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I doubt if they are going to repair the roads. If you go back to three years this was the state of road between KREC and Panambur or even till Kottara. There was no road there. They did not do any patch work then but just built the new highway.Same may happen here as well

I and u we all use google earth
Now, i think letz make 3d buliding for our city

So..for tht we need google setch up and google earth just make buliding and place it in google earth where they belong i already started with a buliding in kadri

This is for Ajay :)

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Akash,thanks. I have spent the best part of my life here. Unable to recognise some of the locations. Would have to revisit ,mostly 2012-13

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Indiareit has residential project in Mangalore? (http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ajay-piramal-may-exit-real-estate-pe-fund/408046/)

MANGALORE: There may be some relief to residents of erosion prone areas of Ullal with the Rs 140 crore Asian Development Bank ( ADB) funded project, which proposes to erect two submersible reefs and three off shore berms. These two structures will come somewhere between Ullal, Kotepura and Mogaveerapatna providing relief to residents and fishermen in this area.

While the reefs will come will come up 1.5 km off Ullal coast, the offshore berms will be on the shore near Ullal.

The reefs made of non-polypropylene mat, will be 200 mts in length and 38 mts in width. They will be laid in three layers from the sea bed. The mats will be 3.5 mts below the sea surface. These mats, imported from New Zealand, will be pumped in with sand and their weight will see that it settles at the bottom. The dry weight of the reefs will be 2 tonnes and will weigh about 4.5 tonnes after its filled with sand, which will help them settle on the sea bed without any anchorage requirement.

Department of ports and fisheries assistant executive engineer Sujanchandra Rao said they have received 15 bids, from Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, including two from India, for the project costing Rs 140 crore. It is a part of the ADB's Rs 228 crore project and the reef and berm work will be taken in the first tranche. In the second tranche, the breakwater correction will be made, including beach nourishment.

He said the project will take off once the final design of the placement of the reef and berm has been worked out. While the company which supplies the mat wants to put the reef and berm according to mathematical model, the department has insisted that the design should be based on regular flow model developed by Pune-based Central Water Power Research Stations ( CWPRS).

The berm and reef have a guarantee of four years. Rao said the consultant will record the reef and berms position from time to time. "In case the reef or berm gets shifted, the company has to put it in place in the liability period, he added.

As far as the North and South breakwaters near Old Port here, they have to be redesigned as the design is based on a mathematical model rather than a regular flow model, is not serving its purpose. This will be taken up in the second tranche.

TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Reefs-and-berms-to-protect-erosion-prone-areas/articleshow/6542390.cms)

http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/15/stories/2010091563590300.htm


KCCI to seek train service to Howrah

Staff Correspondent
MANGALORE: G.G. Mohandas Prabhu, the newly elected president of the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said on Tuesday that pushing for setting up a cricket stadium here is among the six areas of thrust for 2010-11.

The chamber would press for a direct train from Mangalore to Howrah in West Bengal, as labour migration from that State to this region was on the rise.

A consultant of the chamber had prepared a draft of the possible route for the train via Bantwal, Hassan, Bellary, Guntur, Visakhapatnam, Bhubaneswar, Kharagpur, Mr. Prabhu said.

Mr. Prabhu said that a report commissioned by the chamber and authored by Deepa Thattai of SRM University, Tamil Nadu, to study the causes of sea erosion in coastal Karnataka, had been sent to the Government. The chamber would request a technical committee of the Government to sit with that of the chamber and deliberate on the report, which was highly technical. Ms. Thattai was likely to be part of the chamber's team, he said.

The chamber would try to prepare a detailed project report for a new fishing harbour in Kulai-Hosabettu area within about six months. The chamber was looking at exploring alternative sources of energy such as wind and solar to ensure uninterrupted power supply to the city. It would also demand the appointment of a divisional officer for the Employees State Insurance for Mangalore, he said.

Mr. Prabhu said that the chamber had requested the Government to identify a place for developing another industrial area in the city. The chamber would work towards improving the facilities at the two industrial areas, he added.

The Government will be requested to make the proceeds of TDRs (Transferable Development Rights) free from Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax. The Union Government will be asked to appoint a Commissioner of Income Tax for Appeals in Mangalore, he said.

The chamber has written to the Department of Tourism to open a full-fledged tourism office in the district. The Government is proposing a railway station of international standards at Mangalore at an estimated cost of Rs. 550 crore. A meeting of all the stakeholders will be held here in October. The Government will be urged to increase the frequency of the Bangalore-Kannur train to all days of the week.

A study is being carried out to determine the feasibility of transporting air cargo from Mangalore.

The chamber has petitioned the Civil Aviation Ministry to rename the Mangalore Airport as U.S. Mallya Airport. It would try for introducing Volvo bus service between the city and the airport, he said.








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NIT K has changed a lot...good to see the buildings painted with sober colours...not the pinks & yellows of the 80s & 90s...wish more attention was paid to landscaping though. Wonder if "Samudra Darshini' still exists..the views from this tea stall were fantastic.

NIT K has changed a lot...good to see the buildings painted with sober colours...not the pinks & yellows of the 80s & 90s...wish more attention was paid to landscaping though. Wonder if "Samudra Darshini' still exists..the views from this tea stall were fantastic.

How do you know about Samudra Darshini...the views thro those small colored glass (sort of windows) were awesome.I remember the special Maths .Physics classes we used to have in the classrooms in the summer hols:ohno: a year before our PUC exams!

How do you know about Samudra Darshini...the views thro those small colored glass (sort of windows) were awesome.I remember the special Maths .Physics classes we used to have in the classrooms in the summer hols:ohno: a year before our PUC exams!


I too have fond memories of NIT-K (erstwhile KREC). As children, we were visiting the exhibitions being conducted regularly. It was the place of fabulous excitements.

No doubt the entire area has taken a brand new look.

Akash,

Thanks for the awesonme pics.
:banana:

http://www.godrejproperties.com/pdf/Q1FY2011_Results_Presentation.pdf

This is a power point presentation.
The project includes a Hotel. wonder if it is the Hyatt even though Hyatt has denied that their Hotel is on Airport Road.

One of the most beautiful and cute street


THEY MUST NOT WIDEN IT.

I completely agree, this road should left alone. Not only that they should declare it a heritage lane so that the house owners there leave it alone. Already a house where a relation of mine used to live [further ahead to the right] was demolished and rebuilt completely spoiling the old look.

Raheja Universal are planning to open booking for their first project during Diwali.

The 130-year-old Father Muller College Hospital (FMCH) located at Kankanady, Mangalore is planning to construct a new building for a trauma centre and a casualty ward within the same premises of its 40-acre campus. The new centre is supposed to come up next to the present OPD building. At present, at the site of the new trauma centre is an old age home of the Diocese.


The new centre, which would be around seven to eight storeys, would add another 200 beds, taking the bed strength from the present 1,050 to 1,250. The centre would be spread over 85,000 square feet, of which 10,000 square feet is dedicated to the trauma centre. Twenty beds would be allocated to trauma. "The rest of the beds would be added for other super specialties like cardiac sciences, urology and neuro sciences," adds Fr Rodrigues. The institute is looking at donor agencies for funding the new centre.

The new centre also plans to conduct kidney transplants. "We already have the license for it," says he. The medical college hospital is planning to go for PACS. "We also want to improve our IT connectivity. Though we have HIS, we want to now go for EMR," says he.

Read more on Express Healthcare (http://www.expresshealthcare.in/201009/market02.shtml)

Suvarna TV launches 'Gothanaga Porthand' (http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=197408)

BANGALORE, September 14, 2010: The Karnataka government has decided to set up Marine Park and Information Technology Park in Mangalore. Addressing presspersons here on Tuesday, Minister for Information Technology and Biotechnology Katta Subramanya Naidu said both parks would be established with participation of the private sector in the coastal district.

The Marine Park would give fillip to the fish industry in the district and other marine products. It would be set up with an investment of Rs. 100 crore, he said.

An IT Park too would come up in Mangalore for the promotion of small and medium IT entrepreneurs in second tier cities. The government based KEONICS would set up the park with the participation of the private sector. The detailed reports of both projects would be worked out soon, Mr Naidu said

Mangalorean (http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=197597)

There seems to be no progress on construction of building for CMFRI.

Works on Integrated Private Bus Stand at Pumpwell to Beign as soon as the intensity of rains comes down (http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=85575&n_tit=Mangalore%3A+Works+on+Integrated+Private+Bus+Stand+to+Begin+Soon)

Can we have a Mangalore report card on the lines of Mysore report card?? I will make one for Hubli-Dharwad as well :)

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How do you know about Samudra Darshini...the views thro those small colored glass (sort of windows) were awesome.I remember the special Maths .Physics classes we used to have in the classrooms in the summer hols:ohno: a year before our PUC exams!

Ajay, I studied civil engineering at KREC -85-89... lovely campus...nice mix of students from all over India and other parts of the world...lunch of 'bullet proof' chapathis at the Bombay canteen... sessionals..labs ...beautiful experience.

Ajay, I studied civil engineering at KREC -85-89... lovely campus...nice mix of students from all over India and other parts of the world...lunch of 'bullet proof' chapathis at the Bombay canteen... sessionals..labs ...beautiful experience.

I have eaten in all the canteens!Bullet proof chapathis and Idlis are standard in all Hostel canteens..same in KMC as well!

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Udayavani (http://www.udayavani.com)

Apartment culture is picking up in Puttur, the future capital of DK. :cheers:

Ajay, I studied civil engineering at KREC -85-89... lovely campus...nice mix of students from all over India and other parts of the world...lunch of 'bullet proof' chapathis at the Bombay canteen... sessionals..labs ...beautiful experience.

please check your PM!

Its a really hetic thing 2 walk from nanthoor 2 kadri-near d petrol pump or say still near ABHARAN(JEWL SHOP).......firstly.....there no proper foot path wee are made 2 walk at the muddy path which spoils are footwear.;......
Then the road hads soo many pothholes then front of jimmys./...the road is so

Someone get this 2 d dc or someone 2 repair the roads

Road asphaltation after monsoon, says Mayor

Mangalore, Sept 17, DH News Service:

Measures will be taken to asphalt roads in Bunder area after the monsoon, said Mayor Rajani Dugganna.

Speaking on integral development of Mangalore City Corporation organised by the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) here on Friday, she said the engineers have been asked to make an estimate for the asphaltation of the road. The road to Bunder was asphalted 10 years ago. Along with the asphaltation of the road, the work on concrete drains will also be undertaken.

A fulfledged City and service bus stand will come up at Pumpwell soon. Tenders will be invited soon, she added.

Markets

Dugganna said that tenders have been invited to develop market at Alake and Mangaladevi. The work will commence soon.

To a query on the deplorable condition of the interior roads, she said that a sum of Rs 50 lakh would be given to each ward for the development of interior roads from the Rs 100 crore grant by the Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa.

To a query on toilet facilities at Bunder region, Deputy Mayor Rajendra Kumar said “if the merchants of the region show us the land, we will construct the toilets in the form of Sulabh Shauchalaya.”

Central Market Merchants Association President Hameed Kandak said that the road leading to Mangalore junction railway station is in deplorable condition, which the MCC should pay attention as a large number of train passengers depend on the road. In fact, the road is unmotorable, he added. He also urged the MCC to construct a overbridge or underpass at Jeppinamogaru.

Member H R Rao said that beautification of Mangalore is being undertaken. However, many residents, hoteliers still throw the wastes on the footpaths, marring the beauty of the City. He said that stray dogs are increasing in the City Corporation limits.

In fact, stray dogs have become headache for the morning walkers. The MCC should take measures to check stray dogs. To which, Mayor said that stray dogs have become headache even to the Mangalore City Corporation.

Inspite of it, dogs are being sterilised in the City Corporation limits.

Traffic management

Consultant Engineer Praveen Shetty said that traffic jams have become common sight in Mangalore City Corporation. In fact, several circles on the road are not in the Centre of the road but are shifted to one side. As a result, on the other side, the road becomes narrow compared to the rest of the road.

KCCI President G G Mohandas Prabhu was present.

‘Barricades obstacle’

KCCI office-bearer Ahamed Bhava said that the barricades have been put up in front of the Lady Goschen Hospital to prevent the movement of heavy vehicles to the Central market. However, the move of the district administration is affecting the merchants. He urged the Mayor to reconsider the decision.

Supporting his view, Association’s Abdul Kalam said that it is not right on the part of district administration to say that traffic is caused by the vehicles entering the Central Market area.

Reacting to it, Deputy Mayor Rajendra Kumar said that the decision to install a barricade was taken in the presence of all the merchants of Central Market.

DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/97426/city-service-bus-stands-pumpwell.html)

^^
A few years back RTO took a wrong decision of not issuing more licenses to public mass transportation system namely buses. At the same time they encouraged personal vehicles by issuing unlimited licenses. This policy has lead to today's traffic jam due to huge number of personal vehicles.

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Abish Builders & Developers (http://www.abishdeveloper.com/abish_ruby.html)

^^
A few years back RTO took a wrong decision of not issuing more licenses to public mass transportation system namely buses. At the same time they encouraged personal vehicles by issuing unlimited licenses. This policy has lead to today's traffic jam due to huge number of personal vehicles.

That is true. Permits for more than 6000 autorikshaws and 500 buses are pending!

That is true. Permits for more than 6000 autorikshaws and 500 buses are pending!

But permits to autos is also not the solution. Auto drivers are most indisciplined drivers in road, the main cause of most traffic jams and accidents. The auto drivers need to be educated in driving sense and discipline before being issued permits for maintaining traffic discipline and safety.

New buses will not get permit to ply within city limits, says DC

Mangalore:Sep 18, DHNS:

As the four-laning of Nanthur-Talapady work is going to begin within two months and with the increase in the density of traffic, permits for new buses can not be given within the City limits, said Deputy Commissioner V Ponnuraj.

Speaking at the RTA meeting here on Saturday, he said Comprehensive Transport and Traffic Plan (CTTP) is being prepared for the City.

The traffic system in the city will change once the CTTP is completed. A meeting with the stakeholders will be convened at the earliest.

The four-laning of Nanthur-Talapady will commence soon. There would be disruption in the movement of vehicles during the four-laning work. The density of vehicles will also increase, he added.

In Baikampady and Ullal bridge region, the density of vehicles would be more than that of its capacity. Hence, the new permits for the buses to ply to the City will create problems.
Stating that there was no problem in issuing permits for the running of new buses to rural areas, the DC said the density of vehicles are more on M G Road, PVS, Jyothi, Balmatta, Kankanady and Pumpwell. To avoid the density of the vehicles, the traffic system in the city limits will be divided into four separate zones. “We have plans to have one way traffic in some areas.

“Even the City and Service bus stand will be shifted to Pumpwell which will reduce the traffic in the city limits. There are plans to go for four-laning of Falnir road.”
“Till the four-laning of the work is complete, one way traffic will be in force on Falnir road,” he informed. The Deputy Commissioner had recently cancelled the permits of those buses which failed to operate even after obtaining the permits in the district.
Those who had taken the permits had appealed before the Court and asked for reviewing the cancellation of permits.

The RTA decided to review 178 such applications as per the direction of the Court. Of the 178 applications, 50 applications were heard on Saturday.

‘Traders ready to shift ’
About 70 per cent of the merchants have agreed to shift retail business in Central Market area to APMC yard in Baikampady. About 30 per cent have expressed opposition to the same. The decision will be taken after holding a detailed discussion, said Deputy Commissioner V Ponnuraj. Speaking to presspersons, he said “there is no change in the stand of the district administration in banning the movement of heavy vehicles to Central Market region. In spite of issuing a notification to ban the entry of heavy vehicles, they enter the city limits. Hence, barricades will be laid in the important places to ban the entry of heavy vehicles.”
RTO Seva Nayak and SP Dr A S Rao others were present.
DH News Service (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/97600/nanthur-talapady-4-lane-works.html)

New buses will not get permit to ply within city limits, says DC

In Baikampady and Ullal bridge region, the density of vehicles would be more than that of its capacity. Hence, the new permits for the buses to ply to the City will create problems.

DH News Service (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/97600/nanthur-talapady-4-lane-works.html)

This decision will give a boost to personal vehicles plying on NH-17. On the other hand more buses means more people travel by buses and hence personal vehicle traffic will decrease and hence traffic pressure on bridges will decrease.

CM Yediyurappa during his last visit to Mangaluru had travelled by a volve bus. This should be exemplary guiding principle to all decision makers in the government.

MSEZ: displaced families want jobs for trainees (http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/18/stories/2010091860600300.htm)

Hampankatta

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Hampankatta

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I would rename it...THE SOBER HAMPANKATTA JUNCTION..LOOKS VERY QUIET..VERY UNUSUAL AS THIS IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST TRAFFIC INTERSECTIONS IN KARNATAKA

You are right...why isn't there any traffic in the picture?

Hampankatta

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Yes, the first thing that struck my mind when I saw this pic is the traffic!!!
The pic seems to be taken early-morning (between 8AM to 9AM) when the traffic should be high but strangely is very low.

Yes, the first thing that struck my mind when I saw this pic is the traffic!!!
The pic seems to be taken early-morning (between 8AM to 9AM) when the traffic should be high but strangely is very low.

Could be between 7 AM AND 8 AM on a Sunday!

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=86001

LAND TRADE PLANS NEW PROJECTS

SORRY FOR THE EXTRA'S'

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Looks like this one will be located behind Don Bosco Hall on Don Bosco Hall Cross Road (from Alvares junction to Don Bosco Hall).

MANGALORE: Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel has urged Union minister of railways Mamata Banerjee to introduce Howrah (Kolkata) and Ahmedabad trains from here.

In a letter to the Banerjee, Kateel said that more than two million people from this part of the coast were residing in Mumbai, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, carrying out their business and doing jobs in various companies.

He said at present, there are few trains between Mumbai and Mangalore and none to Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat. Besides, the region was getting its manpower requirements from northern states especially Bihar, West Bengal, and Uttar Pradesh.

Kateel suggested that the Mangalore to Howrah train run via Arasikere, Chitradurga, Guntkal, Vijayawada Vishakpatnam and Bhubaneshwar. Regarding the train to Ahmedabad, he said it can be introduced via Karwar, Madgaon, Belgaum, Miraj, Pune, Mumbai and Ahmedabad.

He also requested the Union minister to extend Mumbai-Madgaon- Karwar train No 2133/2134 up to Mangalore Central, so people from the entire coastal Karnataka region will benefit from it.

TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Demand-for-Howrah-Ahmedabad-trains/articleshow/6594098.cms)

Learning to gallop on the beach (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Learning-to-gallop-on-the-beach/articleshow/6587256.cms)
Venture capital to fund projects in Mangaluru (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/iw/2010/09/19/stories/2010091950270900.htm)
Felix Security Systems comes to Mangalore (http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=198397)

* Now, shopkeepers are responsible for cleanliness at Central Market
* The market becomes slushy during the monsoon
* Erratic power supply stated to be a huge problem

MANGALORE: Although there has been a visible improvement in the cleanliness inside Central Market, a key problem that remains unresolved crops up every year during the monsoon.

The traders have built roofs for their individual stalls over the years. However, several parts of the market still remain open. As a result, the narrow pathways become slushy during the monsoon. A statement by David D'Souza, a shopkeeper, that the market was generally clean when it rained was, however, refuted by two of his customers. One of them said it was too filthy to set foot in the market during the rains.

Hameed Kandak, president of the Central Market Merchants' Association, said that despite several appeals over the last 10 years, the authorities had done nothing. Now, the officials say that there is no point in pursuing the matter as a new market building will soon be coming up.

Mr. Kandak said, “I doubt the building will come up soon. Promising a new building, the officials shifted the fish market to the (Nehru) maidan (near Hamilton Circle) about eight years ago.” He also feared that the project might be implemented by private players and they might impose arbitrary restrictions on the traders.

Cleaner now

Till very recently, cleanliness inside the Central Market was a huge problem. But a recent order of the district administration has made the shopkeepers responsible for cleanliness.

Earlier, the city corporation workers used to clear the waste every evening.

Until two years ago, there was no water in the toilets in the market, and so it had been rendered unusable. Now, however, especially for the last two months, the situation has greatly improved, David D'Souza, a vegetable vendor, said. A person has been appointed to clean the toilets and there is running water also, according to several workers in the market.

“As the vegetables lose water content during summer, the weight decreases and results in loss of revenue for us,” he said. The cement sheets used as roofing for the haphazardly constructed stalls make the heat worse. “We need electricity to run at least fans, if not air-conditioners. This is necessary even from the point of view of hygiene,” he added.

Several merchants and workers complained of the lack of drinking water inside the market. Some even urged the city corporation to provide water.

The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/22/stories/2010092258690300.htm)

The market is a picture of chaos (http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/22/stories/2010092259950300.htm)

* Trucks are not the only ones to blame for traffic snarls
* Retail vendors occupy most of the footpath and the road
* Market area needs proper regulation by authorities

Move to keep heavy vehicles out irks traders (http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/22/stories/2010092259950300.htm)

In the new market plan are they going to provide parking place for trucks for loading and unloading? I had posted earlier that I have seen Big Bazar unloading trucks parked on footpath in front of Bharat Mall. If this is the situation in a supposedly well organized mall then how they are planing to control unloading operations in the market area? And also they may have to provide separate lifts for wholesale fruit & vegetable movements.

Also are they going to accommodate autos in parking area or autos will be allowed to park on roads and footpaths as it is now.

* ‘DC will be its convener and stakeholders will be the members’

Mangalore, 22 September 2010: A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) will start functioning under the Urban Development Department for the implementation of Mangala Corniche Riverfront Development project.

Addressing a technical discussion on the project at Deputy Commissioner’s office on Tuesday, Karnataka State Industrial Investment Development Corporation (KSIIDC) Chairman N Yogish Bhat said that the SPV will have the Deputy Commissioner as its Convener and stakeholders will be the members.

Mangala Corniche, the Riverfront Development is being implemented by KSIIDC, Mangalore Urban Development Authority, Mangalore City Corporation and Coastal Development Authority with assistance from Gujarat Town Planning Scheme model in PPP model.

Bhat informed that a comprehensive survey will be conducted by KSIIDC from Ullal-Kulur-Maravoor-Gurupura-Kannur-Ullal. He said that the 30 km long road will be designed like a ‘necklace’, which will touch all the three National Highways, viz NH-17, NH-48 and NH-13. Mangala Corniche road will have Kannur to Ullal bridge, Ullal to Kulur bridge, Kuloor to Maravoor bridge and Maravoor to Gurupur bridge developed in four parts. Bhat said that the project, which was pending for long time and, which was written off as a unsuccessful project is finally being realised only because of Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa’s faith on the project.

Deputy Commissioner V Ponnuraj said that the development objectives of the project is to strengthen the economic base, rejuvenate vacant underutilised areas, improve public transit and transport system along the river, minimise the impact of incompatible land uses and provide a balance of land uses etc. He said that the waterfront development is laid on the principle of connecting the adjoining neighbourhood and the city, rather than separating them. “In order to achieve the objectives, we propose a multi-disciplinary team of experts comprising of urban planners, urban infrastructure planners, engineers, architects, transport engineers, financial analysts etc,” said the DC.

No land acquisition

Deputy Commissioner said that there will be no compulsory land acquisition for the project as the project plans to pool land together. “Though the road will be developed on 100 ft area, the planning will be done ten times the said area. The project will only re-develop or re-model the city through land pooling,” said the DC. KSIIDC Managing Director Vanditha Sharma, PWD Superintending Engineer B S Balakrishna, City Municipal Commissioner Dr Vijayprakash others were present.

Bellevision (http://www.bellevision.com/index.php?action=news_diggest&type=593)

Mangala Cornice to start soon (http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=198867)
Special Cell to Implement Mangala Corniche Road Plan (http://news.google.co.in/news/url?sa=t&ct2=in%2F0_0_s_1_0_t&ct3=MAA4AEgBUABgAWoCaW4&usg=AFQjCNGeIZuSkPHa8plxpA2mZ-8xxOpXag&cid=8797595927042&ei=osWZTOCSGZDvcJTHvvYB&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.daijiworld.com%2Fnews%2Fnews_disp.asp%3Fn_id%3D86157)

Mangala Corniche project should start soon. we can have a nice drive on the river side (mangalore marine drive). It is a huge project i don't know how they are going finance??. hope this dream come true

Mangala Corniche project should start soon. we can have a nice drive on the river side (mangalore marine drive). It is a huge project i don't know how they are going finance??. hope this dream come true

Is Marine Drive part of this project???
:booze:

SPV for Mangala Corniche
Mangalore: Sep 21, DHNS:

A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) will start functioning under the Urban Development Department for the implementation of Mangala Corniche Riverfront Development project.

Addressing a technical discussion on the project at Deputy Commissioner’s office on Tuesday, Karnataka State Industrial Investment Development Corporation (KSIIDC) Chairman N Yogish Bhat said that the SPV will have the Deputy Commissioner as its Convener and stakeholders will be the members.

Mangala Corniche, the Riverfront Development is being implemented by KSIIDC, Mangalore Urban Development Authority, Mangalore City Corporation and Coastal Development Authority with assistance from Gujarat Town Planning Scheme model in PPP model.

Bhat informed that a comprehensive survey will be conducted by KSIIDC from Ullal-Kulur-Maravoor-Gurupura-Kannur-Ullal. He said that the 30 km long road will be designed like a ‘necklace’, which will touch all the three National Highways, viz NH-17, NH-48 and NH-13. Mangala Corniche road will have Kannur to Ullal bridge, Ullal to Kulur bridge, Kuloor to Maravoor bridge and Maravoor to Gurupur bridge developed in four parts. Bhat said that the project, which was pending for long time and, which was written off as a unsuccessful project is finally being realised only because of Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa’s faith on the project.

Deputy Commissioner V Ponnuraj said that the development objectives of the project is to strengthen the economic base, rejuvenate vacant or underutilised areas, improve public transit and transport system along the river, minimise the impact of incompatible land uses and provide a balance of land uses etc. He said that the waterfront development is laid on the principle of connecting the adjoining neighbourhood and the city, rather than separating them. “In order to achieve the objectives, we propose a multi-disciplinary team of experts comprising of urban planners, urban infrastructure planners, engineers, architects, transport engineers, financial analysts etc,” said the DC.

No land acquisition

Deputy Commissioner said that there will be no compulsory land acquisition for the project as the project plans to pool land together. “Though the road will be developed on 100 ft area, the planning will be done ten times the said area. The project will only re-develop or re-model the city through land pooling,” said the DC. KSIIDC Managing Director Vanditha Sharma, PWD Superintending Engineer B S Balakrishna, City Municipal Commissioner Dr Vijayprakash others were present.
DH News Service
DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/98465/spv-mangala-corniche.html)

Truly,BSY has fallen in love with Mangalore....keep it up BSY :cheers:

BJP is doing a great Job in all cities of the state,Mangalore,Mysore Bellary Belgaum etc etc

Another version.

* Its main feature will be a 30-km ring road
* The project is expected to cost Rs. 3,000 crore
* Feeder roads to be constructed leading to the ring road

http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/23/images/2010092359960301.jpg

MANGALORE: The “dream project” of the Dakshina Kannada district administration, Mangala Corniche, riverfront development project, has finally started to take shape.

(Corniche refers to a coastal road with wide views.)

Following a meeting in Bangalore three months ago, where the project was given an in-principle go-ahead by the Urban Development Minister, the first technical discussion on the project was held at the Deputy Commissioner's on Tuesday.

The meeting was convened under the leadership of Yogish Bhat, MLA, who has been one of the prime proponents of the project in the State Assembly.

A Gujarat-based consultancy firm made a presentation at the meeting which was also attended by senior officials from the Karnataka State Industrial Investment and Development Corporation (KSIIDC), Mangalore Urban Development Authority, Mangalore City Corporation and the Coastal Development Authority.

Four-lane road

The Mangala Corniche project's main feature will be a 30-km, 100-feet-wide, four-lane ring road that will be built in five phases and will touch the three national highways (17, 48 and 13) in the region.

Phase-I will connect Ullal bridge to Kuloor bridge along the Gurpur, phase-II will connect Kuloor bridge to Maravoor bridge, phase-III will connect Ullal bridge to Kannur along the Netravati, phase-IV will connect Maravoor bridge to Gurpur bridge and phase-V will connect Gurpur bridge to Kannur.

Barring the stretch to be developed in phase-V, the entire roadway will run along the riverfront.

Mr. Bhat, who is also the Chairman of the KSIIDC, told The Hindu on Wednesday that the aim was to finish the project in three years.

“The expected cost is Rs. 3,000 crore. A large portion of this money will be raised by involving private investors,” he said, and added that this would be the first such attempt in the country.

A special purpose vehicle, for which the Deputy Commissioner will be the convener, will start functioning under the Urban Development Department for the project's implementation.

He said it would be a toll-free road. “Investors will be compensated in other ways. The land in the areas adjoining the corniche will see tremendous appreciation. The investors will be given rights to develop these areas for residential, commercial and tourism purposes,” Mr. Bhat said.

‘Not just a ring road'

Cautioning against perceiving Mangala Corniche as “just another ring road project”, Deputy Commissioner V. Ponnuraj said that it would change the physical landscape of the city and economic potential of the entire region. A major chunk of the work in the project would involve the construction of “feeder roads” leading to the ring road.

Asked how land would be acquired for the feeder roads, Mr. Bhat said that he would not like to use the word “land acquisition”. A programme that would make local communities stakeholders for their own development was being planned, he said.

The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/23/stories/2010092359960300.htm)

Another version.

The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/23/stories/2010092359960300.htm)

I have afeeling that DC has gone through this site and mails to him even though he did not reply. I had stressed the importance of FEEDER ROADS although I did not specically use that term but explained it in my letter that roads should be branching out and joining the ring road at various points.

Not sure they could build an International cricket stadium here.Land should be demarcated for commercial,tourism ,recreational(park)and residential use.

If Murthy could do a rough sketch...may be we could send it to the DC thro Dex or DR Bhandary or any one else

Is there any national highway NH-234 passing through mangalore city..?

Is there any national highway NH-234 passing through mangalore city..?

NH-48 branches to NH-234 at Uppinangady in Belthangady taluk of DK district. The NH-234, which starts from Mangalore at Mahavir Circle, connects Belthangady, Mudigere, Belur, Huliyar, Sira, Madhugiri, and Chintamani in Karnataka, Venkatagiri, Kota in AP, Pernampet, Gidiyattam, Katpadi, Vellore, Pushpagiri and Polur. It ends at Tiruvanamalai-Villupuram in Tamil Nadu. In other words NH-48 and NH-234 are same road in the stretch Mangalore-Uppinangady.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Highway_234_%28India%29

If Murthy could do a rough sketch...may be we could send it to the DC thro Dex or DR Bhandary or any one else

Ajay, I think you are more interested in the feeder roads. That we can list down textually to start with. And finally if needed can represent in a sketch.

One thing is that as most of feeder roads intersect ring road at T they can design it signal free with a underpass and a flyover. And they have to provide pedestrian subways to bus bays at the river side of the road and to other places of interest on the river side.

Also I think at interesction with highways and other important roads they may opt for multilevel flyovers. (I do not know exact terminology for this, so used multilevel. Somewhat similar to the one in Hebbal in Bangalore).

NH-48 branches to NH-234 at Uppinangady in Belthangady taluk of DK district. The NH-234, which starts from Mangalore at Mahavir Circle, connects Belthangady, Mudigere, Belur, Huliyar, Sira, Madhugiri, and Chintamani in Karnataka, Venkatagiri, Kota in AP, Pernampet, Gidiyattam, Katpadi, Vellore, Pushpagiri and Polur. It ends at Tiruvanamalai-Villupuram in Tamil Nadu. In other words NH-48 and NH-234 are same road in the stretch Mangalore-Uppinangady.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Highway_234_%28India%29

Wow it means that there are 4 NHs in mangalore viz NH-13,NH-17,NH-48,NH-234...

I have afeeling that DC has gone through this site and mails to him even though he did not reply. I had stressed the importance of FEEDER ROADS although I did not specically use that term but explained it in my letter that roads should be branching out and joining the ring road at various points.

Not sure they could build an International cricket stadium here.Land should be demarcated for commercial,tourism ,recreational(park)and residential use.

If Murthy could do a rough sketch...may be we could send it to the DC thro Dex or DR Bhandary or any one else

Yes ofcourse Ajay its working,I too had stressed about integrated work of road and footpath construction....the minister did acknowledge that i don't know if he saw that on ssc or got the idea somewhere else,watever now i think moorthy must and all of us must try to sketch and send it across to the DC and the concerned depts.

Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire Vijay Mallya’s fertilizer unit plans to build a 4 billion rupee ($88 million) plant to meet a shortfall in crop nutrient supply in India.

Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.’s proposed plant will make nutrients based on nitrogen, phosphate, potash or diammonium phosphate, A. Rudrachary, senior vice president, said in an interview. The company is in talks with global suppliers of ammonia and phosphoric acid, key ingredients in making fertilizer, to form a joint venture.

“From the moment that’s decided, it will take at least two years” to set up the plant with a daily capacity of 1,500 metric tons, Rudrachary said. “The supply of phosphoric acid is crucial and we import it now.”

Demand for urea, the most commonly used nitrogenous crop nutrient, in India is about 27 million tons annually, while supply is 20 million tons a year, according to the Fertilizer Association of India. The country is the largest producer and consumer of fertilizer after China and the U.S. and imports nearly one third of its total requirement. It is the biggest importer of potash, according to a July 6 report by Religare Technova Ltd.

Shares of the Bangalore-based company, which have risen 62 percent this year, fell 1.7 percent to 34.90 rupees at 2:32 p.m. in Mumbai. The new facility will be built on land next to the company’s existing plant near the southern city of Mangalore.

Mangalore Chemicals plans to spend another 4 billion rupees to convert its urea plant running on naphtha to gas, Rudrachary said. The cost of producing fertilizer with naphtha is more than double compared with natural gas, for which the government sets the price and allocates supply.

The conversion will depend on when the company gets supply of gas from state-run companies, Rudrachary said.

“The timeframe we are looking at is 2013,” he said.

The company will invest 440 million rupees in the year to March 31 to set up facilities to make water soluble fertilizers and sulfonated naphthalene formaldehyde, an additive used in cement, and to upgrades plants, Rudrachary said.

BusinessWeek (http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-09-23/billionaire-mallya-s-fertilizer-unit-plans-88-million-plant.html)

Looks like they have dropped the plan of selling plant to RIL.

MUMBAI: Leading private sector ship-builder Bharati Shipyard on Thursday admitted that its Mangalore facility is behind schedule and blamed the delays to pending government clearances and difficulty in land acquisition.

"There is a slight delay in Mangalore because of the government approvals," Managing Director P C Kapoor told reporters after its annual general meeting here.

Stating that "it is a minor delay", Kapoor refused to offer any time for completion. Asked if its issues related to land acquisition is impeding the progress of the project, he said, "yes, land acquisition and other government approvals (are delaying it)."

The Mangalore yard is the company's sixth facility and is being built on the banks of Gurpur river. The yard will have a capacity to build up to 60,000 DWT on completion.

"Delay at the Dabhol or Mangalore yard could adversely affect operational capacity," the company said in its annual report. However, Kapoor pointed out that the work on the Dabhol yard on the Konkan coast of Maharashtra is on track.

To a query on Great Offshore (GO), Kapoor said the company has no immediate plans to increase its stake in GO from the current 49 per cent. Bharati had beat rival ABG after a sustained battle for control over GO late last year.

On fund raising, Kapoor said, the GO shareholders had in April passed an enabling resolution to raise up to Rs 1,730 crore and the company will be deciding on how much to raise and which route to take in the next six to nine months depending on market conditions.

ET (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/transportation/shipping-/-transport/Mangalore-yard-behind-time-admits-Bharati-Shipyard/articleshow/6613445.cms)

Tenders have been called by Mangalore City Corporation for levelling of lane for new busstand at pumpwell. Read in Times Of India today

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=86283

Also I think at interesction with highways and other important roads they may opt for multilevel flyovers. (I do not know exact terminology for this, so used multilevel. Somewhat similar to the one in Hebbal in Bangalore).

Its called an Cloverleaf Interchange...The vehicle density at the intersection should justify it since the cost can be pretty huge....But can be definitely thought of..

I have afeeling that DC has gone through this site and mails to him even though he did not reply. ....

.....

If Murthy could do a rough sketch...may be we could send it to the DC thro Dex or DR Bhandary or any one else

Thankfully there are a lot of people, who think about the betterment of Mangalore without any personal interest in it...like our very own SSCI :)
Dr. Bhandary mentioned he gets such feeds from lot of people from different walks of life..Ideas are then collated, deliberated, discussed with various stakeholders...well, thats the thing with democracy...we have to take people on board...atleast the majority of them :)

So hopefully we may see some traction in Corniche project, Central market plans, parking plans, etc in the coming months...

If we discuss something concrete here about the Corniche project...I can pass on the details to DC through Dr. Bhandary.....I`ll see if I can reach MLA Yogish Bhat too who is pretty excited on this project...

BANGALORE: Karnataka High Court on Wednesday pulled up Centre and Airport Authority of India (AAI) for running Mangalore airport without renewing the licence, which expired more than three months ago.

The licence had expired on June 15, around three weeks after 158 were killed in a flight crash there.

While hearing the public interest litigation a citybased advocated had filed, a division bench headed by Justice D V Shylendra Kumar directed the Director General of Civil Aviation to tell the status of the airport's licence renewal application

"We will direct closing down of the airport for not obeying the statutory provisions. How can be the airport operational without obtaining the renewal of licence? Who will bring back the lives of people if any mishap happens in future?" the bench said before adjourning the hearing to Thursday.

The petitioner has sought directions to close the Mangalore and HAL airports for operating without licences. The petitioner has also sought directions to the concerned authorities to follow the provisions of Aircraft Act and Rules.

http://expressbuzz.com/states/karnataka/centre-pulled-for-running-mangalore-airport/209190.html

Closing a fastest growing airport..

BANGALORE: Karnataka High Court on Wednesday pulled up Centre and Airport Authority of India (AAI) for running Mangalore airport without renewing the licence, which expired more than three months ago.

The licence had expired on June 15, around three weeks after 158 were killed in a flight crash there.

While hearing the public interest litigation a citybased advocated had filed, a division bench headed by Justice D V Shylendra Kumar directed the Director General of Civil Aviation to tell the status of the airport's licence renewal application

"We will direct closing down of the airport for not obeying the statutory provisions. How can be the airport operational without obtaining the renewal of licence? Who will bring back the lives of people if any mishap happens in future?" the bench said before adjourning the hearing to Thursday.

The petitioner has sought directions to close the Mangalore and HAL airports for operating without licences. The petitioner has also sought directions to the concerned authorities to follow the provisions of Aircraft Act and Rules.

http://expressbuzz.com/states/karnataka/centre-pulled-for-running-mangalore-airport/209190.html

Closing a fastest growing airport..


Sorry state of affairs :ohno:

By Team Mangalorean- Mangalore

Mangalore Sept 23: Mangalore perhaps will go down the in development chart as one the fastest developing cities in the country and the satellite mapping of the city that the Mangalore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has abundantly depicted it and in some respects it matches the State capital.

However in traffic management the Mangalore city has drawn flak as it has been rated as one of the most unscientific traffic management and control systems among the four City Corporations in the state. Unabashedly the city also houses one of the most unpractical traffic lights situated at all the wrong places and wrong turns.

The city's traffic signals needs serious upgradation as the traffic has increased three fold since the traffic lights were introduced in 1985. The traffic signals were designed to a city with 60,000 vehicles according to 1981 census, 4 years prior to the actual erection of the traffic signals. In the last 18 years the same traffic signal circuit has continued plunging the traffic and pedestrian movement into doldrums in the city.



There are atleast six places in the city where traffic bottlenecks are experienced on a day to day basis as a result of the wrong traffic management. The Hampankatta circle is one of the major circles not only in Mangalore but also in the state where nearly 75,000 vehicles pass through in a day and at peak hours over 40,000 vehicles pass according to the estimation of the district authorities which has been quoted by the NTMA annals. The Hampankatta is equated with the traffic density of K.R. Circle of Bangalore which is one of the largest circles in the country.

At Hampankatta recently the government has installed the solar traffic signals which have left much to be desired. The system has an inbuilt programme that has left out the left turn indicator for the motorists coming from the K.S.Rao Road. Turning towards the Light House hill road has become an ordeal as the motorists are left to take their own decision. There is no indication either for the controlled left turn or the free left, as a result the Pedestrians will have to wriggle through the left turning traffic leading to altercations between the pedestrians and motorists and the traffic police on both KSR Road and the LH Road.

On the same circle the traffic coming from the LH Road turning towards the Falnir Road (opposite Taj Mahal Hotel) has been so diverted that the traffic joins in a tangent way creating a bottleneck opposite the Milagres Church. To add to the woes of the motorists bang on this spot sits the Milagres bus Stand making the situation even worse. The panel showing second clock facing the traffic on Maidaan road has blanked out within in short time. This traffic jam spot is in a no horn zone as it is situated in the ear shot of the Wenlock hospital but there is no `no horn' signpost anywhere in the vicinity.

The newly installed traffic lights opposite the Government college to regulate the traffic coming from the Hampankatta and the GHS road is been put off for the reason known only to the Traffic Police. The Traffic from GHS road turns perpendicular into the Hampankatta-Nehru Maidan road choking the free flow of traffic, the road is though the widest at this point there is a danger of side impact accidents to the motorists coming from the GHS road at this point as there is atleast a kilometer long stretch open to the traffic coming from the Hampankatta towards A.B. Shetty circle. Here also there is no proper Pedestrian crossing.

Traffic signals at Jyothi circle, PVS circle, Nanthoor Circle are though operating they are not serviced as many of the direction indicators are not working. The traffic light panel that facing the Kudmul Ranga Rao Road at the PVS circle is on the verge of collapse but some concerned policeman had stopped it from collapse by tying it with a string of cable. At Saibeen circle the traffic signal is easy for the City buses to jump as the short stretch between the signal light and the bus bay (opposite the MCC complex) as the drivers show scant respect for the signal at this point. However here also the Pedestrian safety is at great risk!

CC: Mangalorean

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any updates on TCS & WIPRO?

Shifting for a better tomorrow
Naina J A

To check the increase in traffic and to provide a permanent city and service bus stand, the district administration has decided to shift the bus stand to Pumpwell, writes Naina J A.

Mangalore city will be a mini metro with several mega projects coming up in and around the city in the next few years. With this, the traffic within the City too is likley to increase, thus creating traffic jams and putting the public into hardship. With this in mind, the authorities have decided to go ahead with the proposal for the shifting of the bus stand.
It is said that a city’s quality of life is portrayed in its transport system and the bus stand for the common man. Unfortunately, the service and city bus stand in State Bank area is highly congested. Over the years, the State Bank area in Mangalore has emerged as the heart of Mangalore, owing to the location of the city and service bus stands in the area. However, the condition in the State Bank area is utterly chaotic, signifying apathy of the local authorities in improving the prevailing conditions. A glance at this city bus stand is enough to understand the plight of the people waiting for the buses in the absence of shelters. The only development that has taken place in the area is the concreting of the road. Though the service bus stand exists in the region, it too is congested. As a result, the city continues to labour under the congested temporary service and city bus stand and the State Bank area is yet to be liberated from its position as official bus terminal.
Realising the increasing traffic and density of vehicles within the city, the district administration, Mangalore City Corporation and Transport departments have decided to shift the city and service bus stand to Pumpwell and the process has already begun.

Background
In fact, it was previous Deputy Commissioner Bharatlal Meena who had earmarked sites for bus stands; at Kottara, for buses coming from Udupi side, and at Mallikatta, for buses coming from Moodbidri and Karkala and from Bantwal. The Central bus stand was planned at Karangalpady after the proposed shifting of the district sub jail to some other location. However, for various reasons, the proposals could not be given a shape.
In fact, Mangalore City Corporation previous Commissioner J R Lobo had identified a site for the central bus stand near Mahaveera Circle. But despite the initiative by Lobo and the former mayors Devanna Shetty, Ramesh Kotian and Hilda Alva to have a decentralised bus stand, the City Council did not show interest in the proposal, which later got shelved.

Speaking to City Herald, Mangalore City Corporation Commissioner Dr Vijayaprakash said that 18 acres land have been acquired for the bus stand. “In the first stage, 11.2 acre land was acquired and in the second stage, the remaining land was acquired. In fact, we have invited tender for the filling of the acquired land for the bus stand.”
Stating that it would be a mega project in collaboration with the transport department, he said “the bus stand will not be just a routine bus stand, it will have commercial complex and so on.”

The shifting of the bus stand is necessitated with the increase in traffic. It will help in reducing the traffic in the city. There will be feeder bus service to connect the termini to the city.

Deputy Commissioner V Ponnuraj says that the shifting of the bus stand is inevitable following the increase in the denisty of vehicles. Once the new bus stand comes up, the entire problem of traffic congestion and the barrier of DM (District Magistrate) notification denying new permits from the State Bank area will be solved. The proposed project will put up a ‘transportation hub’ having flow of public, private and inter-state buses along with various facilities for the commuters.

Bus owners view
Canara Bus Owners Association President Rajavarma Ballal said the shifting of the service and city bus stand to Pumpwell will create lot of inconvenience to the public. “Villagers who come to Mangalore city for official work will have to get down at Pumpwell and take another bus to reach the destination, which will be unnecessary burden on the poor.”

The reason for shifting of the bus stand is to reduce the traffic congestion in the city. However, if the entry of city and service buses are banned, then the authorities will have to introduce feeder buses from the new bus stand to run inside the city, which will also create traffic. “We have been demanding the authorities to allow those buses which already have permit to ply to State Bank and issue new permits for the buses from the new bus stand. In fact, the Deputy Commissioner’s office, Taluk office will not change. So people require frequent bus services to these destinations. We do not have any problem, if the authorities go for the setting up of satellite bus stands in the City.”

DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/99318/shifting-better-tomorrow.html)

Guys i have created Mangalore Roads, Flyovers and Transport (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1222211) thread. This Mysore Projects thread becoming assorted and overloaded, so it is better to bifurcate different things.

This Mangalore Projects thread can be limited to Residential, commercial, retail projects. And govt projects that are not related to roads and transport. What say?

Guys i have created Mangalore Roads, Flyovers and Transport (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1222211) thread. This Mysore Projects thread becoming assorted and overloaded, so it is better to bifurcate different things.

This Mangalore Projects thread can be limited to Residential, commercial, retail projects. And govt projects that are not related to roads and transport. What say?

May be we could collate all previous photos of flyovers,Mangala Corniche,ideas about the proposed world class Mangalore station with a bus stand,the proposed skybus /metro project,feeder cxonnections to Mangala corniche(one near Mangalore club area and another needed where it goes past bunder so as to let some traffic from Hamkankatta going north thro the ring road.Mr Rajavarma Ballal of DK transport association is against the shifting of the bus stand from State Bank to the termini. The reasons are the same reasons what they gave when Bharatlal Meena wanted to do the same but then the Pvt operators blocked the entire city. I think what is important is to have discussions with the private operators and how to go forward.You need feeder buses from Pumpwell to the City. Will these buses be KSRTC or Private,the number you need etc.Other option tpo cosnider is if we could have something like elevated transport from Pumpwell to the city,Airport,Mangalore junction so as to reduce the dependence on buses. The other option is to give permit for buses which use green technology as in some other states.

no need of moving all posts. only few important completed and ongoing projects can be reposted. say about 10-15 posts. because unorganised assorted info is mostly useless.
as city and forumers and posts grow, we need more threads :)

MANGALORE: E Ahamed, Union minister of state for railways will flag off train No. 2653/2654 Tiruchirappalli - Mangalore Central - Tiruchirappalli Weekly Super Fast Express at 10.30 am on September 27 at Tiruchirappalli.

Inaugural special train will start at 10.30 am and reach Mangalore Central at 11.55 pm on the same day. The trains will have a composition of one AC two-tier, two AC three-tier, 11 sleeper class, two general second class and two luggage-cum-brake vans.

As a regular service train 2653 Tiruchirappalli to Mangalore Weekly Super Fast Express leave Tiruchirappalli at 6 pm on all Saturdays commencing from October 2 and reach Mangalore Central at 5.25 am on Sundays.

Stoppages and departure timings at stoppages (in bracket) are as follows: Karur junction (7.20 pm), Erode (8.25 pm), Tiruppur (9.10 pm), Podhannur (10.10 pm), Palakkad (11.10 pm), Shoranur (11.55 pm), Kozhikode (1.30 am, Sunday) and Kannur (3 am).

In the return direction, regular service of train 2654 Mangalore Central to Tiruchirappalli Weekly Super Fast Express will start at 8.45 pm on Sundays commencing from October 3 and reach Tiruchirappalli at 8.15 am on Monday. Departure timings at stations are given in bracket: Kannur (10.55 am), Kozhikode (12.30 am, Monday), Shoranur (2.05 am), Palakkad (2.50 am), Podhanur (4 am), Tiruppur (4.35 am), Erode (5.25 am), and Karur (6.25 am).

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Union-minister-to-flag-off-new-trains/articleshow/6627507.cms

no need of moving all posts. only few important completed and ongoing projects can be reposted. say about 10-15 posts. because unorganised assorted info is mostly useless.
as city and forumers and posts grow, we need more threads :)

I agree.

Sorry state of affairs :ohno:

+1. Tragic to note that despite losing 158 lives, lessons have still not been learnt :ohno::ohno:

[QUOTE=SBC-YPR;64322335]+1. Tragic to note that despite losing 158 lives, lessons have still not been learnt :ohno::ohno:[/QUOTH

HEALTH AND SAFETY HAS ABSOLUTELY NO IMPORTANCE IN INDIA.:ohno:

Here in the UK when you go for any meeting ,the first ten minutes are devoted to fire safety exlaining the exit routes etc..

Mangalore thread had 5 stars but now it is 4?:ohno:

Mangalore thread had 5 stars but now it is 4?:ohno:

Need to stop discussions and work on drawings..I feel so....We must not forget that we are here for real developments affecting the public/junta......:)

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Mangalore, Sep 27, DH News Service:

Come October 14, Mangaloreans can sail down to the Lakshadweep islands from their own shores rather than going as far as Kochi.


The Lakshadweep Development Corporation will operate its shipping services, fulfilling what had been a long cherished dream of many in the city.

With the vessel setting sail, people travelling from here to Lakshadweep can enjoy the dream-like vista provided by tropical islands—clear waters, coral reefs and marine species—as they cruise through some of the thickest forest covers of the country they had only seen in pictures.

Talking to mediapersons on the sidelines of a programme here, Lakshadweep tourism co-ordinator in Mangalore Rasheed Bolar said he had approached the district administration in April through Lakshadweep Development Corporation Ltd with a proposal to start a vessel service between Lakshadweep and Mangalore old port.

The Deputy Commissioner had in turn forwarded the proposal to the state and Central governments and received a positive response that resulted in preparations for the first voyage in little more than two weeks.

The first vessel will take tourists to Agatti and Kavaratti and will return on October 16. Rasheed said the tariff for the voyage will be known next week.

Reef route
Since the only coral reef route is on the Western side, Rasheed said tourists would prefer the route from Mangalore, providing a big boost to the city’s tourism industry. The policies of the Kerala government may have helped increase traffic to the islands from Kochi, but many would prefer Mangalore as the launching port for the scenic view. The new route will also make half-a-dozen islands accessible for those travelling from here, as Kiltan—the nearest island from Mangalore—is a mere 252 km away and another islet, Minicoy, is 537 km.

The service also reduces the time taken to visit Lakshadweep to just 12 hours. Rasheed said permit to visit the islands can be obtained from Mangalore itself.

The Lakshadweep Development Corporation would operate 21 trips between Mangalore and the islands from October to May, when the service will break for the monsoon season.

Source (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/100247/now-cruise-mlore-lakshadweep.html)

Now, cruise from M’lore to Lakshadweep


This was long over due....:)
We had discussed about this a few months ago in this thread.
In the report it says that the cruise will start from the old Mangalore port (Bundar), rather it would be better if it started from New Mangalore port which is bigger and better. Also I had read some news about NMPT constructing a passenger terminal. This would be ideal for such operations.
Also a regular passanger ship service to Mumbai will also be a success I guess.

New renders of Raheja Waterfront -

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Atlantic (one of the blocks) -

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Link (http://www.rahejauniversal.com/residential.html)

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Avinash have you taken pics of hampankatta??

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Avinash have you taken pics of hampankatta??

NOT YET, NEXT TIME

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Good to see construction activities in Mangalore.....Thanks for covering the suburbs again.....:cheers:

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Renders of Forum mall post maadi.....Thumba doda dagi idhae construction site....

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Empire Mall looks fantastic. Cheers for the snaps Avi.

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Sakath aag ithu...Valae ondh gantae movie thara anasthu.....:D biti aagi mangaluru nodakae sikthu....

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Sakath aag ithu...Valae ondh gantae movie thara anasthu.....:D biti aagi mangaluru nodakae sikthu....

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30 Sep, 2010, 04.07PM IST,PTI

Pune, Ranchi highest employment generating tier II/III cities

NEW DELHI: Pune and emerged as the highest employment-generating cities out of all the other tier II and tier III cities of the country in the first quarter of 2010-11, a study by industry body Assocham said.

Of the total created in tier II cities, Pune had the maximum share of 19.5 per cent, followed by Lucknow and Pondicherry at 14.3 per cent and 10.5 per cent, respectively, it said.

The study said the primary drivers of employment in Pune during the period under review were IT, ITeS, banking, education and automobiles.

It said that among tier III cities, Ranchi had the highest share of 16.8 per cent, followed by Mangalore and Mysore.

In Ranchi, the top five sectors that created the maximum jobs include energy, construction, metals, electronics and telecom, the survey said.
ET (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/Pune-Ranchi-highest-employment-generating-tier-II/III-cities/articleshow/6658608.cms)

Mysore and Mangalore are jointly racing :banana2:Hope Hubli and Belgaum join them

Today's daijiworld has lots of photos on Mangalore Roads.

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Beautiful

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Avi,Superb photography....you have just lifted up the site. I am on cloud 9.

We deserve 6 stars
Akash....namma mangaluru badalagagide

Avi,Superb photography....you have just lifted up the site. I am on cloud 9.

We deserve 6 stars
Akash....namma mangaluru badalagagide

Yes sir..Mangaluru thumba badalagidae...Nambakae aagthilla.....:banana:
Mysore and Mangalore are the next mini metros of the state..I am loving it

30 Sep, 2010, 04.07PM IST,PTI

Pune, Ranchi highest employment generating tier II/III cities

It said that among tier III cities, Ranchi had the highest share of 16.8 per cent, followed by Mangalore and Mysore.

ET (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/Pune-Ranchi-highest-employment-generating-tier-II/III-cities/articleshow/6658608.cms)

Mysore and Mangalore are jointly racing :banana2:Hope Hubli and Belgaum join them

Wow, mangalore could pip mysore this quarter :) I think it were a close finish, mangalore has upper hand in aviation... Congrats to mlore for keeping the heat on for second place in ktaka:cheers:

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Among Tier III cities, Ranchi leads the pack followed by Mangalore and Mysore
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Pune has emerged as the lead employment provider among tier II cities in the first quarter of fiscal 2010-11 (between April and June 11th) with a share of 19.5 per cent followed by Lucknow and Pondicherry with 14.3 per cent and 10.5 per cent, respectively, of the total jobs tracked by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham).
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In a Study on `New Employment Centre in Tier II & Tier III Cities’, brought out by Assocham, it is also highlighted that Pune’s top five employment generating sectors comprised IT, ITeS, banking, education and automobile during April to June 2011.

The top five sectors in Lucknow which have created vast employment opportunities in the period include Education, Banking, FMCG, Insurance and ITeS. In case of Pondicherry, these are Aviation, Banking, Energy, FMCG and Hospitality, further stated the ASSOCHAM Study.

Releasing the study, the Assocham Secretary General, D. S. Rawat said: “Among tier III cities, Ranchi has emerged as the top employment provider with a share of 16.8 per cent. The cities of Mangalore and Mysore were ranked second and third constituting 12.6 per cent and 11.08 per cent of the total vacancies offered”.

Wow, mangalore could pip mysore this quarter :) I think it were a close finish, mangalore has upper hand in aviation... Congrats to mlore for keeping the heat on for second place in ktaka:cheers:

Yes,Mangalore is next to Bangalore when it comes to economy,but it lacks population which is a prime parameter to term it as the second largest city,Mysore takes up that slot and being close to Bangalore it has seen both pluses and minuses.

Let the race be on between Mysore and Mangalore :cheers:

Yes,Mangalore is next to Bangalore when it comes to economy,but it lacks population which is a prime parameter to term it as the second largest city,Mysore takes up that slot and being close to Bangalore it has seen both pluses and minuses.

Let the race be on between Mysore and Mangalore :cheers:

Besides economy, Mangalore is the second city of Karnataka in many respects like- Aviation, Heavy Industries, revenue generation, etc.
Mangalore stands first when indices like literacy, Average income, cars per 1000 people, per capita consumption of electricity etc are taken into consideration. In short an average Mangalorean has a higher standard of living compared to citizens of other cities.

Great pics AVI Mangalore

Porluda Kudla da, Porluda chirta !!!!

You rock man...

Pic of Mangalore port area were excellent. Probably the first pics of that area in this forum.

Besides economy, Mangalore is the second city of Karnataka in many respects like- Aviation, Heavy Industries, revenue generation, etc.
Mangalore stands first when indices like literacy, Average income, cars per 1000 people, per capita consumption of electricity etc are taken into consideration. In short an average Mangalorean has a higher standard of living compared to citizens of other cities.

I agree no arguments on that---:)

Releasing the study, the Assocham Secretary General, D. S. Rawat said: “Among tier III cities, Ranchi has emerged as the top employment provider with a share of 16.8 per cent. The cities of Mangalore and Mysore were ranked second and third constituting 12.6 per cent and 11.08 per cent of the total vacancies offered”.

In Ranchi, the top five sectors which have created maximum job prospects include energy, construction, metals, electronics and telecom. In case of Mangalore, the top 5 sectors are engineering, energy, banking, insurance, FMCG and in Mysore automobiles, insurance, pharma, manufacturing and education have provided highest employment opportunities.

The tier II cities including Pune, Surat and Jaipur recorded maximum vacancies in insurance companies, banks, mutual funds, and brokerage houses. Among tier III cities Mangalore, Pondicherry and Aurangabad provided highest job openings in finance-related jobs.

In tier II and tier III cities financial services sector provided maximum employment opportunities to the aspirants. The sector contributed a share of 18.5 per cent and 21.5 per cent in tier II and tier III cities respectively in terms of job openings.

The second largest share of the jobs created in the upcoming cities was by the IT sector as it provided 17 per cent of the jobs in tier II cities and 17.5 per cent in tier III cities.

The IT and IT-enabled services provided maximum job openings in Pune, Surat, Ahmedabad and Nagpur belonging to tier II cities. The low-cost cities of Mangalore, Jalandhar and Aurangabad were the most sought after by the IT firms amongst tier III cities.

I had not bothered to read full article, i just wanted to see 12% and 11% of mlore and mys info :( Mangalore seems ahead in IT too other than finance, but wipro SEZ is coming up near mysore should reverse it, proximity to bangalore is helping mysore here. Mysore beats mangalore in population hands down..

But trust me i had thought hubli-dharwad having higher population than mlore, fighting for 3rd place.. But hubli seems nowhere in sight at national level stats :) :( Total gdp matters more than per capita, like Canada having higher per capita than India but nobody cares that country while india is 3rd most powerful...

But trust me i had thought hubli-dharwad having higher population than mlore, fighting for 3rd place.. But hubli seems nowhere in sight at national level stats :)

Hubli -Dharwad is ahead in Automobile industry it ranks high among the tier three cities nationally no doubt in that,Hubli is the only city from Karnataka to hit into top 25 cities list for non corporate tax collection.Hubli is the commercial capital of the state.Don't underestimate Hubli---Its one city which is seeing tremendous growth--Automobile sector is Hubli-Dharwad's greatest strength and beats every KA tier two city.Come on world's largest Bus manufacturing plant is housed in Dharwad apart from many auto industries and component makers.I am with Hubli-Dharwad anyday,Mysore and Mangalore are glamorous but Hubli is not only reason being its in north Karnataka.Thanks to BJP that North Karnataka is seeing great improvements----guess why its because north Karnataka voted the first BJP govt in south India.

Hubli -Dharwad is ahead in Automobile industry it ranks high among the tier three cities nationally no doubt in that,Hubli is the only city from Karnataka to hit into top 25 cities list for non corporate tax collection.Hubli is the commercial capital of the state.Don't underestimate Hubli---Its one city which is seeing tremendous growth--Automobile sector is Hubli-Dharwad's greatest strength and beats every KA tier two city.Come on world's largest Bus manufacturing plant is housed in Dharwad apart from many auto industries and component makers.I am with Hubli-Dharwad anyday,Mysore and Mangalore are glamorous but Hubli is not only reason being its in north Karnataka.Thanks to BJP that North Karnataka is seeing great improvements----guess why its because north Karnataka voted the first BJP govt in south India.

Bangalore was once called glamorous city, dont underestimate the power of glamour :lol: 2011 census should give better justice for mangalore statistics, mangalore doesnt need JNNURM as it has "port connectivity" central govt money while Hubli bandly needs it. Good remittance and finance is mangalore's advantage, while mysore finance suffers as it is close to bangalore :)

Bangalore was once called glamorous city, dont underestimate the power of glamour :lol: 2011 census should give better justice for mangalore statistics, mangalore doesnt need JNNURM as it has "port connectivity" central govt money while Hubli bandly needs it. Good remittance and finance is mangalore's advantage, while mysore finance suffers as it is close to bangalore :)

It is interesting to see Mangalore's population after the census,Mangalore lost JNNURM only because of population inspite of emerging as the growth engine of the state.Mysore got JNNURM under category C -Heritage cities.
Mangalore anyways has hogged the funds with CM announcing another 100 crore to Mangalore.No other city coporation apart from Mangalore got second phase funding.

BSY continues to neglect Hubli-Dharwad because its shettar's stronghold who once revolted againsy BSY's camp.BSY will pay the price for neglecting North Karnataka cities,hope he realises that soon and mends his ways.

Few automobile companies in Mangalore will do justice to Mangalore's diversified industrial sector,JCB has shown i nterest in setting up a unit in Karnataka,the company officials were shown sites in Mangalore and Dharwada districts.Its upto the JCB to decide.:)

Anyways Mysore versus Mangalore competition is the most interesting one to watch :lol:

It is interesting to see Mangalore's population after the census,Mangalore lost JNNURM only because of population inspite of emerging as the growth engine of the state.Mysore got JNNURM under category C -Heritage cities.
Mangalore anyways has hogged the funds with CM announcing another 100 crore to Mangalore.No other city coporation apart from Mangalore got second phase funding.

BSY continues to neglect Hubli-Dharwad because its shettar's stronghold who once revolted againsy BSY's camp.BSY will pay the price for neglecting North Karnataka cities,hope he realises that soon and mends his ways.

Few automobile companies in Mangalore will do justice to Mangalore's diversified industrial sector,JCB has shown i nterest in setting up a unit in Karnataka,the company officials were shown sites in Mangalore and Dharwada districts.Its upto the JCB to decide.:)

Anyways Mysore versus Mangalore competition is the most interesting one to watch :lol:

But the commendable thing is both these cities fight in national level with 12 and 11% of tier 3 share, with just Ranchi ahead of them which is a state capital. That is not ktaka state level competition after all :banana:

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But the commendable thing is both these cities fight in national level with 12 and 11% of tier 3 share, with just Ranchi ahead of them which is a state capital. That is not ktaka state level competition after all :banana:

Yes both the cities have fought neck to neck at the national level in many areas

Mysore city corporation bagged first place in the country for solid waste management and Mangalore stood second

2 city corporations in Karnataka bag waste management award (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/11/10/stories/2009111051181500.htm)

Mysore City bagged second(2nd)rank in the recent Urban ministry sanitation ranking,Mangalore stood eight(8th)

Now when it comes to Employment openings again these two cities have fought close battles Mangalore second spot and Mysore third -Mangalore beating Mysore by a wafer margin though.:)

I think TCS has land in Mangalore,but it has decided to build its biggest ever campus in Bangalore :(

It is interesting to see Mangalore's population after the census,Mangalore lost JNNURM only because of population inspite of emerging as the growth engine of the state.Mysore got JNNURM under category C -Heritage cities.
Mangalore anyways has hogged the funds with CM announcing another 100 crore to Mangalore.No other city coporation apart from Mangalore got second phase funding.

BSY continues to neglect Hubli-Dharwad because its shettar's stronghold who once revolted againsy BSY's camp.BSY will pay the price for neglecting North Karnataka cities,hope he realises that soon and mends his ways.

Few automobile companies in Mangalore will do justice to Mangalore's diversified industrial sector,JCB has shown i nterest in setting up a unit in Karnataka,the company officials were shown sites in Mangalore and Dharwada districts.Its upto the JCB to decide.:)

Anyways Mysore versus Mangalore competition is the most interesting one to watch :lol:


Mangalore has grown by itself, meaning to say that development of various industries like banking, finance etc has been more due to private enterprise with almost no Govt. support.
The Govt. grants to Mangalore have been few and far in between. (Though this has changed in last 3 to 4 years)
Mangalore has the potential. With proper support by the state Govt. Mangalore can be the most important city on the west coast of India after Mumbai.

With proper support by the state Govt. Mangalore can be the most important city on the west coast of India after Mumbai.

Looks like our BSY is smitten by Mangalore so much that padae padae mangaluru'igae visit maadthidarae funds bere bidalagidhae...State govt support full ensured,yaakandrae BSYdhu fav ooru mangaluru/kudla :D

One more piece of info I came across is that only 2 cities in Karnataka have stock exchanges- Bangalore and Mangalore.
Though the Mangalore stock exchange has been de-recognised as per the below mentioned site (I don't know what that exactly means) they still have their market premises at North wing of Ram Bhavan complex.

http://www.sebi.gov.in/investor/stockexchadd.html

One more piece of info I came across is that only 2 cities in Karnataka have stock exchanges- Bangalore and Mangalore.
Though the Mangalore stock exchange has been de-recognised as per the below mentioned site (I don't know what that exactly means) they still have their market premises at North wing of Ram Bhavan complex.

http://www.sebi.gov.in/investor/stockexchadd.html

Yes, when it comes to finance/banking and even aviation, mangalore has inherent geographical advantage over mysore. That is because mysore is close to bangalore, instead of regional finance headquarters in mysore they will go to bangalore. Again most mysoreans use bangalore airport and travel by road, instead of waiting hours for connecting flight..

As for state govt funding, no other city in karnataka got that much concrete roads, including even bangalore, returns for voting bjp..

Yes, when it comes to finance/banking and even aviation, mangalore has inherent geographical advantage over mysore. That is because mysore is close to bangalore, instead of regional finance headquarters in mysore they will go to bangalore. Again most mysoreans use bangalore airport and travel by road, instead of waiting hours for connecting flight..

As for state govt funding, no other city in karnataka got that much concrete roads, including even bangalore.

I don't think geographical advantage is the reason for Manglore being ahead of Mysore. Proximity to Bangalore may be the reason for lack of flights between B'lore and Mysore what about the other routes (Mysore and rest of India?). Being geographically closer to large city has both advantages and dis-advantages.
Around six national banks have been founded in Mangalore region and I don;t think geography has a major part to play in this. Also this region has the highest density of banks in India, again geography has minimal influence in this.

The only geographical advantage Mangalore has when compared to other cities in Karnataka is it being on the coast, hence boasts of a port.
Geographic advantage is one of the reasons for development or the lack of it for a region or city, but it is not the only reason.

As for state govt funding, no other city in karnataka got that much concrete roads, including even bangalore

Funding for concrete road is just a small component. We are talking about the whole city.
City like Mangalore with high rainfall needs concrete roads and naturally will get more compared to other cities.

I had not bothered to read full article, i just wanted to see 12% and 11% of mlore and mys info :( Mangalore seems ahead in IT too other than finance, but wipro SEZ is coming up near mysore should reverse it, proximity to bangalore is helping mysore here. Mysore beats mangalore in population hands down..

But trust me i had thought hubli-dharwad having higher population than mlore, fighting for 3rd place.. But hubli seems nowhere in sight at national level stats :) :( Total gdp matters more than per capita, like Canada having higher per capita than India but nobody cares that country while india is 3rd most powerful...


Job is like Sugar and people are Ants. You will see substantial increase in population of Mangalore. :lol:

I had not bothered to read full article, i just wanted to see 12% and 11% of mlore and mys info :( Mangalore seems ahead in IT too other than finance, but wipro SEZ is coming up near mysore should reverse it, proximity to bangalore is helping mysore here. Mysore beats mangalore in population hands down..

But trust me i had thought hubli-dharwad having higher population than mlore, fighting for 3rd place.. But hubli seems nowhere in sight at national level stats :) :( Total gdp matters more than per capita, like Canada having higher per capita than India but nobody cares that country while india is 3rd most powerful...


Job is like Sugar and people are Ants. You will see substantial increase in population of Mangalore in the coming years. :lol:

Yes both the cities have fought neck to neck at the national level in many areas

Mysore city corporation bagged first place in the country for solid waste management and Mangalore stood second

2 city corporations in Karnataka bag waste management award (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/11/10/stories/2009111051181500.htm)

Mysore City bagged second(2nd)rank in the recent Urban ministry sanitation ranking,Mangalore stood eight(8th)

Now when it comes to Employment openings again these two cities have fought close battles Mangalore second spot and Mysore third -Mangalore beating Mysore by a wafer margin though.:)

I think TCS has land in Mangalore,but it has decided to build its biggest ever campus in Bangalore :(

TCS has called for openings in Oracle Financial Consultats for base Loacation in Mangalore about a year back. :cheers:

But the commendable thing is both these cities fight in national level with 12 and 11% of tier 3 share, with just Ranchi ahead of them which is a state capital. That is not ktaka state level competition after all :banana:


Gentem,

Sharp notice. We are really proud about Karnataka. However, even Hubli is not behind as far as growth is concerned. It has never lost its charm yet. I love Belgaum and H-D.

:banana:

http://www.alukkas.com/IN/NewsDt.aspx?hID=94

INAUGURATION ON 24.10.10

MCC to have Canadian partner
Vinobha K T, October 2

The development concept adopted by the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) as well as infrastructure including airport, railway stations and the sea port have grabed the attention of the Corporation of Delta, British Columbia, Canada.

It is a pride for the citizens of Mangalore that Mayor of Corporation of Delta Louise Jackson along with a team of officials will arrive in Mangalore and sign a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MCC Mayor Rajani Dugganna aiming at putting collaborative effort and initiative to develop two cities with a ‘twin city’ concept.

MCC is all set to extend a traditional welcome to Louise Jackson and her team including Chief Administrative Officer George Harvie and Administrative Manager Mangit Kiala, who will arrive in Mangalore on October 11. Speaking to City Herald, MCC Commissioner Dr K N Vijayaprakash said that the main objective of their visit is to build a bi-lateral relationship, wherein best practices of both cities will be exchanged. “Both mayors will sign an MoU on October 12, which is aimed at development of cities economically, educationally and to exchange the cultural values. Collaborative efforts will be made and initiatives will be taken to foster cross-cultural exchange.

The tourism potential in both cities will be linked and technology available in the agriculture and other sectors will be exchanged,” he said adding that discussions will be held with officials and elected representatives and later Louise Jackson will also interact with the mediapersons.

An eight-page brochure will be prepared by the MCC to highlight the cultural, economical and educational significance of Mangalore City and it will be handed over to the Mayor of Corporation of Delta, Vijayaprakash said. The team will be in Mangalore for three days and will leave the City on October 14 after visiting important places, he added.

Why Mangalore?

Explaining how Mangalore has been chosen by the Corporation of Delta for visit, Vijayaprakash said that it was a presentation on Mangalore City’s development made by former Mayor M Shanker Bhat at Bangkok in 2009 prompted the officials of Corporation of Delta to choose the City for the implementation of collaborative develoment programme.
Shanker Bhat said that Mangalore City was one of the four cities in India, which were short-listed from 120 cities across the world by the British Columbia Trade and Cultural Development Foundation.

The Foundation, which has offices in New Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai, is working with an obective of linking cities. Though there were Vishakhapatnam, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram in the shortlist, Mangalore has been chosen finally since the City has all infrastructure including sea port, international airport and railway stations.

Further, advancement in the education sector too has attracted the attention of the Foundation, Bhat said. The team from Corporation of Delta was expected to visit Mangalore in February 2009. However, due to technical reasons, the visit has been delayed, he added.
DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/101152/mcc-have-canadian-partner.html)
Good going Mangalore---The queen of Tulunadu

TCS has called for openings in Oracle Financial Consultats for base Loacation in Mangalore about a year back. :cheers:
That would most probably for on-site postings at client locations in Mangalore. I know that TCS has done work in the past for clients based out of Mangalore and it still continues to do so, particularly in the field of ERP Applications - the job openings that you speak of once again belong to the same category.

That would most probably for on-site postings at client locations in Mangalore. I know that TCS has done work in the past for clients based out of Mangalore and it still continues to do so, particularly in the field of ERP Applications - the job openings that you speak of once again belong to the same category.


Agreed. TCS, Wipro(although Wipro infotech has a small office) are long away from Mangalore when it comes to software development...TCS has lot of Government projects (Passport, Service Tax, etc) apart from Private ones..and this could be one of those onsite postings as you mentioned.

Total gdp matters more than per capita, like Canada having higher per capita than India but nobody cares that country while india is 3rd most powerful...


Average income is different and GDP is different.
Also the total revenue generated by Mangalore is far higher than any other city in Karnataka (except B;lore)

Multi-level car park plan hits roadblock
Jaideep Shenoy, TNN, Mar 1, 2010, 10.33pm IST
Article

Tags:multi-level car parking|mangalore city corporationMANGALORE: Authorities have adopted the carrot and stick policy to get the city's first multi-level car parking project off the ground. The project to be executed by Mangalore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) with Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) hinges on owners of 45 cents of private property abutting the old service bus station at Hampankatta here coming on board the PPP route chosen by MUDA to execute the project.

The MCC has 1.55 acres of land at its disposal in the old service bus stand area and needs the private property to give a final shape to the project. However, the owners of the property have thrown a spanner in the works. This has got the district administration thinking on acquiring the property while still hoping to get the property owners on board.

DC V Ponnuraj told TOI that the administration has gone a step ahead in planning with an idea to acquire smaller buildings abutting the project area. "We have in mind the Dhanyavad building, Sheesh Mahal, Catholic Club and other smallerbuildings; preliminary talks with building owners in them giving up the property has been positive," he said.

Ownership for 32 years

The project which will be executed on build operate transfer (BOT) model will provide ownership of this property in the heart of the city for a period of 32 years, including 2 years for construction of the multi-level car parking project and commercial building. After this period, during which the project promoter will pay concession amount to MCC, the property will revert to the civic body, he said. The project that entails a constructed area of 3-4 lakh sq.ft. envisages creating parking for 1,000 vehicles including those of occupants of the building.

"We have in-principle agreed to the demand of property owners to go in for an outward entrance to the building and it is for them to take a call," he said.

Former mayor M Shankar Bhat before demitting office had approved an agenda in anticipation of the council ratifying it later to acquire the 45 cents of land if the owners fail to see reason. The DC said the owners will be the losers in the eventuality that the land has to be acquired to see the project through. The additional land (apart from 45 cents) has been factored in to take up further expansion of the MLCP project if needed, he said.

* Project estimated to cost Rs. 57.6 cr.

MANGALORE: The State Government has given administrative approval for the third stage of the development (jetty expansion) of the fisheries harbour here, according to N. Yogish Bhat, MLA.

Addressing presspersons here on Friday, Mr. Bhat said that the completion of the third stage of expansion of the harbour would particularly help fishermen as 400 to 500 more fishing boats could be anchored there. At present, about 400 boats can be anchored. The jetty would be expanded towards the Hoige bazaar side. The work was estimated to cost Rs. 57.6 crore. Of this, the Union Government would provide Rs. 43.2 crore (75 per cent) and the rest would be borne by the State. The Union Government had so far released Rs. 5 crore. Bids would soon be invited for this project, he said.

The State had given the administrative approval for jetty expansion on September 24, he added.

The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/02/stories/2010100260670300.htm)

Quarrying in the nearby hillock no threat to airport: officials (http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/02/stories/2010100260660300.htm)

* Government has sanctioned another special grant of Rs. 100 crore, says Mayor
* ‘Widening work held up due to delay in shifting utility lines'
* Demand to form committee to decide on prospective projects

DISCUSSION:Rajani Duganna (centre), Mayor, at the city corporation council meeting in Mangalore on Thursday.

MANGALORE: Mayor Rajani Dugganna said on Thursday that patchwork on roads in the city will begin in November, even as the Government has sanctioned another special grant of Rs. 100 crore to the civic body.

She told the monthly meeting of the Mangalore City Corporation council that the junior engineers of the corporation had been asked to prepare estimates for filling potholes on various roads.

Meeting proposed

Ms. Dugganna said that she would convene a meeting within a fortnight with National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) officials to discuss shifting the water pipes at Padil on NH 48 and Kaikamba Junction (Kulashekara area) on NH 13 for widening the highways under the port connectivity project.

Allegation

Earlier, during Question Hour, Mariyamma Thomas, councillor, said that although the NHAI had deposited Rs. 14 crore with the city corporation long ago for shifting the pipelines, the latter had not yet completed the task. Since the pipeline at Padil and Kaikamba Junction had not yet been shifted, the widening work had come to a standstill. The NHAI had dropped the proposal to construct an overpass at Nanthoor Junction because Mescom had delayed shifting the underground electricity cable there, she said and urged the council to pass a resolution demanding that the NHAI construct the overpass.

Gopala Gowda, assistant executive engineer of the corporation, blamed the NHAI for not showing the civic body the corridor for shifting the pipeline.

Laxity

The former Mayor M. Shankar Bhat too blamed the NHAI for its laxity in this regard.

James D'Souza, councillor, said that the contractor of the port connectivity project, IRCON International Ltd., had not completed even a single overpass properly. He wanted to know why the Government had not taken any action against the company.

Committee

Opposition Congress councillors wanted to know if the corporation had constituted a core committee to decide on the projects to be taken up with the general fund of the corporation. They said that a decision to form such a committee had been taken at a meeting convened by district in-charge Minister J. Krishna Palemar However, there was no provision under the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976 for setting up such a committee when the civic body had other statutory committees to decide on the projects to be taken up, they said.

Objective

The Mayor said that such a decision had been taken to avoid the blame-game between the ruling party and the Opposition that works under the general fund were being cornered by one side. Such a committee was not legally valid. If the councillors did not want it, the proposal could be dropped after consulting the Minister, she said.

The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/01/stories/2010100162150300.htm)

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Several years ago in the 90's I visited an area (wedding lunch)to the west of Urwastores,you turn west in front of MUDA. There was a beach there and an excellent area for development. I wonder if the ring road would pass thro that area.

MANGALORE: Bunts Hostel Circle - a city landmark with a history of nearly 100 years was razed down here on Tuesday. The Bunts alias Nadavara Mathr Sangha constructed the circle when the Sangha was set up a century ago. This circle was given a facelift two decades ago and remained one of the recognisable landmarks in the city. But its presence at a road junction was proving to be a severe impediment for movement of traffic.

Ajith Kumar Rai Maladi, president, Federation of World Bunts Association and former president of Bunts Sangha told TOI here on Tuesday that the circle had high sentimental value to the Bunts community. However, its presence at a vantage point, which has a high density of traffic, was proving to be a major bottleneck for free flow of traffic, Rai said adding that the Sangha agreed to a request from the authorities to remove the circle.

"We received requests from the deputy commissioner, commissioner, Mangalore City Corporation commissioner and even the police authorities to demolish the circle," Rai said adding that the Sangha voluntarily accepted their request. "We do not want sentiments to come in the way of development," he said adding that the Sangha has given up a part of its land at junction abutting the road towards Mallikatte to facilitate road widening there.

Rai said he had taken the onus on himself to construct a new circle at a short distance from the spot where the present circle was located on the road leading to Dr Ambedkar circle. The final design and other logistic of this new circle is being worked out, he said adding that the proposal would be placed before the Sangha for approval and final execution. The initial proposal was that the civic body would reconstruct the circle, he noted.

Contractors executing the road concreting work on the Bunts Hostel Circle - Mallikatte Road removed the traffic signal police erected adjacent to Pai Sales International showroom there later in the evening under the supervision of traffic police. The then DK district police had installed traffic signals at the Bunts Hostel Circle junction but was not in a position to make it operational until such time that the circle was removed.


TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Bunts-hostel-circle-razed-for-road-widening/articleshow/6693637.cms)

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Is it one of the Beary's projects?

http://www.daijiworld.com/chan/sponsors_view.asp?s_id=2146

Is it one of the Beary's projects?

No. This one is from Rohan Monteiro`s Property Infra Tech India Pvt Limited...They have another project "Lumius" coming up in Kulshekar as well.

No. This one is from Rohan Monteiro`s Property Infra Tech India Pvt Limited...They have another project "Lumius" coming up in Kulshekar as well.

Thanks Dex . I was only referring to the project at Jyothi. I thought Rohan Monteiro;s property showcased projects of other builders. In short I thought he was only an agent for the big builders.I thought it was Golden Harvest. It does look similar to Golden Harvest.

Thanks Dex . I was only referring to the project at Jyothi. I thought Rohan Monteiro;s property showcased projects of other builders. In short I thought he was only an agent for the big builders.I thought it was Golden Harvest. It does look similar to Golden Harvest.

He is indeed an agent for other builders (http://mangaloreproperty.com). This probably is one of his solo venture.

Thanks Dex . I was only referring to the project at Jyothi. I thought Rohan Monteiro;s property showcased projects of other builders. In short I thought he was only an agent for the big builders.I thought it was Golden Harvest. It does look similar to Golden Harvest.
intially he ventured into real estate. then he was was a promoter for some joint venture projects with mothisham, then with plama . now he has started on his own with catalonia and luminus at kulshekar and recently the one at bendoorwell.his future projects is comiing next to palkhi hall said to be a high end luxury apts.

:cheers:
Is anybody aware about the $1billion investment proposal by a Malaysian Company in developing tourist infrastructures in and around Mangalore?

Audi has partnered with Jubilant Motors ,Bangalore to expand dealership in South. Currently Mangalore is covered by Jubilant Motors at Bangalore.

MCC to have Canadian partner

DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/101152/mcc-have-canadian-partner.html)
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Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) will sign an economic development MoU with Corporation of Delta, a suburban municipality in the southwest portion of Greater Vancouver region, in Mangalore on October 12. Addressing presspersons here on Friday, Dr K.N. Vijayaprakash, Commissioner of MCC, said that the MoU is aimed at developing relationships between Mangalore and Delta city.

Later in the day, the delegation will visit New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) and the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI).

On October 13, the delegation will visit Udupi and Manipal. It will visit the Infosys campus in Mangalore on October 14, before leaving for Bangalore, he said.

Source (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/10/09/stories/2010100951951700.htm)

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=87265


This type of scheme is being implemented for the first time in the country. Here in Western countries whenever we accumulate trash we take to the recycling centres where there are huge continers for seperate items like wood,plastic,house hold waste,metals,card board.Seperate boxes for foot wear,papers,clothes. However we do not get paid. But this is a novel scheme and I hope other cities in India learn from this.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8052889/Ordnance-Survey-lists-nicknames-for-British-places.html


Near the place I work,Britain's biggest TESCO is coming up but they are first improving the infrastructure like roads around it even before a single brick is laid.Hope the same principles are followed in India.

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=43349&n_tit=M'lore%3A+Deutsche+Bank+Plans+Major+Foray+into+City

Any idea what happened to this?

Sad news is if the karnataka govt falls there will be no development for minimum one year or two years, that is sure. 100 crore recently announced can be cancelled. Hope everything goes well. We want only development

Sad news is if the karnataka govt falls there will be no development for minimum one year or two years, that is sure. 100 crore recently announced can be cancelled. Hope everything goes well. We want only development

Kudla,

I agree with you. :ohno: This is my concern as well. Although I am not fan of any political party, I feel the development that is seen in every city of Karnataka over the couple of years is really remarkable.

Please Go to Mysore threads and check my analysis about furture of Mangalore and Mysore and respond. All opinions are welcome.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=65099533&posted=1#post65099533

:banana:

Sad news is if the karnataka govt falls there will be no development for minimum one year or two years, that is sure. 100 crore recently announced can be cancelled. Hope everything goes well. We want only development

I am a non political person but I agree with you that if this govt falls MANGALORE MIGHT SUFFER...even the 3000 crore ring road project will be doubtful.Infact I mentioned the same thing that you have written in one one my e mails sent to a friend...TELEPATHY..GUESS ALL OF US ARE THINKING ALONG SAME LINES..NO WONDER SITE HAS BEEN QUIET

^^Guys for the first time--State govt will see lot of funds from center--who knows Mangalore might get special treatment altogether,BJP works well--but we cannot negate the fact that Bangalore earned its status of IT Capital uder congress rule -viz S M Krishna.

AP,TN and Kerala have good rapport with center now I think it is the time for Karnataka to get its share from the center-let us not forget that we have some 7 unioin ministers from the state--We need center's help---Just look at our rail infra we cannot expect state govt to spend money on it.--Highways are pathetic---Just need central govt help--We must exploit center and make use of it the most like how TN politicians do.

^^Guys for the first time--State govt will see lot of funds from center--who knows Mangalore might get special treatment altogether,BJP works well--but we cannot negate the fact that Bangalore earned its status of IT Capital uder congress rule -viz S M Krishna.

AP,TN and Kerala have good rapport with center now I think it is the time for Karnataka to get its share from the center-let us not forget that we have some 7 unioin ministers from the state--We need center's help---Just look at our rail infra we cannot expect state govt to spend money on it.--Highways are pathetic---Just need central govt help--We must exploit center and make use of it the most like how TN politicians do.

Point well taken:)

MANGALORE OCT 11: The Union Ministry of Civil Aviation has approved Saudia Airlines to operate its chartered flights for Haj pilgrims from Mangalore Airport to Saudi Arabia this year, according to M.R. Vasudeva, Director, Mangalore Airport.

He told The Hindu that Air India Express will not operate its flights for Haj pilgrims from here this year.

The dates and schedules of operation of Saudia Airlines had not been finalised, Mr. Vasudeva said.

Hindu

http://thecanaratimes.com/epaper/index.php/archives/6916

http://thecanaratimes.com/epaper/index.php/archives/6916

Guys I am a newbie here.. Can some one help me with how to post an image or a news snippet in this thread???? :ohno:

Campco may start processing rubber soon (http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=202089)

Any plan for tyre plant?

Railways approves design for road over bridge at Ekkur (http://www.bellevision.com/index.php?action=topnews&type=963)

No news on progress of overbride at Mahakalimadpu? What about one at Padil?

Guys I am a newbie here.. Can some one help me with how to post an image or a news snippet in this thread???? :ohno:

Please read the following threads.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=600498

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1119759

MCC Signs MoU with Canada's Delta to Shape Twin-City Concept

Mangalore, Oct 12: As a sign of pride to the city, Corporation of Delta, Canada mayor Louise Jackson and delegation visited Mangalore on October 12 to give shape to the ‘twin city’ concept between two cities.

After signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), City Corporation mayor Rajani Dugganna said that both the mayors will strengthen ties between the two cities in the field of economics, culture and business, promote cultural exchange and build a bi-lateral relationship, wherein best practices of both cities will be exchanged.

The delegation including Louise Jackson and her team-mates chief administrative officer George Harvie and administrative manager Mangit Kiala were given a traditional welcome in the city.

Municipal commissioner Dr K N Vijayprakash said that the MoU intends to foster cross-cultural exchange. Later, Louise Jackson also interact with the media persons.

The team will be in Mangalore for three days and will leave the City on October 14 after visiting important places in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts such as NMPT, KCCI, Manipal University and Krishna Mutt among others.

The presentation made by former Mayor M Shanker Bhat at Bangkok in 2009 prompted the officials of Corporation of Delta to choose the City for the implementation of collaborative development programme.

Mangalore is considered ideal since it has a good infrastructure including port, international airport and railway stations and has many similarities to share with Corporation of Delta


Report from Daijiworld

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=87410

MCC Signs MoU with Canada's Delta to Shape Twin-City Concept

Mangalore, Oct 12: As a sign of pride to the city, Corporation of Delta, Canada mayor Louise Jackson and delegation visited Mangalore on October 12 to give shape to the ‘twin city’ concept between two cities.

After signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), City Corporation mayor Rajani Dugganna said that both the mayors will strengthen ties between the two cities in the field of economics, culture and business, promote cultural exchange and build a bi-lateral relationship, wherein best practices of both cities will be exchanged.

The delegation including Louise Jackson and her team-mates chief administrative officer George Harvie and administrative manager Mangit Kiala were given a traditional welcome in the city.

Municipal commissioner Dr K N Vijayprakash said that the MoU intends to foster cross-cultural exchange. Later, Louise Jackson also interact with the media persons.

The team will be in Mangalore for three days and will leave the City on October 14 after visiting important places in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts such as NMPT, KCCI, Manipal University and Krishna Mutt among others.

The presentation made by former Mayor M Shanker Bhat at Bangkok in 2009 prompted the officials of Corporation of Delta to choose the City for the implementation of collaborative development programme.

Mangalore is considered ideal since it has a good infrastructure including port, international airport and railway stations and has many similarities to share with Corporation of Delta


Report from Daijiworld

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=87410

MCC warmly receives Mayor of Delta Louis E. Jackson

Mangalore Today News Network


Mangalore, Oct 12: Louis E. Jackson, the mayor of Delta, a province of British Columbia, visited Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) today to strengthen the newly established relationship between Mangalore and Delta. Accordingly, a memorandum was signed between the two to facilitate economic, social, and cultural collaboration and exchange. The team from Delta comprised Mayor Louis E. Jackson and two delegates from the Delta Corporation George V. Harvey and Manjith Kaila, who is also a British Columbia official, to finalize the MoU.

The Canadian delegation was welcomed in a traditional manner; and the MCC also presented an 8-page brochure on the heritage and development of Mangalore to the team. The delegates were then felicitated with a shawl, a peta, a memento, and fruits. The Mayor of Delta also presented a memento to Mayor Rajani Dugganna.

Speaking about the cultural heritage, traditions, and development in the city, the Commissioner of MCC Dr. K. N. Vijaya Prakash said that Mangalore is the 8th cleanest city in the world and is currently involved with a number of development projects such as Ropeway Bridge, Mangala Cornish, and others. Mayor Rajani Dugganna presided over the programme.

The team from Delta then interacted with the members of the MCC. Mayor of Delta Louis E. Jackson said that she personally listens to the problems of the citizens of Delta, who communicate with her via text messages and emails.

Regarding malaria control, she said that there are only a few cases of virus attack in Delta and only around 1000 homeless people, adding that the homeless are provided shelter via social networking.

Revealing details about building laws and parking policies in Delta, she said that all commercial buildings are required to provide parking facilities. The traffic in Delta is managed by the police department and the corporation’s engineer department, she added.

She also revealed that Delta elects its mayor directly and that she has been elected for the first time.

Regarding disaster management, she said that the corporation has an emergency plan, which is discussed at monthly meetings and changed if required. Stating that Delta’s waste management system was effective, she said that there are two types of garbage bins—one for newspapers and the other for leftovers. A truck carries the waste to recycling centres weekly and the waste is converted into steam or electricity without any smoke, she explained. She also said that water dues are collected from the people as per water used.

Regarding the selection of Mangalore, she said that various aspects were taken into consideration before the selection was made with the purpose of collaborating for development.

Manohar Prasad, the chief bureau of Udayavani, compered the programme; and Shanta R., the chairperson of the standing committee, proposed the vote of thanks. Later, the mayor and other members of the Canadian team addressed reporters at a press conference held in the mayor’s chamber. Commissioner of MCC Dr. K. N. Vijayaprakash, Deputy Mayor Rajendra Kumar, and former mayor Shankar Bhat were present during the press conference.


Mangalore Today

http://mangaloretoday.com/mt/index.php?action=mn&type=1786

As per the latest update, following Karnataka cities are having Twin city agreement with various cities around the world.

Bangalore: Minsk (Belarus), Cleve Land, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, New York (all from US).

Mangalore: Hamilton, Delta (Both are from Canada)

Mysore: Instanbul (Turkey)

Manipal: Loma Linda (US)


:cheers:
:dance2:

As per the latest update, following Karnataka cities are having Twin city agreement with various cities around the world.

Bangalore: Minsk (Belarus), Cleve Land, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, New York (all from US).

Mangalore: Hamilton, Delta (Both are from Canada)

Mysore: Instanbul (Turkey)

Manipal: Loma Linda (US)


:cheers:
:dance2:



Nice bit of information....
Its amazing to know that Manipal has a Twin city!!!!:banana:

Recently had been to Manipal and it has changed a lot (beyond recognition) compared to time when I studied there. Truly an international student town.

As per the latest update, following Karnataka cities are having Twin city agreement with various cities around the world.

Bangalore: Minsk (Belarus), Cleve Land, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, New York (all from US).

Mangalore: Hamilton, Delta (Both are from Canada)

Mysore: Instanbul (Turkey)

Manipal: Loma Linda (US)


:cheers:
:dance2:



But Wikipedia's Mysore page says the sister city as Cupertino, California.

But Wikipedia's Mysore page says the sister city as Cupertino, California.


Probably, this information also was taken from Wikipedia.:banana:

Hey, the last update of mangalore in google earth is 2006 all other cites in india is 2010 why dont they update mangalores satltie imagery 2

Hey, the last update of mangalore in google earth is 2006 all other cites in india is 2010 why dont they update mangalores satltie imagery 2

About one year back i have written to Google earth team regarding mangalore imagery update. They have replied me by telling that there should not be more than 3 or 4 year old imagery thanks for your information & we are working on it. They will not ignore any mail. so everybody please mail them they may update if more mail reaches them hopefully

About one year back i have written to Google earth team regarding mangalore imagery update. They have replied me by telling that there should not be more than 3 or 4 year old imagery thanks for your information & we are working on it. They will not ignore any mail. so everybody please mail them they may update if more mail reaches them hopefully

I can see City Center Mall, etc in Google Earth...

i agree with u dex because city center was being undergoin construction from 2006

MUMBAI: For 32-year-old industrialist Rishi Darda, it was a dream come true when more than 120 swanky Mercedes Benz cars were delivered in Aurangabad on Thursday by Benz managing director Wilfried Aulbur himself. In January 2010, some like-minded industrialists led by Darda had set up Aurangabad group to promote the bulk booking of Mercedes Benz cars.

Initially, the response was lukewarm in view of the huge cost of the car. However, later, when the group initiated a dialogue with leading financial institutions and the firm, there was a slow, but steady rise in club membership.

Between January and September, the membership crossed 160. As a result, the car manufacturing company decided to visit Aurangabad to deliver the cars. On Thursday, at a colourful function, Aulbur personally handed over the keys to 120-and-odd individuals. "Certainly, its a proud moment for all of us. It marks a different kind of development. It also indicates that Aurangabad has potential for development," said Darda.

Source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/120-Mercs-delivered-to-Aurangabad-club/articleshow/6751042.cms


We were talking about Aurangabad few months back :)

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Surathkal beach is becoming busy.

M'lore: Choked drains cause health hazard (http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=202621)

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OLD WORLD CHARM:The hall of Margaret D'Abreo's house still has stained glass windows and tiles that were imported from England.

Read more on The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/11/stories/2010101151680200.htm)

* Village residents unhappy with compensation

MANGALORE: Residents of Mogaru and Badaga Ulipady villages, whose land is being acquired for the Export Promotion Industrial Park (EPIP) at Ganjimath, have said they are not keen to give up their properties.

A few representatives of some 50-odd properties, which they said have been notified for acquisition, told presspersons here on Friday that they preferred to retain the properties. The Karnataka Industrial Area Development, which has acquired 246 acres of land at Ganjimath, was now finalising acquisition of another 154 acres of land. Land was being surveyed and the KIADB officials were not giving a clear picture of their proposals, said M.B. Shetty, a resident of the area.

The other residents, who included rubber factory owner K.G. Shetty, said the KIADB was offering a mere Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 13,000 a cent as compensation for the land where as their demand was Rs. 1 lakh a cent. The present market price was Rs. 50,000 a cent, he said. They alleged that KIADB officials were not treating the property owners with dignity.

The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/10/stories/2010101054120500.htm)

Ganjimatt is still busy making news.

KSRTC city service remains a non-starter (http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/06/stories/2010100662880300.htm)

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OLD WORLD CHARM:The hall of Margaret D'Abreo's house still has stained glass windows and tiles that were imported from England.

Read more on The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/11/stories/2010101151680200.htm)

Good to know there are still such houses in Mangalore :cheers:

MUMBAI: For 32-year-old industrialist Rishi Darda, it was a dream come true when more than 120 swanky Mercedes Benz cars were delivered in Aurangabad on Thursday by Benz managing director Wilfried Aulbur himself. In January 2010, some like-minded industrialists led by Darda had set up Aurangabad group to promote the bulk booking of Mercedes Benz cars.

Initially, the response was lukewarm in view of the huge cost of the car. However, later, when the group initiated a dialogue with leading financial institutions and the firm, there was a slow, but steady rise in club membership.

Between January and September, the membership crossed 160. As a result, the car manufacturing company decided to visit Aurangabad to deliver the cars. On Thursday, at a colourful function, Aulbur personally handed over the keys to 120-and-odd individuals. "Certainly, its a proud moment for all of us. It marks a different kind of development. It also indicates that Aurangabad has potential for development," said Darda.

Source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/120-Mercs-delivered-to-Aurangabad-club/articleshow/6751042.cms


We were talking about Aurangabad few months back :)

Amazing . Actually I saw this article but then forgot about it.

curtains finally came down on the mangalore dasara thou a private intiative unlike mysore dasara which is govt funded. mangalore was illuminated with full glory especially the roads were the proccessions took place. the true spirit of mangloreans was displayed where people frm all communities took part in the festivities to make mangalore dasara a grand sucess, in future yrs we see many more dasara as grand as ever before , it wont be long when mangalore dasara will have its pride in the international arena. hats of to the people of tulunadu in making 2010 dasara a grand sucess, hoping to see many more such events in the near future.

curtains finally came down on the mangalore dasara thou a private intiative unlike mysore dasara which is govt funded. mangalore was illuminated with full glory especially the roads were the proccessions took place. the true spirit of mangloreans was displayed where people frm all communities took part in the festivities to make mangalore dasara a grand sucess, in future yrs we see many more dasara as grand as ever before , it wont be long when mangalore dasara will have its pride in the international arena. hats of to the people of tulunadu in making 2010 dasara a grand sucess, hoping to see many more such events in the near future.

It was indeed a Visual treat :banana::cheers:

curtains finally came down on the mangalore dasara thou a private intiative unlike mysore dasara which is govt funded. mangalore was illuminated with full glory especially the roads were the proccessions took place. the true spirit of mangloreans was displayed where people frm all communities took part in the festivities to make mangalore dasara a grand sucess, in future yrs we see many more dasara as grand as ever before , it wont be long when mangalore dasara will have its pride in the international arena. hats of to the people of tulunadu in making 2010 dasara a grand sucess, hoping to see many more such events in the near future.

Mangalore Dasara is growing in popularity year by year. Tribute to the people of South Canara.

Amazing . Actually I saw this article but then forgot about it.


Many of the buyers were from Mumbai and Pune. This was like a Mercedes car mela.:)

It was indeed a Visual treat :banana::cheers:


I am more than 100% sure that Mangalore Dasara will become as popular as its counter parts in Mysore.:)

Mangalore Dasara is growing in popularity year by year. Tribute to the people of South Canara.

Yes I agree it was really good. this time it was not only live telecasted to undivided south canara but to mumbai directly through some channel. it is belived that some 10 lac people from mumbai have Watched it. The explanation from Kadri navaneetha shetty and panjai bhaskar bhatt was excellent they were quoting each and every part from shastra to yakshagana to history to tulu and kannada literacy.

According to me Mangalore Dasara is still not over. It will get over on 19th morning with immerssion of sharad of Sri Venkataramana temple, where the procession starts today evening. Sri Venkataramana temple sharada is the oldest and first started sharada procession in entire undivided D.K. They are celebrating 88th year this year.

curtains finally came down on the mangalore dasara thou a private intiative unlike mysore dasara which is govt funded. mangalore was illuminated with full glory especially the roads were the proccessions took place. the true spirit of mangloreans was displayed where people frm all communities took part in the festivities to make mangalore dasara a grand sucess, in future yrs we see many more dasara as grand as ever before , it wont be long when mangalore dasara will have its pride in the international arena. hats of to the people of tulunadu in making 2010 dasara a grand sucess, hoping to see many more such events in the near future.

Looks I have missed all the festivities.Avi ,expecting the 'MANGALORE ILLUMINATED'PHOTOS FROM YOU.
Here it is cold and miserable( 5 degrees yesterday)

Looks I have missed all the festivities.Avi ,expecting the 'MANGALORE ILLUMINATED'PHOTOS FROM YOU.
Here it is cold and miserable( 5 degrees yesterday)

Ajay,

You may check some of the pics at an album titled "Mangalore Dasara Procession 2010" in Mangalore page on Facebook.

KSRTC Kuntikana depot getting ready

Staff Correspondent

With permits not issued for city buses, this will become the third depot

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NO ARRIVALS YET:The KSRTC Kuntikana depot.

MANGALORE: A new bus depot of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) at Kuntikana here will soon be ready. But the KSRTC will not be able to use it for the purpose for which it was being built, at least in the near future.

Sources in the KSRTC told The Hindu that the corporation had planned to devote this depot exclusively to handle city buses. But the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) has not yet permitted the corporation to operate city buses. The KSRTC sought permits for 41 city buses for 396 trips on six routes in 2008.

The routes are Surathkal-Talapady (22 buses); Mangaladevi-Ambedkar Circle-Kunjathbail (nine buses); Mangaladevi-Ambedkar Circle-Bondel (six buses); State Bank of India-Car Street-Tannirbavi (one bus); State Bank of India-Chelyar-MRPL Colony (one bus) and State Bank of India–Amblamogaru (two buses).

Sources said it could handle 100 city buses in the new depot. Except the fuelling station, other infrastructure facilities at the new depot had been completed. The depot would be ready in a month.

Now, it was handling 145 buses in its depot number one at Bejai and 146 buses in depot number two in front of A.J. Hospital and Research Centre, sources said.

Sources made it clear that although its official records had nowhere “specifically mentioned” that the new depot was “meant for its proposed city buses”, its construction was taken up to handle proposed city buses separately without mixing them with other outstation buses.

They said now the KSRTC would be forced to use the new depot to handle other outstation buses. It was yet to take a decision on its future use.

Regional Transport Authority chairman V. Ponnuraj had gone on record that for the time being, the RTA would not issue new permits for any new buses, including KSRTC and private, to operate from the State Bank of India bus terminus as it would only add to traffic congestion in the central business district. The existing road infrastructure in the city did not support for handling more buses.

In addition, an earlier district magistrate had imposed a ban on issuing new permits for new buses to operate from SBI terminus.

However, the right to information activist like G. Hanumantha Kamath and KSRTC officials did not agree with the views of Mr. Ponnuraj. They say that if parking arrangement on main roads was properly managed more buses could be allowed.

The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/19/stories/2010101960180300.htm)

Wrong move by the DC someone please write to him----It is high time that people are encouraged to use mass transport,Mangalore KSRTC division may get more Volvos only if new permits are issued,middle class and upper middle class who use 4 wheelers may be encouraged to take volvo buses.

Mangalore, Oct 20: District deputy commissioner V Ponnuraj has been transferred to Shimoga, and Subhod Yadav is expected to take his place soon.

In a new transfer order, DCs of 10 districts have been transferred by the state government. Bellary, Uttara Kannada, Gadag, Kolar and Ramnagar too will get new deputy commissioners.

However, when Daijiworld contacted the officials of DC’s office, they said they are yet to get an official confirmation in this regard.

Source: Daijiworld (http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=87872)

^^ Good move :cheers:---DC was never relenting on his stance on issuing of new permits.

Hope the new DC issues permits to KSRTC city buses :)

hi all...... have been following this forum from the past 2-3 yrs...but never joined.... finally am here..

U guys r doing an amazing job on this site providing real time info on mlores development....

Hope all our efforts come true and mlore becomes a great place to live in future...

:banana:

hi all...... have been following this forum from the past 2-3 yrs...but never joined.... finally am here..

U guys r doing an amazing job on this site providing real time info on mlores development....

Hope all our efforts come true and mlore becomes a great place to live in future...

:banana:

welcome kamath,hope to see your contribution....:cheers:

mlore airport pic::


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welcome kamath,hope to see your contribution....:cheers:
Sure... will do my best.... am getting a new cam next week will upload some pics...

Some places which many mloreans arent aware of...

hi all...... have been following this forum from the past 2-3 yrs...but never joined.... finally am here..

U guys r doing an amazing job on this site providing real time info on mlores development....

Hope all our efforts come true and mlore becomes a great place to live in future...

:banana:

Welcome to SSC Deepukamath

hi all...... have been following this forum from the past 2-3 yrs...but never joined.... finally am here..

U guys r doing an amazing job on this site providing real time info on mlores development....

Hope all our efforts come true and mlore becomes a great place to live in future...

:banana:


Dear Deepu

A very warm welcome from all of us on this thread

Waiting for the photos


regards
ajay

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Udayavani

Apartment culture spreading to Yekkur.

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Deepu,

Welcome to the forum. I am sure you are loving to see an post pics of city development. It is certainly a grand entry with a beautiful pic. Hope to see more such contributions from you in furutre as well.

:cheers:

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Pilikula Nature Park.
First in the world to captive breed King Cobras.

Connect Infra plans high-end villa project

Our Bureau

Mangalore, Oct. 22

The Mangalore-based builder and developer — Connect Infrastructure and Projects Pvt Ltd — will launch a residential project in high-end villa segment called ‘Connect Park Wood' at Konaje (nearly 16 km from Mangalore).

Addressing presspersons here on Friday, Mr Umakant Alva, Managing Director of Connect Infrastructure and Projects Pvt Ltd, said that the first phase of the villa project will be launched on Saturday, and it will be completed in two years.

Around 80 villas will come up in the first phase, and 100 villas in the second phase, he said. The cost of the villa would start from Rs 70 lakh onwards.

Mr Alva said that Connect Park Wood is located at Konaje in a natural undulating setting amid the abundance of fully grown trees. “With a feel of traditional architecture from outside, every villa will be modern inside. All the elements used in the villa would be eco-friendly and designed to create a complete green environment,” he said, adding that Connect Infrastructure and Projects Pvt Ltd has entered into a partnership with BCIL Zed Homes for making each villa in the project energy-efficient.

Started in 1984, Connect Infrastructure and Projects Pvt Ltd has completed several layout projects in and around Mangalore, he added.

The Hindu (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/10/23/stories/2010102351742300.htm)

Pilikula Nature Park.
First in the world to captive breed King Cobras.

Raj,

The park looks awesome. I had visited Pilikula almost 5 years back. Then I could not visit the park due to shortage of time. However, the Zoo and Manasa Water park were awesome. Though they are in a small scale, enjoyment we get there is unlimited.
:banana:

Raj,

The park looks awesome. I had visited Pilikula almost 5 years back. Then I could not visit the park due to shortage of time. However, the Zoo and Manasa Water park were awesome. Though they are in a small scale, enjoyment we get there is unlimited.
:banana:

This pic was taken a couple of months back when I visited the place. The Zoo is good, especially the Tigers. One more interesting thing which I noticed is that boards mentions the names all the animals housed in the zoo in Tulu language.

Connect Infra plans high-end villa project

Our Bureau



The Hindu (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/10/23/stories/2010102351742300.htm)


Akash,

Did you notice one thing in Real Estate growth story of Mangalore??

The local players are doing well and also they give tough competetion for real big players like Godrej, Raheja or Brigade in this gorwing sector.

Is it not a good sign for amazingly growing city? The enteprenourship is growing among locals. I am sure this will take the city to the best, which is yet to come.
:cheers:

Friends,

We are at 300 (Page number). Unforunately even Sachin could not reach it in Test cricket or One dayers. :lol:

The local players are doing well and also they give tough competetion for real big players like Godrej, Raheja or Brigade in this gorwing sector.


Yes you are right Ananda,it only means that local players have met the highest quality standards when it comes to execution, which otherwise is synonym only to big players. :)

Any updates about plama and forum mall?@akash I been to mysore recently and I saw all auto rikshaw has given some numbers and names like narasimharaj,devaraj etc why is that?

Any updates about plama and forum mall?@akash I been to mysore recently and I saw all auto rikshaw has given some numbers and names like narasimharaj,devaraj etc why is that?

Hi!
Pachhu--That is to keep a better track of the autos/better management for the RTOs

Say you end up having issues with an auto driver then you can report it to the control office/traffic police with the auto's 3 digit number and the the constituency name.

New DC for practical solutions to issues
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MANGALORE OCT 23 (TNN): There is a change of guard in the Dakshina Kannada district administrative set-up with Subodh Yadav, a 1999 batch IAS officer taking over as the 121st deputy commissioner (DC) here on Saturday. He replaces V Ponnuraj, who has been posted as DC of Shimoga district, the home district of CM B S Yeddyurappa. Yadav was personal secretary to the Union minister for law M Veerappa Moily, prior to his current posting.

Yadav, an M Tech graduate from IIT, New Delhi, had a previous stint in DK district serving as the chief executive officer of the zilla panchayat here from August 29, 2004 to May 31, 2005. He has served as deputy commissioner of Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, and the CEO of Gulbarga Zilla Panchayat before his DK stint.

Informally chatting with media persons after assuming charge, Yadav said things have changed a lot in the city in the last five years. "The city has more cement concrete roads and there is a lot more development with bigger and taller buildings coming up," he remarked. The city also has a new airport, Yadav noted, adding that the city looks a whole lot different given its present characteristics of rapid urbanisation.

Assuring that he would continue the best practices put in place by his predecessor, Yadav said certain initiatives taken by Ponnuraj in computerisation of administration would be further strengthened. "I will make honest efforts to address various issues that the district faces," he said, adding that he would first assess the ground realities before announcing any major initiatives. The approach would be to give practical solutions to issues, he said.

Mangalorean (http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=204043)

Mangalore residents must take up the initiative of getting connected with the officials and apprise them of the problems they are facing.
The new DC is chanting e governance so Dex mangalore if you can get MUDA chairman and the new DC on SSC I, it would be a great thing.
We wish DC Ponnuraj all the best for his new innings on CM's turf Shimoga----:cheers:

MANGALORE: The first cruise vessel of this year's cruise season, M V Aida Aura called at New Mangalore Port on Saturday with 1,241 cruise passengers and 394 crew members on board the vessel. Nearly 1,100 passengers opted for ground tour and visited places in and around the city such as 1,000 pillar temple at Moodbidri, monolithic statue of Lord Bahubali at Karkala, Soans farm, cashew factories, St. Aloysius Chapel,

They also visited Sri Gokarnanatha temple, Kadri Manjunatha temple, indulged in a bit of city shopping before returning to the vessel in the evening. The vessel that came from Goa sailed to Kochi. Majority of the passengers are from Germany. The tourists enjoyed the scenic beauty of Mangalore and hospitality extended to them during their short stay. This is the fourth cruise vessel to call on the port during the current financial year.

P Tamilvanan, Chairman, New Mangalore Port Trust stated that the beginning of this current fiscal is very encouraging in terms of cruise traffic and six more cruise vessels are expected to call on the port during the remaining period of the current financial year. Tamilvanan added that the port is fully geared up for handling the cruise vessels by providing the entire infrastructure at the Port, a statement from NMPT here stated.


Read more: German tourists aboard 'Aida Aura' visit city - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/German-tourists-aboard-Aida-Aura-visit-city/articleshow/6800238.cms

MANGALORE: The first cruise vessel of this year's cruise season, M V Aida Aura called at New Mangalore Port on Saturday with 1,241 cruise passengers and 394 crew members on board the vessel. Nearly 1,100 passengers opted for ground tour and visited places in and around the city such as 1,000 pillar temple at Moodbidri, monolithic statue of Lord Bahubali at Karkala, Soans farm, cashew factories, St. Aloysius Chapel,

They also visited Sri Gokarnanatha temple, Kadri Manjunatha temple, indulged in a bit of city shopping before returning to the vessel in the evening. The vessel that came from Goa sailed to Kochi. Majority of the passengers are from Germany. The tourists enjoyed the scenic beauty of Mangalore and hospitality extended to them during their short stay. This is the fourth cruise vessel to call on the port during the current financial year.

P Tamilvanan, Chairman, New Mangalore Port Trust stated that the beginning of this current fiscal is very encouraging in terms of cruise traffic and six more cruise vessels are expected to call on the port during the remaining period of the current financial year. Tamilvanan added that the port is fully geared up for handling the cruise vessels by providing the entire infrastructure at the Port, a statement from NMPT here stated.


Read more: German tourists aboard 'Aida Aura' visit city - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/German-tourists-aboard-Aida-Aura-visit-city/articleshow/6800238.cms

Mangalore has good potential for cruise tourism. The number of cruise vessels calling on Mangalore Port has increased over last few years. Hope it picks up even more.
Its indeed a sight to see these cruise ships when they are docked at Mangalore port. You get a spectacular view of these vessels while travelling south from Panambur circle.

Mangalore Dasara is growing in popularity year by year. Tribute to the people of South Canara.

It was indeed a Visual treat :banana::cheers:

it is not a treat after those wooden pillars erected for decoration is removed. big wholes on footpath make it unwalkable and wholes on road get bigger as vehicles travels by its sides. they should come up with a permanent arrangement for mounting these posts without harming footpath and road.

^^ Good move :cheers:---DC was never relenting on his stance on issuing of new permits.

Hope the new DC issues permits to KSRTC city buses :)

he was against public transportation system. good that he is gone. expecting new dc to b more friendly to public transportation.

Getit launches call centre in M’lore
Mangalore,Oct 24, DHNS:

Getit Infoservices Private Limited has opened a call centre in Mangalore.


Henceforth, if any person needs any information, he may call 4444445. Meanwhile, the 3rd edition of Getit Bizlist released recently has listings from all the telecom service providers in Mangalore and Udupi. The multi-telecom, multi-colour telephone directory with over 52,000 updated and cross-referred business listings

I noticed a recent trend that the new circles coming up in Mangalore are quite large in size as usual. For e.g. Infront of Circuit House (Kadri Park), Marnamikatte, Valencia (this one is laughable- only one lane for traffic when compared to the size of the circle- totally disproportionate), AB Shetty Circle, etc.

When authorities are making away with circles like Bunts Hostel to streamline the traffic, I fail to understand the reason behind constructing bigger circles elsewhere.:ohno::ohno:

Any thoughts?

I noticed a recent trend that the new circles coming up in Mangalore are quite large in size as usual. For e.g. Infront of Circuit House (Kadri Park), Marnamikatte, Valencia (this one is laughable- only one lane for traffic when compared to the size of the circle- totally disproportionate), AB Shetty Circle, etc.

When authorities are making away with circles like Bunts Hostel to streamline the traffic, I fail to understand the reason behind constructing bigger circles elsewhere.:ohno::ohno:

Any thoughts?

It is thoughtless to construct large circles when the road is narrow. After a year this will become a bottleneck if it is not already now and then we destroy it. Waste of Money. I have not seen them but could visualise.

I noticed a recent trend that the new circles coming up in Mangalore are quite large in size as usual. For e.g. Infront of Circuit House (Kadri Park), Marnamikatte, Valencia (this one is laughable- only one lane for traffic when compared to the size of the circle- totally disproportionate), AB Shetty Circle, etc.

When authorities are making away with circles like Bunts Hostel to streamline the traffic, I fail to understand the reason behind constructing bigger circles elsewhere.:ohno::ohno:

Any thoughts?

Yes Dex_Mangalore, I really don't understand why are they building a circle at A.B. Shetty circle. This intersection should have traffic lights with no circle. MCC is proceeding in the right direction in Bunts hostel circle by removing the circle.
Another intersection in my opinion which needs to have traffic lights is the Navbharath circle.

MANGALORE October 25, 2010: With increasing awareness about the importance of green cover all around, the city was now wearing a thick green cover, thanks to the urban planners in the city the citizens are co-operating with the civic bodies and green activists in turning Mangalore into an emerald city.

Almost every household in the city have started planting trees in their neighbourhood including fruit, berry and flower yielding trees. A drive through the city in the by-lanes will vouch for this beautiful development. "There has been increased demand for fruit bearing trees in the city. Individual householders are regularly visiting our nurseries and ask for fruit bearing trees, this trend has begun two years back and in the last two years we have distributed over 20,000 fruit and flower yielding trees in Mangalore and scores of shade yielding trees. The demand was increasing every year" say the forest department officials.

The most popular trees includes Jamboo (Malayan green apple) Rambutan, wild mango, Nerale (blueberry) Guava, Sapota, Gooseberry, Bimbli, Star fruit (Darae Huli) Tamarind, Surinam Cherry and even Mulberry. "These are very urban types of trees which grow without much ado but requires regular watering. The craze for coconut trees though continues to rule the roost, additional interest is generated for fruit bearing trees, which is a welcome sign, however we may not be able to plant these fruit trees in public places like roads as they may be subjected to vandalising. We do have planted Tamarind trees which are surviving" the official say.

Due to this development even the urban wildlife was improving in the city of Mangalore as well as towns like Moodbidri, Karkala, Udupi and other small towns. People have regularly started reporting sighting of urban wildlife forms like Beru (toddy cat), Peacocks, civet cats, flying squirrels, Pangolins, Porcupines, Mongooses and different kinds of rodents.

The city has also experienced the multiplication of birds also. According to wildlife observers parrots have started becoming common; this was due to the increasing population of Guava trees in the city. Peacocks have been sighted in places like Chilimbi, Ashoknagar and Kulur areas where the green belts have started developing extensively. Children in many schools have started discussing about the wildlife they have encountered in their respective localities.

The citizens have also started growing ornamental bamboos in their estates "Even if I have only two bamboos in my garden I will be satisfied, they look so beautiful and environmental friendly and each night when I see droplets of water falling down as it had rained even in the hottest summer" says Mr. Suresh Rao of Chilimbi.

The forest department has also started developing nurseries of very large trees called Seema Reuba which will be ready for planting in early next monsoons the officials say

Source: Mangalorean

I heard all the concrete road works are completed like falnir, kankanady, bejai, pandeshwar, attavar,valancia,navabarath to pvs, bunts hostel, bendoor, kadri, marnamikatte etc. is it true?

It is thoughtless to construct large circles when the road is narrow. After a year this will become a bottleneck if it is not already now and then we destroy it. Waste of Money. I have not seen them but could visualise.

Ajay,
Believe me, you wont be able to visualize it unless you see it! :)

The new DC is chanting e governance so Dex mangalore if you can get MUDA chairman and the new DC on SSC I, it would be a great thing.


I have apprised the MUDA chairman about this forum. He may not be able to join but will be all ears to what I pass on.
Not sure about the new DC.