying of pipes and cables and construction of bridges and underpasses, among other things.

The draft Act proposes to empower the BMLTA to bring in uniformity in planning and execution of infrastructure for transport purposes. The law will provide statutory status to the Authority for coordinating among various civic agencies and take binding decisions.

The BMLTA draft Act, which has been uploaded on its website www.bmlta.org, says a final plan will be prepared after considering those made by stakeholders including Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike and Bangalore Development Authority. The draft comes nearly after three years of the formation of BMLTA.

In essence, BMLTA will virtually control the land-transport sector in the metropolitan region and remove hurdles if any in implementing various projects with focus on popularising public transport and non-motorised transport.

As a regulator, it will resolve conflicts between different agencies and even determine the mode of transport to be implemented in different areas. By virtue of the proposed Act, BMLTA will eventually become the licensing authority.Suggestions may be sent to dultbangalore@gmail.com

yes Visnaya that is a great thing and very much in need of the hour,all things coming under one umbrella/authority will be the greatest breather for our choked cities.

* Participants hold district in-charge Minister responsible for the ‘anti-poor’ plan
* ‘Plan does not pay attention to environmental aspects of urban development’
* New regulations on land conversion criticised

MANGALORE: Strident criticism of the recently adopted comprehensive development plan (CDP) or the Master Plan II marked the janaspandana organised for residents of Surathkal hobli on Saturday. The participants held district in-charge Minister J. Krishna Palemar responsible for the “anti-poor” urban landscape plan.

Complaint

The people complained that as per the new plan, huge portions of a housing plot had to be set aside for roads. “If we leave six to eight metres of land for a road in the three to five cent plot, what is left for us,” asked a participant.

Another person said that as per the new plan, one had to pay 15 per cent of the land value as penalty to construct an extra floor to an existing house on the premise that the old house violates the new plan.

Demand

Describing this as an attempt to loot the people, the participant demanded the scrapping of this clause.

Some participants, claiming to be farmers, said that the new plan did not allow for easy conversion of land use from agricultural to non-agricultural. “Only five out of a 25-cent agricultural plot can be converted,” said a participant.

Unprofitable

Another person asked, “Farming is becoming a unprofitable occupation. If I want to convert my land and sell it, why should I be stopped?”

One person, who said that he had applied for building a grocery shop in a residential area, said that as per the new plan, the permitted area for the construction of a shop in a residential area had been reduced to 20 sq. ft from 50 sq. ft.

Re-submission of plans

Some persons complained that they had to re-submit their building plans, which had been approved only two or three months ago. Stating that they had already paid penalties and fee for securing approvals under the old plan, some participants sought to know what will become of the money already paid.

Public utility

The participants objected to the new rule that states that 45 per cent of land in a new housing layout should be set aside for common utility purposes such as roads and parks.

Some participants, who claimed to be members of the Nagarika Horata Vedike of Surathkal, pointed out that the plan did not pay attention to environmental aspects of urban development.

Allegation

They alleged that several layouts in the city, including the Landlinks layout owned by Mr. Palemar in Derebail Konchady, had been built by filling soil in low-lying areas.

Serious threat

“This poses a serious threat to the existing houses. Moreover, such layouts have snuffed out natural waterways that used to drain rainwater to the sea,” said a participant.

National highways

A participant from Mukka, near Pavanje in the vicinity of National Highway 17, said that over 50 houses and a temple in the area were facing demolition because of the highway widening project.

When Mr. Palemar said that some sacrifices had to be made for the larger good, the complainant said, “We have no problems sacrificing our land for a genuine public cause. But the road expansion is happening unscientifically to engulf our land while sparing the lands of some powerful people.”


Source: The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/07/stories/2010020758760300.htm)

In new housing layouts land should be set aside for keeping those big metallic boxes. In old places acquire land for placing metallic boxes or shed as suggested by Ajay earlier. In all bus routes acquire land for bus bays, footpath and toilets. Surroundings should look as neat as house itself. Land is also needed for other stakeholders of road like power and telephone utilities.

Those people who do not want to have all these modern utilities should be allowed to stay in separate zones where master plan rules will not be applicable?

‘Big companies are increasing hunger’ (http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/07/stories/2010020759560300.htm)

Lands of the poor were being acquired for big industries, which were also enjoying huge subsidies and tax concessions.In Dakshina Kannada alone, about 18,000 to 20,000 acres of land had been acquired to establish industries.


People are telling that agrciluture is not profitable. Industries are not giving jobs. Do they like real estate? No, they are against big builders. But they want to convert agriculture land to non-agriculture land easily. No agriculture, no industry, no roads, no utilities, no parks and gardens, just houses.

^^

When Mr. Palemar said that some sacrifices had to be made for the larger good, the complainant said, “We have no problems sacrificing our land for a genuine public cause. But the road expansion is happening unscientifically to engulf our land while sparing the lands of some powerful people.”


May not be fully correct. A chunk of Forum Mall land is acquired in Pandeshwar for expanding road, City Center Mall has left enough land in front for pedestrian movement (hope will not be used for parking vehicles like in Excel Mischief Mall).

But in Kampankatta area a lot of resistance is there for acquiring land belonging to influential people. Still some are acquired, for example, Sujatha, SL shets, etc.

In post 2823 which is the road at the T junction. I mean which is that road which is perpendicular .Is that the blue berry road in post 2828.

When I travelled on Airport road in 2007 Airport road was in terrible state near the Trishna bar and restaurant...the truck shaped restaurant?

Avi BTW I like your favourite bus!In my days the bus' Kohinoor' was everyone's favourite

in post 2823 the road is airport road in which a qualis is moving, and blueberry starts frm there ,as rightly said by visnaya, in post 2828 it is blueberry rd

My god that is true you come to hubli and belgaum side you will find red soil complete red...............:nuts:

Mangalore now needs some good pavements.Then it would make this city the cleanest. :happy:

Wonderful pics Avinash thanx for sharing,I wish I was in Mangalore to explore it completely,I am mostly interested in the extension areas of any city and you have precisely showcased that. great job.

Great going Mangaloreans. :cheers:

thanks for the comments dude, i vil post other photos also soon

Fantastic photographs Avi. I am unable to recognise some of the roads like the blue berry road.The Airport road looks crowded. Did not know that the blue berry road touched Airport road at all. My memory of Airport road is till Kavoor near Saphthagiri via Kunath bail(I have been to the MCF and Kudremukh colony in Kunajthbail few times)

Can any one please take the photographs of Airport road from Kavoor to Maravoor...That is the more difficult part of road widening as the road is winding.

I will have to get my geography right...all these STPI,AJ hospital,Blue berry road,Lands links township( I thought it was along Kuntikana /Konchady road).

thanks for the comments dude, the road in front of trishna hotel is now widened- work in progress, view frm trishna hotel is beautiful

Wat a lovely road to cycle on duing the evenings munching "churmuri" and waiting for the sun to set...................waaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh aweeeeeeesomeeeeeeeee

I loooowwwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeee iiiiiiiiiittttttttttttttttt :cheers:

I hope you get Churmuri in mangalore?? :happy:

charmuri is the most favourite snack of mangloreans u get it everywhere, no beach, parks , fairs, exhibhition is icomplete without a churmuri stall etc

How many flyovers are u/c in mangalore??? Why are they using obsolete designs,I mean look at the heavy girders :gaah:

6 flyovers u/c , one operational, for obsolete designs- company constructing is a govt undertaking co, so u can expect it

city has purchased around 60nos streetlights to b installed in the center of medians, the first batch of these medians vil b installed on old clocktower to r.t.o road, the design of these street lights resemble that of rajasthan archtectutre, this vil giv city a royal touch

6 flyovers u/c , one operational, for obsolete designs- company constructing is a govt undertaking co, so u can expect it


Is IRCON not constructing it?

Sakath Kannada nimmadu guruvae.........:)

churumuri originate agiduu Mysore alli.........:banana:

Nanu maneyali churmuri madilike prayatna madide but adu super flop aayitu!

http://www.marianinfrastructure.com/celeste.html


It looks like reticulated gas system is very popular in Mangalore. Is it piped gas? How do they manage that ?I mean from where does the pipeline come from?

http://www.marianinfrastructure.com/images/Marian_Celeste_02.jpg

Feel the exhilaration as you walk into CELESTE ( of the Heavens).Experience a panaromic view of the Bendur vicinity while being atop Mercara Hill.Celebrate your life's moments in a HOME wherein proximity to amenities is at a breathing distance.Adore and enjoy uninteruppted power supply,solar water heater provisions,Reticulated Gas Connections,Automatic Lifts ,GYM facilities and the PLUSH,DISTINCT Marian Quality Signature.

Nanu maneyali churmuri madilike prayatna madide but adu super flop aayitu!

perfect !!!no flaws at all you speak more like a mysorean than like a mangalorean!! :)

perfect !!!no flaws at all you speak more like a mysorean than like a mangalorean!! :)

Actually when I speak to my Mangalorean friends I speak Mangalore Kannada but become self conscious when I speak to Non DK Kannadigas as the language /terms used is totally different. I have never heard people using the word'SAKATHA' in DK.

Actually when I speak to my Mangalorean friends I speak Mangalore Kannada but become self conscious when I speak to Non DK Kannadigas as the language /terms used is totally different. I have never heard people using the word'SAKATHA' in DK.

There are a hell lot of kannada dialects-North kannada is totally different from Mysore kannada and Mangalore kannada.
:)

Sakath,yes it is not used by the DK citizens :)

http://www.marianinfrastructure.com/celeste.html


It looks like reticulated gas system is very popular in Mangalore. Is it piped gas? How do they manage that ?I mean from where does the pipeline come from?

Piped Gas line has become poplar in all delux apartment may it be mangalore, Mysore or bangalore. Now it comes as standard specs, What they do is they will connect all flate by pipeline, there will be central area where they connect gas cylinder may be 10+, mostly they use Private gas for the same, It will come as common utility like Water, Generator power etc and comes in monthly maintainance cost.

use is no headack of Gas and also no damage to property as Gas cyclider taken up and down. most cases these people just throw it on the ground and damage lift, floor etc. But most important is the safety, this facility comes with lot of safety feature.

M'lore: Equipment Aiding Flyover Concreting Work Collapses Injuring Two


M'lore: Equipment Aiding Flyover Concreting Work Collapses Injuring Two

Pics: Sphoorty Ullal
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (RS/SB)



Hopeless construction looks so obsolete, the design. :(

Oh god. Everything seems to collapse in construction these days.

Piped Gas line has become poplar in all delux apartment may it be mangalore, Mysore or bangalore. Now it comes as standard specs, What they do is they will connect all flate by pipeline, there will be central area where they connect gas cylinder may be 10+, mostly they use Private gas for the same, It will come as common utility like Water, Generator power etc and comes in monthly maintainance cost.

use is no headack of Gas and also no damage to property as Gas cyclider taken up and down. most cases these people just throw it on the ground and damage lift, floor etc. But most important is the safety, this facility comes with lot of safety feature.

Interesting . Now where will be this central area...within the building because I do not think in India there is pipeline coming from outside to buildings?or has it changed now?

There are a hell lot of kannada dialects-North kannada is totally different from Mysore kannada and Mangalore kannada.
:)

Sakath,yes it is not used by the DK citizens :)

That is why I wrote it in Mysore Kannada ..just 4 u.

Interesting . Now where will be this central area...within the building because I do not think in India there is pipeline coming from outside to buildings?or has it changed now?

may be pipelines climb in the shaft area,along shear walls-coz its safe during EQ,Lift shatfs??

Oh god. Everything seems to collapse in construction these days.

5-6 storied building in Bellary city collapsed,then a building in Hyderabad now a flyover centering failure

:gaah:

7 flyovers U/C in mangalore...hope the rest of them are safe...........

Even a bridge in Rajasthan collapsed when u/c a few months back & something collapsed at a Delhi metro construction site.

Healthcare scheme to begin from March

TNN, 6 February 2010, 10:48pm IST

MANGALORE: As many as 44,276 beneficiaries have been identified in the district for the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY), which will be implemented here from March 1, said deputy commissioner V Ponnuraj here on Thursday.

Speaking to reporters here, Ponnuraj said the scheme, under which the BPL families would be provided health care facilities was being implemented jointly by the central and the state governments.

The head of the family and three members including the children could avail the health care under this scheme. All the beneficiary families have to receive smart cards that costs Rs 30. They could avail the health care facilities 30 days after receiving the smart cards. The village accountants and the gram panchayat secretaries have been appointed the field officers in the district, he said.

In DK, Mangalore has highest number of beneficiaries of 14,620, followed by 12,420 in Belthangady. Puttur has 6,767, Bantwal 6,447 and Sullia has 4,022 beneficiary families.

KSRTC yet to apply for permits

Replying to queries, the DC said the KSRTC has not yet applied for the permits to operate Volvo buses between Mangalore and Udupi and they were not making use of the permits to run the mini-buses on these routes, as they have no mini-buses at present. He said the meeting of the regional transport authority would be held soon to dispose of 300-odd complaints pertaining to transport sector.

Fuel recovered from sunken ship

About M V Asian Forest, which sank off Mangalore coast in July last, Ponnuraj said the owners of the vessels have informed the administration that the process of removing the furnace oil and diesel on board the vessel has been completed. But, they have not yet reverted to us on steps to remove the wreckage, the DC noted.



TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Healthcare-scheme-to-begin-from-March/articleshow/5543444.cms)

http://www.mangalorelink.com/matv/wp-content/uploads/mcf_mangalore.jpg

Mangalore chemical fertilizers

http://www.mangalorelink.com/matv/wp-content/uploads/mcf_mangalore.jpg

I guess this is one of the prime polluters of the city

U7jU-NrYggc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7jU-NrYggc

What is the guy talking?

^^ It is fertilizer factory of Mallya - MCF. May not be. Ninja can.

^^ Awesome road I also saw 9000 series Volvo bus.

At 1:31 I saw some road dug up????

:( such a beautiful road and they have dug it up shamelessly.

^^ Awesome road I also saw 9000 series Volvo bus.

At 1:31 I saw some road dug up????

:( such a beautiful road and they have dug it up shamelessly.

Akash there was the photo of tech bay building where Mphasis is located
(top row right)

Akash there was the photo of tech bay building where Mphasis is located
(top row right)

where ?? :?

Port handling all kinds of cargos


TNN, 7 February 2010, 09:20pm IST
MANGALORE: The New Mangalore Port (NMP) is continuing to achieve records in handling coal, limestone, fertilizer, containers, and other cargo. M V Ikan Kedewas, a gearless vessel, carrying 86,522 metric tonnes (MT) of cooking coal called at NMP of January 29. This is the highest parcel size of coal ever handled at the port in a vessel.

After discharging the cargo at berth number 14 using two harbour mobile cranes, the vessel sailed out on February 3. Jindal group, Bellary imported the cargo from Australia.

Another significant achievement is a record discharge of 17,311 MT of Fertiliser (MOP) achieved in a day on January 22 on the vessel M V Seminole Princess that is the highest quantity of MOP ever handled in a day. The consignee of the cargo was M/s Indian Potash Ltd (IPL) and the handling agents involved in the operation are M/s Aspinwal and Company.

The container traffic also has shown an upward trend. During the current fiscal, as on February 5, the port handled 27,166 TEUs as against 24,628 TEUs handled during corresponding period of previous year with a growth rate of 10.36%.
So far six mainline vessels called at the port directly from East Africa. There is an indication of calling mainline vessels from West Africa, which would further boost the container movement at the Port.

The railway traffic also shows significant growth by registering 54.50 lakh tonnes during the current year (as on January 2010) as against 50.17 lakh tonnes handled during the corresponding period of last year with a growth rate or 8.6%.


TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Port-handling-all-kinds-of-cargos/articleshow/5545907.cms)

14 years: University College waits for relief from MCC

N Dinesh Nayak, TNN, 7 February 2010, 09:18pm IST

MANGALORE: Is the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) following double standards when it comes to releasing compensation for lands it acquired for road- widening works?

It appears to be so. MCC, which has been compensating private individuals and organizations without delay, has not been showing the same interest in clearing arrears it owes to University College, Hampanakatta.

Fourteen years have passed since the MCC acquired the college land to widen the arterial road passing through the college campus. College authorities are still running from pillar to post for the compensation; their pleas have fallen on deaf ears. Neither the MCC nor the district administration has taken the initiative to settle the issue.

The MCC acquired 17.25 cents of campus land for road-widening work in 1995 and fixed Rs 69 lakh as compensation based on the then market price. The college handed over the land, the road was widened and even the concretization work was taken up in the area. But the MCC is silent over payment of arrears to the college.

"The authorities are delaying compensation for the sole reason that ours is a government institution," feels Lakshminarayana Bhat, college principal. He said the market value of the land in the area has shot up since 1995 and it is Rs 12 lakh per cent as estimated by MCC. At current rates, the total amount of compensation will be Rs 2.07 crore.

Interestingly, the MCC has paid compensation to a private educational institute whose land was acquired for same purpose, he claims.

University College has been facing a severe funds crunch which prohibits it from even undertaking maintenance works. The building has leakages and is crumbling. If the funds are released, it would improve the college infrastructure.

MCC commissioner K N Vijaya Prakash told The Times of India that he would look into the matter and do his best to see that MCC honours its promise. "Since it is an old issue, I will need to go through the files. I will do so at at the earliest," he said.


TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/14-years-University-College-waits-for-relief-from-MCC/articleshow/5545902.cms)

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It is picture of Bangalore office.

where ?? :?

Akash,
The entire video shooting started done on M.G ROAD, It started at Empire mall, then T.MA Pai hall, opp yellow color barricaded area is the one where ramesh kumar is going to build Flats but which is looks like under litigation, then at the end we saw saibeeni complex mangalores first mall constructed in 1990's. Right side if you go then you get bharat mall and KSRTC bus stand.:banana:

It is picture of Bangalore office.
Oh SORRY!

Akash,
The entire video shooting started done on M.G ROAD, It started at Empire mall, then T.MA Pai hall, opp yellow color barricaded area is the one where ramesh kumar is going to build Flats but which is looks like under litigation, then at the end we saw saibeeni complex mangalores first mall constructed in 1990's. Right side if you go then you get bharat mall and KSRTC bus stand.:banana:

What has happened to the construction on Palke hall site? Bangalore based builders are constructing a mall there?

What has happened to the construction on Palke hall site? Bangalore based builders are constructing a mall there?

Construction is going on for wedding hall cum shoping complex. kudlabobs had posted pictures earlier.

KIOCL Ltd (formerly Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd), a wholly state-owned enterprise operating under the Union steel ministry with a miniratna status, said it is planning to restart its pig-iron production at its blast furnace unit (BFU) in Mangalore. “We are sending the proposal to the board to restart operations at BFU,” KIOCL chairman & managing director K Ranganath told FE.

The KIOCL has suspended operations at its BFU in September last following the fall in prices of pig-iron in the domestic market. Pig-iron prices that stood at 35,000 per tonne in September 2008 tumbled to below Rs 18,000 in December 2008. Now the price has increased to Rs 21,000, but still, it may create loss for the company as the price of coke, a main raw material for pig-iron, stood at Rs 22,000 per tonne.

The company produced 1.57 lakh tonnes of pig-iron in 2007-08, but production declined to 1.18 lakh tonnes in 2008-09. This fiscal year, until the closure of BFU in September, the company produced around 62,000 tonnes of pig-iron. However, the company will start operating BFU, which has an annual installed capacity of 2.16 lakh tonnes, as it has to supply pig-iron to its long-time customers, Ranganath said.

Meanwhile, the company has started operating its pellet plant since last December. During last year, production at the pellet plant was also suspended at different times due to the fall in pellet prices.

“We bought iron ore, a main raw material for pellet, at higher prices before September 2008 during the boom period. But when the prices fell after December 2008, we were forced to supply pellet at lower costs even as the input cost was more than the manufacturing cost,” he said. The pellet price tumbled to $54 per tonne in December 2008 from the peak level of $245 in August 2008.

Following this, the production in the pellet plant declined to 1.316 million tonnes in 2008-09 from 1.92 million tonnes a year ago. Now the company has started running the plant without halt from December 2009 as pellet prices in the international market have risen. Currently, the price hovers around $118 per tonne and it is expected to stabilise at $135 in the next four-five months, he said. “The company is comfortable with manufacturing pellets when the price is ruling above $115 per tonne,” he added.

The company produced 2.4 lakh tonnes in January 2010. With the...


Source: FE (http://www.financialexpress.com/news/KIOCL-to-restart-pig-iron-production/576745/)

* It is for the proposed multi-storeyed parking-cum-commercial complex there
* Mayor to include the proposal in the agenda of civic body’s next meeting
* Ossne councillor says the matter is still open for negotiation with owners

http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/08/images/2010020857780301.jpg

MANGALORE: Mangalore City Corporation has decided to “acquire” 45 cents of private land at Hampankatta in the heart of the city for the Mangalore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) to construct a multi-storeyed car parking-cum-commercial complex, according to Mayor M Shankar Bhat.

This private land is adjacent to 1.55-acre vacant land of the city corporation, where the main bus-stand for both private and government buses was located about 15 years ago, before it was shifted to Nehru Maidan and Bejai.Mr. Bhat said that there were now shops in the 45-cent private land on one side of the two roads, i.e. K.S. Rao Road and Light House Hill Road, which join the Hampankatta Circle. After acquiring this land, approximately a two-acre plot would be available for the multi-storeyed car parking facility, he said.

Earlier, during negotiations, the owners of other buildings on the two roads, except those owning a jewellery shop on K.S. Rao Road, had agreed to surrender their land. The civic body had promised to provide a carpet area space in the ground floor of the proposed complex to them, in exchange for the land they were to surrender, he said. But, the Mayor alleged, the jewellery shop-owners were preventing owners of other buildings from surrendering their land. They were dillydallying with their decision to surrender the land for the last one-and-a-half years.

Mr. Bhat told The Hindu that the civic body did not want to drag the matter any longer.An agenda to acquire the land would be tabled in the next council meeting. “I have decided to give ‘approval in advance’ for acquiring 45 cents of private land,” he said.

However, Ranganath C Kini, councillor of the court ward, said that doors for negotiations were not closed. The jewellery shop-owners had put some conditions, which were not accepted by the civic body. Owners of other buildings were ready to surrender their land, he said.

P.G. Ramesh, Commissioner, Malngalore Urban Development Authority (MUDA), said that the authority had invited bids for constructing the complex. Last date to submit bids is February 25, he said.


Source: The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/08/stories/2010020857780300.htm)

The other building with TITAN showroom will also be acquired? Toilet complex will be part of parking complex? What about Hotel Dhanyavad?

The building in front of Syndicate Bank junction is under demolition. Will it be a part of parking complex?

The other building with TITAN showroom will also be acquired? Toilet complex will be part of parking complex? What about Hotel Dhanyavad?

The building in front of Syndicate Bank junction is under demolition. Will it be a part of parking complex?[/QUOTE]

Is that the Bata andcosmos club? I am sure BALLAL MAHAL will be demolished. This the building which has the Bombay Dyeing ,Liberty's etc.Similarly buildings on KSR Road like Vaman Nayak will go as well.

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=168190


I was surprised at the Mangalore registered BMW's! I knew there were many Mercs! Anyway atleast now there are good roads in Mangalore for these cars. Lucky Mangaloreans.

http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/08/images/2010020857780301.jpg

Such a wonderful open space i wished to see some huge park with huge fountains.:happy:

can't they go underground for parking???

Ajay I guess it is very common in UK cities.But not in Mangalore :(

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=168190


I was surprised at the Mangalore registered BMW's! I knew there were many Mercs! Anyway atleast now there are good roads in Mangalore for these cars. Lucky Mangaloreans.

Lot of mangalore registered Hi end cars................ though Bikes were mostly Bangalore registered.

Port handling all kinds of cargos




TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Port-handling-all-kinds-of-cargos/articleshow/5545907.cms)

Even though it is good news that NMPT is doing good. But i am just thinking. when they say they got large amount of coal, how they download to port and transfer. How much polution it makes. is this carried by rail or by truck.

Why I am asking is some time back i had been to port and saw iron ore are put in all direction in heap. some trucks are directly loading in vessal. the entire soil has become red. same is the case i saw in karwar and goa port.

Any body knows about how they take care of polution factor.:bash:

Source: The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/08/stories/2010020857780300.htm)

The other building with TITAN showroom will also be acquired? Toilet complex will be part of parking complex? What about Hotel Dhanyavad?

The building in front of Syndicate Bank junction is under demolition. Will it be a part of parking complex?

As per the information I got, they are going to acquire following:

1. S.L Sheet and that full line till dhanyavad
2. Oppsite canara bank and kulyadikars full line till Musaba cloths
3. Dhanyavad
4. Next to that sujirkars cloth building
5. Titan shop
6. Sulabha sowchalaya

That becomes the big circle and good value. if planned properly it will become hot property of mangalore.

But planner is goverment we need wait and watch.

S.L Sheet Owner, KOMALS OWNER are long term patrons of BJP in mangalore who are ruling the mcc and state.

Visnaya if you could put it on the map then probably we can realize/sense it better.


I heard that MCC is taking double standards in paying compensation to the land losers,it was published recently in the TOI where in the university was still to get compensated,their lands were acquired 14 years back.On the other hand shopping lobby got compensation immediately.


:cheers:

Visnaya if you could put it on the map then probably we can realize/sense it better.


I heard that MCC is taking double standards in paying compensation to the land losers,it was published recently in the TOI where in the university was still to get compensated,their lands were acquired 14 years back.On the other hand shopping lobby got compensation immediately.


:cheers:


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The marked building have to be acquired by mcc.They will not touch Hotel Danyavad building and Bata.

^^ Thanx kudla for the map...................:cheers:


I wish to not see any legal hurdles in future,hope the acquisition is smooth and the owners are duly compensated.:banana:

AJ hospital highway

I understood most of the conservation but wat did he say at 1:00 plz Ajay or krishnamoorthy can translate it to me?? :cheers:


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Mangalore is more sexier than Bangalore

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I agree with you Ajay no tier two city in India is seeing the kind of infrastructure projects as being seen in Mangalore

the video is old,people complained of roads then today they will be proud of Mangalore roads.

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the follwing are beach photos taken during beach featival held last month- photos taken by my cousin

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our baywatch , lifeguards of panambur beach

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Great snaps....happy to see life guards there....

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Such a wonderful open space i wished to see some huge park with huge fountains.:happy:

can't they go underground for parking???

Ajay I guess it is very common in UK cities.But not in Mangalore :(

Akash ,In most UK cities there are multisoried car park ,usually up to 7 levels. They usually start from low levels like basement and go up....Open spaces car parking are very popular..that is pay and display...the others are Park and ride where you park at a designated spot and then take a bus. Parking in park and ride is free.Many cities which have tourist importance like Oxford,York have this facility.Has Bangalore got a multistoried car park or do you know of any other city which has a public multi storied car park?

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I agree with you Ajay no tier two city in India is seeing the kind of infrastructure projects as being seen in Mangalore

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That is true..the roads have improved now.

Can some one put the latest statistics of IT exports from Karnataka city wise?

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Such a wonderful open space i wished to see some huge park with huge fountains.:happy:

can't they go underground for parking???

Ajay I guess it is very common in UK cities.But not in Mangalore :(

once the buildings are demolished they can build good pavements on KS Rao road.

I am not sure what the plan is. I thought they were having about 4 floors for parking 1000 cars and then having shops below. Now it looks like they are having shops below?You cannot have four floors of underground parking ...too expensive..I am not too sure how the system is going to work at City centre Mall which has multistoried parking space for 850 cars.That means KS Rao Road will have parking space for 1850 cars in the near future.Does anyone have friends in MUDA. The design could be useful to obtain.?largest multistoried car park in India ? could be!

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=168347


Mangalore always had a reputation for good restaurants to cater to all tastes.Indian,Chinese,Thai,Guju,Punjabi ,pastries,the best icecreams in India(Ideals is the largest ice cream parlour in India .It seats 400 people at a time and they have a turnover of more than 500 crores). And now Iranian!

Tanglin Developments, part of the Coffee Day Holdings, is reportedly holding talks with HDFC's real estate private equity fund to raise close to Rs 300 crore.

Tanglin has so far developed two software parks at Bangalore and Mangalore and the fresh funds may be utilised to expand the Bangalore park further. The park is spread over 110 acre and houses companies including MindTree, MphasiS, Texas Instruments, Sonata Software besides others.

According to sources, the company is likely to develop additional seven million sq ft on to the already functional three million sq ft at Bangalore and Mangalore over a period of three years.


Source: Projects Today (http://www.projectstoday.com/News/NewsDetails.aspx?nid=29737)

Tech Bay (http://www.gtvltd.com/Techbay.htm) (EDS Mphasis) is developed by Tanglin.

Whether Mangala Corniche could be developed under PPP model? Whether development of Tourism Facilities along this corridor could be part of the project? What can make it PPP?

Which concrete road is that so sexy :happy:

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CPCB’s index rings warning bells



Govind D. Belgaumkar



WHO attributes 25 per cent of deaths world over to direct environmental factors





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Two scientific studies have highlighted environment degradation in Mangalore

Latest study lists 22 industries causing pollution concerns in the region


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MANGALORE: The World Health Organisation estimates that 25 per cent of deaths occurring in the developing world can be directly attributed to environmental factors. That this is a serious problem facing India has been accepted by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

Two scientific studies, one undertaken by the CPCB and the other by the Goa-based National Institute of Oceanography, have pointed to the environmental degradation in Mangalore and its coastal waters. The CPCB’s comprehensive environmental pollution index (CEPI) has put the Mangalore industrial area on the list of critically polluted places with a score of 73.68. Clusters scoring above 70 are classified as critically polluted. NGOs have welcomed the indices saying this had come as a justification of their long-felt fears that the industrial lobby, which understandably has to pump in huge funds for greener technology, has not been exactly pleased with the development. Some have even gone on to challenge the authenticity of the index.

The CPCB has posted two detailed reports on its website: one explaining the indices for the 88 industrial clusters and another explaining the procedures and criteria it has followed in assessing the clusters.

The National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) study, conducted in 2007 and published in 2008, found that water in the Kulai area between Mangalore and Surathkal was more polluted than earlier.

The latest study lists 22 industries in the region. Quoting available information, it says that Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers discharges 13,000 cubic metres of effluents a day, followed by Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. (7,200 cubic metres of effluents a day) and BASF India Ltd. (3,600 cubic metres). How soon the Governmentinitiates steps to ensure that Mangalore and its coast are not harmed further, remains to be seen.

First GO for study was issued during Deve Gowda’s regime

MANGALORE: After conducting a three-day study of the biodiversity in four villages of Mangalore taluk in 2007, a team from the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, wrote: “Carrying capacity of the district has to be assessed on priority before implementing any development projects in the erstwhile undivided Dakshina Kannada…”

In its nine major suggestions, the team wrote further: “The planning authorities should adopt holistic approaches, considering various components of the system rather than sectoral fragmented approaches.”

The IISc. conducted the study from November 12 to 14, 2007, in Permude, Tenka Yekkaru, Delanthabettu and Kuttethuru villages. It was aimed at understanding the ecological importance of the region, considering its proximity to the Western Ghats (30-km distance), one of the biodiversity hotspots of the world. The study was conducted after the then president of the Yekkaru Gram Panchayat wrote to the IISc. on November 7, 2007, requesting mapping of biodiversity in the region. The IISc. team said: “…proposed development activities in the vicinity of the Western Ghats, the ecologically sensitive biodiversity hotspot, violates the due recognition given to wildlife and forests in the Constitution…”

The report suggested: “…considering the biological richness and ecological sensitiveness of the Western Ghats, large-scale development projects should not be planned in any part of the Western Ghats, as it is likely to impair functional capabilities of the ecosystem, namely hydrology, biodiversity and ecology…” The study recorded 187 species of plants, 59 species of butterflies, 11 of odonates, six of amphibians, three of reptiles, 55 bird species and seven mammal species in these villages. Green activists here have been urging the State Government to study the carrying capacity of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districtsm but to no avail.

The Nagarika Seva Trust, a non-governmental organisation based at Guruyayanakere, has been demanding a study for long. Its president, K. Somnath Nayak, said, “In the context of the coastal region, the study relates to setting up of industries. It will see whether mega industries can be set up in the region without harming the natural resources, air and people. If so, how many can be set up. Is it possible to maintain the ecological balance in the coming years, without affecting people and other organisms, after setting up mega industries?”

H.C. Sharatchandra, former chairman of the KSPCB, said the Government had ordered a study of the carrying capacity of the region when H.D. Deve Gowda was the Chief Minister of the State. However, the study was never carried out.

Mr. Nayak said that a decade ago, although the State Government constituted a committee under Madhav Gadgil, a professor at IISc., to study the carrying capacity of the district, the work failed to start. J. Krishna Palemar, Minister for Environment and Ecology, said that he had directed the KSPCB to prepare the groundwork for the study. However, he could not specify as to when the study would begin.


Source: The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/10/stories/2010021059110300.htm)

* There have been complaints of water contamination and outbreak of diseases in many areas
* Agencies authorised to conduct pollution tests are said to have violated norms
* Minister says a fresh set of tests will soon be conducted in the region

MANGALORE: Following a report that appeared in these columns on January 13, 2008 about an oil spill from Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd, which contaminated irrigation wells in the Atturkodi area, a team of officials from the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) visited the spot.

During their visit, the air was heavy with the pungent smell of hydrocarbons. However, the inspecting officials appeared not to have smelt it.

Complaints galore

The Nandini river that flows past Soorinje was teeming with fish ten years ago, says Sundar Shetty (60), a farmer. “But, ever since these companies came, the fish catch has become negligible,” he added.

Upendra Hosbet, president of the Parisaraasakta Okkuta, says the fish catch in the Arabian Sea has also come down.

On December 8, 2007, a report appeared in these columns about the presence of highly toxic water in several wells around the BASF factory at Kulai.

Skin allergies

Imtiaz Kana, a resident, also said that several residents had developed skin allergies and bowel disorders. During the visit of a team of experts from the Ministry of Environment and Forests to the villages around Bajpe on February 3, 2008, several farmers complained that their yield was getting affected adversely owing to the effluent discharge from nearby industries. The company, however, denied the allegations.

Despite claims and media reports on the issue, the labs of the National Institute of Technology-Karnataka, Surathkal, and the College of Fisheries, Mangalore, which are authorised to conduct pollution tests, never found anything amiss.

CPCB’s finding

All that, however, changed in December 2009, when the Central Pollution Control Board found that Mangalore is the most polluted industrial city in the State and one of the 32 most polluted industrial cities in the country. In fact, Minister for Environment and Ecology J. Krishna Palemar told The Hindu, “We have lost the faith in the NIT-K, the College of Fisheries, and even our own (KSPCB) officials.”

Conflict of interest

Pointing out the contradictions, Mr. Palemar said that the air and water samples of MRPL were supposed to have been tested by the Department of Chemical Engineering at NIT-K. Test reports had to be sent to the KSPCB directly.

Instead, the samples were tested at MRPL’s own lab and G. Sriniketan of NIT-K merely signed the results before forwarding them to the KSPCB, the Minister said. Surprisingly, said Mr. Palemar, the Technical Advisory Committee of the KSPCB, which this report had to be submitted to for evaluation, was also headed by Mr. Sriniketan. “How can the same person compile the report and evaluate it too,” he asked.

Sandeep Sancheti, Director of NIT-K, said that ever since he took over, he had brought about certain changes in the system. While he did not elaborate on the changes, he confirmed that an internal investigation was on into the affairs of Mr. Sriniketan, who also has other charges of fraud and corruption against him.

H.R.V. Reddy, Head, Department of Aquatic Ecology and Environment at the College of Fisheries, which monitors the sea water off the coast here, said that in the 25 years of his department’s existence, it had never found any hydrocarbons in the sea.

However, a National Institute of Oceanography report confirms the presence of hydrocarbons and contradicts the report of the College of Fisheries. To this, Mr. Reddy said, “The sea water is very dynamic. Test results depend heavily on the time of the day, month and year, at which the test is conducted.”

Mr. Palemar said that a fresh set of tests would be conducted across the region, soon. “This time we will not take any help from local agencies,” he added.


Source: The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/10/stories/2010021058780300.htm)

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=168190


I was surprised at the Mangalore registered BMW's! I knew there were many Mercs! Anyway atleast now there are good roads in Mangalore for these cars. Lucky Mangaloreans.

right now compared to sales BMW has overtaken mercs

Is IRCON not constructing it?

ajay, ircon is a public sector undertaking, the company specialises mostly in the construction of railway lines for indian railways , part of diversification process they moved to constructing roads etc

Even though it is good news that NMPT is doing good. But i am just thinking. when they say they got large amount of coal, how they download to port and transfer. How much polution it makes. is this carried by rail or by truck.

Why I am asking is some time back i had been to port and saw iron ore are put in all direction in heap. some trucks are directly loading in vessal. the entire soil has become red. same is the case i saw in karwar and goa port.

Any body knows about how they take care of polution factor.:bash:

i think that problem may b soon taken care of, huge storage along with conveyors are being built at panambur railway yard , coal or ore whatever it is, unloaded directly frm train and hopped to these conveyors which carry them directly to ship

Which concrete road is that so sexy :happy:

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falnir road

Is that new? If so they should consider turning that bare ground into a garden, it would look much more appealing.

ajay, ircon is a public sector undertaking, the company specialises mostly in the construction of railway lines for indian railways , part of diversification process they moved to constructing roads etc

I thought IRCON was a German subsidiary.... is it a public sector company ? ...no wonder....

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=168504

MUMBAI BASED BUILDERS HAVE PUMPED 500 CRORES IN LAND DEALS AT MANGALORE

Concretization works of city's six roads launched

Mangalore, February 10: The work of concretizing of city’s six roads at a cost of Rs.14.99 crores was launched on Monday. District in charge minister Krishna Palemar, MLA N Yogish Bhat laid foundation stone for the work.

The concretization work of Karangalpadi to Bijai road to be taken up at a cost Rs.3.05 crores, Bijai church to Basaweshwara circle (Rs.1.73 crores), 488 mtrs to 926 mtrs Rs.1.68 crores, Shakthi nagar road concretization Rs.3 crores, Alape ward’s Padeel to Bajaal road two lane road Rs.21.50 lakhs, Navabharath circle to Krishna Kunja compound road Rs.1 crores Hamilton to Rao and Rao circle – Halegadiyara circle road Rs.3.79 crores. Totally the concretization of 6 roads at the total cost of Rs.14.99 crores was started.

Udayavani

Awesome,Mangalore is poised to become the next metro of Karnataka.I initially thought Mysore's proximity to Bangalore would help,but in vain and Mangalore proved it that it is not necessary to be close to the capital to prosper.

Is that new? If so they should consider turning that bare ground into a garden, it would look much more appealing.

India 101 which barren land are u talking about the shell petrol pump or the hampankatta multi storied parking site???

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=168504

MUMBAI BASED BUILDERS HAVE PUMPED 500 CRORES IN LAND DEALS AT MANGALORE

The article states that Prestige and Soba developers are constructing a joint development at Derebail . Any ideas anyone?any renders

The article states that Prestige and Soba developers are constructing a joint development at Derebail . Any ideas anyone?any renders

How far is derebail from hampankatta??

Blueberry hills is a part of Derebail area. It is about 7 km from hampanakatte.

Western coast has a new terror threat to contain (http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_western-coast-has-a-new-terror-threat-to-contain_1345901)

plant planned in Mangalore



Staff Correspondent



BARC scientist had inspected a site near Urwa Market for setting up the plant

Nisargruna biogas plant can process almost all biodegradable waste

The plant can be set up on an area of 100 sq. m

MANGALORE: The Mangalore City Corporation is planning to set up a biogas plant near Urwa Market, in association with the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), as a pilot project, according to K.N. Vijayaprakash, Commissioner of the corporation.

A scientist from the BARC who inspected a site near the market on December 8, 2009 had recommended that a biogas plant with a capacity to process two tonnes of bio-waste a day could be set up, Mr. Vijayaprakash told The-Hindu.

He said that technology transfer and collaboration division of the BARC was promoting setting up of biogas plants named “Nisargruna” for effective management of solid waste.

According to BARC authorities, a conventional biogas plant can process only cow dung and human waste. However, the Nisargruna plants could process almost all biodegradable waste, he said.

Cost


Mr. Vijayaprakash said that setting up of a Nisargruna plant would cost the corporation between Rs. 15 lakh and Rs. 16 lakh.

The BARC scientist, S.P. Kale, has said that the plant can be set up on an area of 100 sq. m and its maintenance cost will be Rs. 2 lakh a year, according to the Commissioner.

The plant could produce 140 to 180 cubic metres of gas and 120 to 150 kg of compost every day, he said.

Kitchen wastes


Mr. Vijayaprakash said that owners of a few hotels in the city had agreed to supply kitchen wastes to the proposed plant.

Mayor M. Shankar Bhat said that the corporation council had referred this proposal to the Standing Committee for Public Health, Education and Social Justice. “I am awaiting a report from the committee,” he said.

According to the BARC website, two Nisargruna plants had been set up on the BARC premises in Mumbai. The plants produce high quality methane gas and manure having high nitrogen content, the website said.

India 101 which barren land are u talking about the shell petrol pump or the hampankatta multi storied parking site???

Here.


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Here.

Got to know that it is falnir road and probably it is still U/C so the pump owner must be waiting for the works to be completed as I have normally noticed that petrol outlets don't leave any stone unturned to decorate their stations and make it look appealing to the customers. :)

BANGALORE: The farmer tilling his land as the hot sun beats down his back is a favourite with children’s story books. And the pages of a storybook may become the only place you can see it — if a Mangalore- based robotics company’s latest gadget catches on.

Mangalore Robotronics’ Technologies has developed an electronic kit that will allow the farmer to guide his power tiller by remote control— while he sits comfortably in the shade.

The company founded by a Mangalorean father-son duo is in the process of patenting the kit. By installing the kit on the tiller and using a hand-held remote the farmer can guide power tillers from up to 100 ms to plough his farm land.

The company founded by Vijay Kumar Bangera (an ex-Tata Institute of Fundamental Research employee) and his son Prajwal Kumar, and which markets agricultural technology, has developed the final prototype of the device after five years of trials. “Using this technology, farmers can avoid the strain of walking behind or along with the power tiller continuously for hours.

He can stand peacefully under a shade avoiding exposure the elements and damage to knees and the shoulders,” said Prajwal.

“The kit includes a hand held remote unit, controller unit to be mounted on the power tiller and a compact air compressor to power the pneumatics. It uses radio frequency for transmission of signal from hand remote unit to the controller unit,” Prajwal told Express.

“VST Tillers and Tractors Limited, a company headquartered in Bangalore, has agreed to market and install our product all around India and Africa through their network of dealers,” Prajwal said. The company founded by VST Group in collaboration with Mitsubishi, is said to be looking at competing with Chinese power tillers in the African market.


Source: EB (http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Now,+farmers+to+till+by+remote+control&artid=2YbQ22qPvLE=&SectionID=Qz/kHVp9tEs=&MainSectionID=wIcBMLGbUJI=&SectionName=UOaHCPTTmuP3XGzZRCAUTQ==&SEO=)

I wish somebody to come up with robots for building construction (at least for painting) and climbing trees & plucking fruits.

Rcom launches "Netconnect Broadband Plus" in Mangalore and Manipal (http://ub-news.com/news/rcom-launches-netconnect-broadband-plus-in-mangalore-manipal/8948.html)

Hi All,

Does anyone have latest update about new International Airport Terminal at Mangalore Airport?:)

Hi All,

Does anyone have latest update about new International Airport Terminal at Mangalore Airport?:)

As far I know inauguration is in March...hopefully!

Got to know that it is falnir road and probably it is still U/C so the pump owner must be waiting for the works to be completed as I have normally noticed that petrol outlets don't leave any stone unturned to decorate their stations and make it look appealing to the customers. :)

there's one more lane of concrete to be put up there , thats why empty space

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there's one more lane of concrete to be put up there , thats why empty space

That explains it.

this is one of my favourite rds ladyhill- managudda rd(kuloor ferry rd)

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corpoation bank sponsored public library

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busstop modelled on the lines of sri gokarnatheswara temple

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swiming pool

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mangala stadium

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abhiman palace apts

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abhiman palace apts

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managuda

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lalbagh-gandhinagar rd

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managudda

Avi, were all the snaps that of ladyhill-Managudda road. Now how far does it extend ?till New Chitra.Is there a proposal to demolish New Chitra and Balaji(Srivasa)

Photos were fantastic...lots of tress on that road. I remember the Hero Honda /Kinetic honda workshop,there used to be some one called Gokul.I used to take my KH there.

If you ever happen to be near Kavoor please take the Kavoor junction -Airport road photos.

Akash you have seen that road...extension of that road leads to car street...where buildings are being demolished for 50 feet wide road with pavements.Remember the artilcle...the days of old car street.

Awesome pics of the roads.Thanx a lot Avi mangalore :banana:

Avi, were all the snaps that of ladyhill-Managudda road. Now how far does it extend ?till New Chitra.Is there a proposal to demolish New Chitra and Balaji(Srivasa)

Photos were fantastic...lots of tress on that road. I remember the Hero Honda /Kinetic honda workshop,there used to be some one called Gokul.I used to take my KH there.

If you ever happen to be near Kavoor please take the Kavoor junction -Airport road photos.

Akash you have seen that road...extension of that road leads to car street...where buildings are being demolished for 50 feet wide road with pavements.Remember the artilcle...the days of old car street.

Yes I remember the article Ajay thanks for the info,Lovely roads mangalore has got.Happy to see good roads being laid in Mangaluru.

I have a doubt Ajay the pics Avi posted in the previous page are that of Maidan road???

why is this road dusty??? :cry:

http://www.daijiworld.com/images1/daya_120210_bandh16.jpg

which road is that??

Why don't they make this road dust free looks like some suburban road.

again dusty on the kankanady by pass road :(

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They must make mangalore roads free from dust.

Avi, all your photographs are very nice thanks, managudda-ladyhill road looks like bangalore roads. Any news of city centre opening date? i heard all the construction barricade had been removed in front of the mall, maybe they are preparing for the opening?. Hope this road looks broad and clean now.

Hope this road looks broad and clean now.

KS Rao Road becoming clean is a distant dream.

On newly constructed footpath (only 2 feet wide in many palaces) people have already started constructing stair cases in a haphazard manner. Some places both footpath & road are occupied by shops.

Sujatha Hotel demolition works may take another two weeks time to complete.

Avi try taking the pics of airport road.

Plz I want KS road to look clean as well :(

Avi, all your photographs are very nice thanks, managudda-ladyhill road looks like bangalore roads. Any news of city centre opening date? i heard all the construction barricade had been removed in front of the mall, maybe they are preparing for the opening?. Hope this road looks broad and clean now.



KUDLABOBS

Daijiworld is ready with the article on city centre...waiting for the final nod from Mr Arshad ,owner of Mohtisham.

Which is the road is in the post 2966? The dust might clear when the road is fully ready. Any MCC has those expensive road cleaning machines...

KUDLABOBS

Daijiworld is ready with the article on city centre...waiting for the final nod from Mr Arshad ,owner of Mohtisham.

links ?? :)

Avi, were all the snaps that of ladyhill-Managudda road. Now how far does it extend ?till New Chitra.Is there a proposal to demolish New Chitra and Balaji(Srivasa)

Photos were fantastic...lots of tress on that road. I remember the Hero Honda /Kinetic honda workshop,there used to be some one called Gokul.I used to take my KH there.

If you ever happen to be near Kavoor please take the Kavoor junction -Airport road photos.

Akash you have seen that road...extension of that road leads to car street...where buildings are being demolished for 50 feet wide road with pavements.Remember the artilcle...the days of old car street.

all the snaps were of managuda ladyhill road , right now it extends only till managudda, as shown in the snap, but iin future will extend all the way till carstreet and further till ladygoschen, they wont demolish balaji as balaji as got ample space in the front, same in the case of newchitra, wer road may come till the side of building

Yes I remember the article Ajay thanks for the info,Lovely roads mangalore has got.Happy to see good roads being laid in Mangaluru.

I have a doubt Ajay the pics Avi posted in the previous page are that of Maidan road???

akash all photos wer of ladyhill managuda road

why is this road dusty??? :cry:

http://www.daijiworld.com/images1/daya_120210_bandh16.jpg

which road is that??

Why don't they make this road dust free looks like some suburban road.

left photo is kuntikan kavoor road, right photo is kuntikan -kapikad- ksrtc road
both the photos wer taken above kuntikan flyover

the roads are not free frm dust bcause some lanes are not operational as still minor works in progress

Avi, all your photographs are very nice thanks, managudda-ladyhill road looks like bangalore roads. Any news of city centre opening date? i heard all the construction barricade had been removed in front of the mall, maybe they are preparing for the opening?. Hope this road looks broad and clean now.

city center opening-last heard frm promoters , begining of march

Avi try taking the pics of airport road.

Plz I want KS road to look clean as well :(

i vil take airport road soon also, k.s rao road will automatically become clean once the road frm sujatha hotel to pvs circle becomes concrete, and that vil start as soon as sujatha hotel is demolished

by the way thanks very much guys for ur comments on photos, i vill post photos soon of other roads

KS Rao Road becoming clean is a distant dream.

On newly constructed footpath (only 2 feet wide in many palaces) people have already started constructing stair cases in a haphazard manner. Some places both footpath & road are occupied by shops.

Sujatha Hotel demolition works may take another two weeks time to complete.

there are certain shops for egg maroor auto works in front there was no footpath as the road had become 4 lane, now they have demolished this small building and shifted shop elsewere, now they r constructing a building with setback space, hope other buidings follow suit

links ?? :)


I had a mail from Walter Nandalike who is the chief editor of Daijiworld! Infact Walter met Arshad(owner of Mohtisham) at Dubai in January.They wanted to revisit the old article...in which they interviewd Mr Arshad

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=37126&n_tit=City+Centre+Set+to+Enter+Mangalorean+Territory+with+Global+Brands

i vil take airport road soon also, k.s rao road will automatically become clean once the road frm sujatha hotel to pvs circle becomes concrete, and that vil start as soon as sujatha hotel is demolished

There have been no snaps of Airport road from Kavoor to Maravoor . Acoording to Moorthy it is about 60 % complete.

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KMC Mangalore

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Ajay here it is.

You may also check the mangalore cityscapes thread where I have posted some good snaps of the city

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KMC Mangalore


Ajay here it is.

You may also check the mangalore cityscapes thread where I have posted some good snaps of the city


Thank you Akash. I was working at KMC Attavar before I came to this country! Remember playing 20 over inter deparmental cricket and I scored the highest and batted 17 overs(not out) to win the match..batting second.I opened the innings!The ground is behind the hospital.That was in 1994 or so.

Thank you Akash. I was working at KMC Attavar before I came to this country! Remember playing 20 over inter deparmental cricket and I scored the highest and batted 17 overs(not out) to win the match..batting second.I opened the innings!The ground is behind the hospital.That was in 1994 or so.

Nice :)

Ajay what tablet can be taken for common cold??
Wikoryl is a good tablet??

Ajay what tablet can be taken for common cold??
Wikoryl is a good tablet??

Wikoryl is fine. I know it is the most common tablet in India. Here we advice paracetamol,plenty of fluids . Here we get lemsips sachets in various flavours . WE put it in warm water and drink. Cold will get better in 7 to 10 days.Please do not take antibiotics.

I think we cannot discuss medical treatment here. The mods will tell us off!

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Ajay here it is.

You may also check the mangalore cityscapes thread where I have posted some good snaps of the city

On the sixth floor are the operation theatres . I was very much involved during the construction process,design,pipelines for oxygen etc.( for the operation theatres)

why is this road dusty??? :cry:

http://www.daijiworld.com/images1/daya_120210_bandh16.jpg

which road is that??

Why don't they make this road dust free looks like some suburban road.

Like Ajay said, after while with traffic, rain & wind all the dust will clear away.

Wikoryl is fine. I know it is the most common tablet in India. Here we advice paracetamol,plenty of fluids . Here we get lemsips sachets in various flavours . WE put it in warm water and drink. Cold will get better in 7 to 10 days.Please do not take antibiotics.

I think we cannot discuss medical treatment here. The mods will tell us off!

Thankyou :)

Like Ajay said, after while with traffic, rain & wind all the dust will clear away.

hope so.....:cheers:

I had a mail from Walter Nandalike who is the chief editor of Daijiworld! Infact Walter met Arshad(owner of Mohtisham) at Dubai in January.They wanted to revisit the old article...in which they interviewd Mr Arshad

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=37126&n_tit=City+Centre+Set+to+Enter+Mangalorean+Territory+with+Global+Brands

Anyway Global brands are already existent in Bharth and Empire Malls!

any news on the ring road front??????/

MSEZ: Minister to hold meeting with stakeholders



Special Correspondent



To be convened after the presentation of State Budget





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Acquisition of 1,200 acres of land in Karkala stopped

Nirani invites farmers for a discussion

in Bangalore


MANGALORE: Minister for Industries Murugesh R. Nirani has said that he will hold a meeting with all the stakeholders before announcing the Government’s stand on the second phase of the Mangalore Special Economic Zone (MSEZ).

He told presspersons here on Saturday that the meeting, involving political leaders of the region, would be held after the State Budget was presented.

However, a press note, issued during the visit of the Minister to the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry by the District Industries Centre here, said the acquisition of 2,035 hectares of land for the second phase of MSEZ project was under way. Notification had already been issued.

Acquisition stopped


Mr. Nirani said that he had directed the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board not to acquire land forcibly for any project.

He said he had directed the board to stop the acquisition of 1,200 acres of land for the Suvarna Corridor project in Karkala. Mr. Nirani invited the farmers to Bangalore for a discussion. The Government would go ahead with the acquisition in places where more than 70 per cent of farmers were in favour of the projects, he said.

Notification


Mr. Nirani said that the Government would issue a notification soon to enable the industry bodies such as KCCI and Karnataka Small Scale Industries Association (KASSIA) clear industrialists’ applications for acquiring land up to one acre. When this is done, the entrepreneurs would negotiate directly with the farmers for acquisition of lands, he said.

Pollution


To a question, the Minister said there would be further study by experts on the industrial pollution of Mangalore and Bhadravathi.

The Minister said the global investors’ meet — aimed at mobilising investment of about Rs. 2 lakh crore — would be held at Bangalore on June 3 and 4. He said the Global Financial Districtwill come up near Devanahalli on the outskirts of Bangalore in about 18 months.

Later, the Minister held an interactive meeting with the KCCI members. The KCCI demanded better infrastructure such as newroads and railwayline in the district.

Acquisition plans


Our Udupi Staff Correspondent reports:

Minister for Large- and Medium-scale Industries Murgesh R. Nirani said on Saturday that there were plans to acquire 1.5 lakh acres of land through the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board to promote industrial development in the State.

He was speaking at the inauguration of the decennial celebrations of Navodaya self-help groups (SHGs), organised by South Canara District Central Cooperative Bank and Navodaya Gram Vikas Charitable Trust at Karakala.

Mr. Nirani, however, said that fertile agricultural land would not be acquired. The Government was committed to providing all facilities to those intending to start industries.

The Government had decided to waive the interest on loans of up to Rs. 10 lakh taken by small industrialists. This scheme would be beneficial to nearly 8,000 small industrialists, he said.

The former Minister Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli said that SHGs had brought about a revolution in economic, social and educational fields.

There were 17,000 SHGs with 2.5 lakh members in Bidar district. It was essential to start marketing federations at the taluk and district levels so that goods produced by SHGs could be marketed, he said and urged the banks to lend support to the SHGs.

Mr. Nagamarapalli and progressive farmer Suresh Gowda Ponacha were felicitated. MLA Gopal Bhandary, MLC Patel Shivaram and the former MLA Sunil Kumar were among those present. President of Karkala Taluk Panchayat Uday Kotian, Chairman of Shimoga DCC Bank Manjunath Gowda, and others were present.

^^ we dont want industries at the cost of our environment :ohno:

bearys group will be starting their new project named turning point in derlakatte 19+ floors, 450 flats

^^ we dont want industries at the cost of our environment :ohno:

If every state says that they do not want industries then how will you generate employment. It is important to use good green technology. The problem in India is lack of transparency,middle men and corrupt politicians.The land owner who are mostly poor do not get anything.There are more than enough laws to stop pollution ..infact there are too many laws ...but no one implements them.If individual states do not generate enough employment in its smaller cities people will continue to flock to Mumbai,Bangalore etc.Then we will have a situation like we saw in Mumbai spreading to other big cities.

bearys group will be starting their new project named turning point in derlakatte 19+ floors, 450 flats

Renders of this has been posted several times. It is on Mangalore city scapes and high rises. May be a seperate thread?Any new renders because the previous render does not add to 19 plus floors!

Mangalore, Feb 13: The state has planned to set up industrial corridors thereby making way for establishment of several industries to industrially empower state in line with other neighbouring states, said Murugesh Nirani, large and medium scale industries minister on Saturday February 13.
Speaking to presspersons at Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), he said that the state has planned to set up industrial corridor in several places along the national highways connecting other states. Four industrial corridors will be set up along the seven national highways in the state, he said.

As a pilot project, five textile industries will come up in the state that will provide in employment to 10,000 women apart from plans to set up automobile, pharmaceutical industries as well as food processing industries, said Minister. He added that there are plans to set up corporate offices of nearly 45 banks to solve the problem of investors’ financial needs at Devanahalli near international airport, Bangalore, thus recognizing the area as global financial district. He reiterated that there will be no acquisition of farm lands or any land against the will of the farmers.

KCCI president Srinivas S Kamath, MLA N Yogish Bhat and Coastal Development Authority chairman B Nagaraj Shetty were also present.

Udupi Feb 13: Udupi Power Corporation Lted (UPCL), a subsidiary of Lanco Infratech Ltd, an infrastructure developer, will invest Rs 600 crore more to enhance the capacity of its thermal power project from the present 1,015 Mw to 1,200 Mw, a senior company official said.

“We have completed the construction of the plant and are ready to start production by March-end. The first consignment of imported coal from Indonesia has arrived and we have already lit up the boiler and synchronise end of this month. We are presently waiting for the establishment of a 400 Kva line by Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd (KPTCL) to evacuate power,” Kishore Alva, general manager, corporate affairs, UPCL told Business Standard.

UPCL has already invested Rs 4,300 crore to set up its thermal power plant at Nandikur, about 35 kms from Mangalore in coastal Karnataka. The project is funded by a consortium of 14 banks led by Power Finance Corporation (PFC) in the debt equity ratio of 80:20.

The Karnataka cabinet, on Wednesday, approved the capacity expansion of the project.

As against the required 400 kva line, as agreed in the PPA with the company, the KPTCL has set up only a 200 kva power line at Kemmar near Karkala in Dakshina Kannada district. This is capable of evacuating only 200 Mw of power from the plant to the main national grid at Hassan.

“If the government does not set up 400 kva line, it will not be possible for us to evacuate power completely and we cannot afford to keep the plant idle. They have promised to do it by April this year. As per the agreement, we can even terminate the PPA, if they fail to provide us a 400 kva line,” Alva said.

The path of way has also not established to erect poles and towers to transmit the power through the forest area in Western Ghats. The state government is still to get the clearance from the ministry of environment and forests, he said.

Business Standard


I WAS NOT SURE IF IT SHOULD BE POSTED HERE OR IN UDUPI THREAD?WELL IF MULKI IS A PART OF MUDA THEN I GUESS IT SHOULD COME HERE!

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I am against fertile lands conversion for SEZ's . That is why many SEZ's in India are having problems...lack of transparency.,foreceful acquisitions,poor compensation etc.