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Mangalore projects thread became crowded, and we can afford to start this new thread :cheers: We have many SSCI members updating about mangalore to sustain one more thread. Sorted info has more value.. Let's see how this goes.


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Civic body invites tenders for ‘transportation hub' in city

Staff Correspondent
Last date for submission of bids through online is October 8

Eleven of the 20 acres of land required for the project have been identified

The scheme will be taken up on public-private partnership model

SET FOR A CHANGE:The 11-acre plot identified by the district administration for the proposed ‘transportation hub' near Pumpwell in Mangalore.

MANGALORE: The work on developing a “transportation hub”, including a bus- stand near Pumpwell connecting the National Highway 17, has begun with Mangalore City Corporation inviting bids to level a portion of the land identified for the purpose.

According to the tender notification published on September 24, the last date to submit e-bids (online) is October 8 and the financial bids will be opened on October 11.

Deputy Commissioner V. Ponnuraj told The Hindu that about 20 acres of land was required for developing what he described as the “transportation hub”.

“We have so far identified 11 acres, including seven acres of land already acquired. Acquisition of the balance four acres will be through shortly as the owners of that property have agreed to part with their lands,” he said.

K. N. Vijayaprakash, Commissioner of the corporation, said that the bid invited now was meant for levelling four of the seven acres acquired.

The blueprint of the proposed transportation hub is not yet ready. According to the plan, a bus terminal for both KSRTC and private buses, including some city buses, will be built in the land. In addition, it will have parking facility for autorickshaws, taxis and private vehicles. An automobile service station (garage), luggage room and associated facilities will also be created there, according to Mr. Ponnuraj.

“Our plan is to develop a one-stop solution for the transportation requirement of the people on the public-private partnership model for the next 20 years,” the Deputy Commissioner said.

Mr. Ponnuraj, who is chairman of the Regional Transport Authority, Dakshina Kannada, said that the administration would soon prepare a draft of the traffic management plan for easing traffic congestion in the city. It would be placed before the people for suggestions and objections.

According to the plan, some roads will be made one-way and some others will be made one-way only for buses.

He said that the plan was to allow one-way traffic on Falnir Road.

Buses destined to Hampankatta from Kottara and Urwa Stores would be allowed through Durga Mahal and Car Street. Buses from Hampankatta towards Kottara would be allowed through GHS Road, K.S. Rao Road, PVS Circle and M.G. Road, he said.

The administration is also planning to divert KSRTC buses coming into and going out of the its Bejai bus-stand to NH 17 instead of passing through the city. In addition, there are plans to lay one-way stretches for buses plying between Moodbidri and the city.
The Hindu

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.”
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Mangala Corniche project begins to take shape

Staff Correspondent
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


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
 
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Mangala Corniche project begins to take shape

Staff Correspondent

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



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.

The Hindu
I oppose only stretch marked as Phase I. This will lead to lot of demolitions and not many people will use as it is sea side. Also land acquisition cost is more for this stretch. chennai has 2 ring roads but only half rings.
 
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Mangalore: Mangala Corniche to start soon

By Team Mangalorean- Mangalore

MANGALORE September 21, 2010: The much awaited Mangalore Corniche road from Mangalore to Gurupur will be constructed soon according to Mr. N. Yogish Bhat.

Mr. Bhat who participated in a meeting on this issue yesterday at Mangalore later told the press that the Mangala Corniche road was a most awaited road project that will start from Mangalore and end at Gurupur after crossing Ullal, Maravoor, Kulur and Kannur. The 30 kilometer long road will be the first of its nature in the State and second only in the country after the Mariene drive in Mumbai.

The road will be in semi circular shape and will provide a very scenic view of the Gurupur river, Arabian sea and various valleys and hills in the 30 kilometer distance.

A Gujarat based consultants will make a visit to the city this week and draw the final work plan. The financial plan has been laid up by the Karnataka State Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (KSIIDC) of which Mr. Bhat is the chairman. Mr. Bhat said a powerpoint presentation has been already been given by the consultants and the work for a comprehensive survey might start anytime.

The project will connect all the three National Highways passing through the city namely NH 17 at Kulur, NH 13 at Gurupur and NH 48 at Kannur. This will save not less than 50 minutes for people using this road to travel through the city by-passing crowded highways and interior city roads. But there will be a toll to be paid as the road will be built on Public Private Partnership on Build Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis. The survey will determine the total cost of the project Mr. Bhat stated.

The Deputy Commissioner will be the executive authority of the project. Officials of Commissioner level from MUDA and Mangalore City Corporation will be involved in planning Mr. Bhat said.
http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=198867
http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=86157
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I think half ring road in line with Chennai ring roads is ideal for Mangalore. Road along sea shore wont be useful enough for all demolitions required - which will bring up more opposition from locals and less support..
 
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Mangalore roads to get face lift soon

By Team Mangalorean - Mangalore

MANGALORE, September 30, 2010: All roads in coastal city of Mangalore will be getting a new look. The City Corporation has decided to commence road patch works in the city before coming Deepavali in November by using Rs 100 crore sanctioned by the State government as special grant to the civic body.

Mayor Rajani Dugganna said on Thursday during the monthly meeting of the Corporation council that she has instructed the junior engineers of the corporation to prepare estimates of works for filling up potholes on different roads. Several roads in the city have become unmotorable and condition of many interior roads has worsened.

The Mayor said that she will chair a meeting soon involving officials of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to resolve issues pertaining to shifting water pipes of the corporation at Padil on the NH 48 and at Kulashekara area on NH 13 for widening of the highways under the Port Connectivity Project.


Earlier, the meeting witnessed a heated debate on the condition of roads in the city as well in the district. On account of continued monsoon in the district, many roads have contained a lot of potholes and no action has been taken to fill mud on potholes.

Raising the issue during the Question Hour an independent councillor Mariyamma Thomas said that though the NHAI had deposited Rs. 14 crores with the corporation long ago for shifting pipelines, she said that as pipeline has not been shifted at Padil and at Kaikamba Junction highway widening works have come to a halt.

Ms. Thomas alleged that as there was delay on the part of Mangalore Electricity Supply Company (MESCOM) in shifting underground electricity cable at Nantoor. The NHAI has now dropped its proposal of constructing a fly over at the Junction.

Assistant Executive Engineer of the corporation Gopala Gowda stated that the NHAI should bear the responsibility for not showing the civic body the corridor for shifting the pipeline. Former Mayor M. Shankar Bhat too blamed the NHAI for not showing the corridor. Another councilor Mr James D'Souza said contractor of the port connectivity project IRCON International Limited has not been able to complete even a single fly over properly under the project. Why the government was not taking any action against the company, he asked.

The Opposition Congress councillors sought to know whether the corporation has constituted a core committee to decide which works should be taken up from the General Fund of the corporation. They said that there was no provision under Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976 to set up such a committee when the civic body had other statutory committees to decide on works to be taken up.

The Mayor said that such a decision indeed was taken at the meeting attended by the Deputy Commissioner, the Commissioner of the corporation and Mangalore City South MLA among others. If councilors opposed to it then the proposal could be dropped after consulting the minister, she said.
Mangalorean
 
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Managlore City routes extend till Mukka(nit) in the North,Talapady in the south.
 
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KSRTC Kuntikana depot getting ready

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

— PHOTO: R. ESWARRAJ

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

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.
 
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Work on NH 17 may be completed by year-end

* KCCI pushes for cricket stadium in the city
* It also proposes new fishing harbour

MANGALORE: The National Highways Authority of India may complete work on National Highway 17 by December-end.

Participating in a meeting on infrastructure development organised here on Thursday by the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Deputy Commissioner Subodh Yadav said that officials of the NHAI had promised him that the work on the highway in the Kottara Chowki, Kuloor and Bykampady areas would be completed by the year-end.

However, commuters in the city have to be patient as work on construction of storm water drains and footpaths of many concrete roads could only be taken up when the State Government approved another instalment of Rs. 100 crore, he said.

The chamber also proposed to set up a fishing harbour at Kulai-Hosabettu. Mr. Prabhu said that if the total cost of the project was within Rs. 100 crore, the Centre would bear the expenses. However, if it exceeded, the Centre would bear 75 per cent of the project cost, he said. The proposed harbour would ease many of the problems being faced by fishermen.

Mr. Yadav said that the district administration would look into the matter.

The KCCI also pushed for setting up of a cricket stadium of international standards in Mangalore. Mr. Prabhu had included it on his agenda for the year when he took charge as president. Mangalore Zonal convenor of the Karnataka Cricket Association Manohar Amin urged the Deputy Commissioner to help procure 25 acres of land for the stadium.

Land had been identified in PiIikula, Shaktinagar and Tannirbhavi, but it was not suited for a cricket stadium, he said.
The Hindu
 
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Roads

Kadri Road - Final works are going on at Bunts circle. Near City Hospital one side of road is still single lane.

Falnir Road - From Avery junction to Kankanady it is still two lane. And monastry (near Motimahal) side of road is still single lane and also single lane at the side of Milagres Cross Road junction.

Carstreet Road - Land acquisition is complete. No road work is on progress except for drainage construction which is also halted now.

Pandeshwar Road - Not much progress after Subashnagar road junction towards Monkey stand. Also what would be done at railway crossing is not known.

Pandeshwar road may become a competitor for MG Road & KS Rao Road in near future with Forum Mall, Aarista, K2 Habitant, Delta West, ASCO steel(?) and more buildings under construction. Only distraction could be railway crossing.

Prabhath-Navabharath-PVS Road - Complete except for some land acquisition problem of a building adjacent to Inland Ornate mall.

Attavara Road - Complete except for a small stretch on opposite side of Chakrapani temple. And it has a few unfinished manholes on road.

Valencia Road - Two lane is complete. Nandigudde-Marnemikatte-Morgangate fourlane stretch is also done.

I think even twolane Kottarachowki-Konchadi road may be complete by now. No idea on the progress of other roads towards Kavoor and airport. MG Road expansion near Theological Society is complete except for footpath. There may be a plan to expand the road near PVS circle. Bejai-Kuntikana road is complete. Demolition of a building near Agnes junction of Bendorewell road, which is single lane on that side of road divider, is going on.

On many places of the newly laid concrete roads have human footmarks, dog footmarks and tyre marks. Akash, as you being a civil engineer, whether there is any type of cement (may be quick cement or fast cement) which can be used to cover these damages? What would be the cost factors?

None of these roads have drainage or footpath.

There was a news of rupees 10.5 crore dam proposed at Malavoor (or Maravooru). How far it is from existing Maravoor bridge? Whether this dam could be used as a road bridge?


NH-17

Surathkal bridge - Ramp construction on both the sides of bridge is going on. Railings and joints works are not complete.

Baikampady bridge - Construction not started. Note that this is a separate project.

Kuloor bridge - Almost half complete.

Kottara Chowki bridge - Ramps U/C are in completion stage.

Kuntikana bridge - In use.

Bikarnakatte bridge - Not much progress?

BC Road bridge - Should be in completion stage.

OK. Good news, I heard, is that construction of parallel bridge on Netravathi has started for fourlaning of NH-17 in that stretch.
 
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On many places of the newly laid concrete roads have human footmarks, dog footmarks and tyre marks. Akash, as you being a civil engineer, whether there is any type of cement (may be quick cement or fast cement) which can be used to cover these damages? What would be the cost factors?
Quick Setting cement--Is the answer
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Cost is definitely higher - so I don't think many municipalities in our country make use of this type of cement.

I hope they make use of tiles or stones for footpaths as done in Mysore.
 
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Highway widening will hit heritage structures in Karnataka

Two heritage structures in Moodbidri, also known as Jain Kashi, in Mangalore taluk are threatened by a highway widening project. But the entire town stands united to save them.

National Highway 13 (Nanthoor-Hospet) passes right through Moodbidri town. The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) proposes to widen the three-km stretch from Moodbidri town to Alangaru. It plans to turn the 18 ft road into a 45 ft wide stretch. If the project is to go ahead, two historic Jain temples will lose their perimeter walls.

The Jain temples (basadis) Kere Basadi and Baikana Trikarana Basadi along the Mangalore-Karkala road will lose their perimeter walls if the people of Moodbidri do not intervene immediately. So far, the talks between deputy commissioner V Ponnuraj and local Jain leaders have failed to make any progress.Leaders say the swamiji of Moodbidri Jain mutt, Panditacharyavarya Bhattaraka Swamiji, alone can save the Basadis from being exposed to the highway traffic after the walls come down.

“Jain leaders have offered to give the other side of the land to NHAI for widening the road but the land has to be cleared by the swamiji,” said Muralidhar, tahsildar of Moodbidri.

Dr Amrut Malla, a local expert, said the basadis were built in the 13th century. The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage had given Rs40 lakh earlier this year to restore the basadis and the perimeter walls to the original condition.

Kere Basadi has Mallinatha Thirthankara as the presiding deity and the Trikarana Basadi has Ananthanatha Thirthankara sculpted in marble.

The Hindu


Whether bypassing the heritage structures is not possible here?
 
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No permanent solution for pothole-ridden road

MANGALORE: The pothole ridden 350-metre stretch from Bunts Hostel Circle to Ambedkar Circle has been a case for concern for road users for some time now. Although some repair work has begun, no permanent solution is in sight. The authorities do not have specific plans to concrete this stretch at a time when most other arterial roads have been concreted.

The road, although 15 metres wide, has several potholes that are several inches deep, leading to bottlenecks in traffic movement. A shopkeeper on the road Kiran said “Traffic congestion occurs during peak hours because the road is so badly damaged. Otherwise, there is no problem on this road. It is wide enough for smooth traffic movement.”

Assistant Engineer of the Mangalore City Corporation N. Krishnanand said the Mangalore City Corporation had started repair works on Thursday. He said seven days would be required to do the repairs, because not only the extent of damage is quite extensive, there is heavy traffic too.

He said at present the pot holes were being filled up with gravel. However, metalling would be required for some of the potholes which were around seven to 15 inches deep.

Commissioner of the corporation K.N. Vijay Prakash said at present there is no proposal to concretise the road.
The Hindu
 
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Rlys nod for ROB at Yekkur

MANGALORE: The National
Highways Authority of India
(NHAI) has received approval
from the railways for
construction of a three-lane
road over bridge (ROB) at
Yekkur near the College of
Fisheries.
This work is part of the 90 km
Talapady-Surathkal-Kundapur
four-laning project, included
under the National Highway
Development Project (NHDP)
Phase III on Build Operate
Transfer (BOT) Toll basis. Though
the project has two parts -- 15
km length from Talapady to
Nanthoor and 75 km length
from Surathkal to Kundapur, this
has been integrated as one
project under BOT. Andhra
based Navayuga-Krishnapatnam
Port Company Limited (KPCL)
Consortium will undertake this
project and they have already
floated the Navayuga-Udupi
Tollway Pvt Ltd Special Purpose
Vehicle (SPV) for this project.
The Yekkur ROB is a minor
bridge and is 31 mts in length.
Apart from this, there are three
minor bridges between
Nanthoor and Talapady at
various chainage lengths. Two
major bridges will also figure in
this 15 km stretch one being at
Nethravathi, the longest at 800
mts and another at Talapady
which will be 70 mts in length.
Of the project cost estimated at
Rs 674 crore for the 90 km four-
laning, the land acquisition cost
plus shifting of utilities is put at
Rs 220 crore. The latter portion
of the cost will be paid entirely
by the NHAI. Apart from this
NHAI will pay Rs 221 crore as
grant to make the project viable.
In the entire length of 90 kms,
there are 168 existing bridges
(including culverts) of which six
are major and eight are minor
bridges.

Times Of India
 
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Drains in seven months: Palemar

Staff Correspondent

— PHOTO: R. ESWARRAJ

NO PLACE FOR PEDESTRIANS:Although concrete roads have been laid, there are no drains and pavements along them in Mangalore.
MANGALORE: Minister in-charge of Dakshina Kannada J. Krishna Palemar said here on Tuesday that the Mangalore City Corporation had taken steps to build drains and pavements along all the concrete roads in the city in seven months.

Mr. Palemar, who holds the portfolios of Ports and Fisheries, In-land Water Transport and Environment, said the Government needed 17 acres of land for creating a transportation hub, including a bus-stand, near Mahaveera Circle (formerly Pumpwell Circle). About seven acres of land had been acquired and work was under progress. Construction of the bus-stand would begin in six months.

Deputy Commissioner Subodh Yadav said that five or six houses would have to be shifted once the land was acquired.

Mr. Palemar said unless the bus-stand was built near Mahaveera Circle, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) would not be allowed to introduce city bus service.

The Minister said that of Rs. 100 crore special grant sanctioned to the city corporation as second instalment by the State Government, Rs. 5 crore would be reserved for traffic management. The funds would be utilised to buy CCTV equipment to be fixed at important public places and traffic junctions.

Mr. Yadav said that about 35 per cent of lorries transporting sand here were yet to be fitted with global positioning system (GPS). Lorries without GPS would not be allowed to operate. GPS is compulsory for all lorries transporting sand.

The Deputy Commissioner said his office had received a circular from the Government to ban plastic carry bags in temples under the Department of Endowments. Before implementing the circular, arrangements would be made to provide an alternative to plastic carry bags.
The Hindu

Good that 100 crore funds are being used for drains and footpaths.Good for Mangalore it will ensure pedestrian safety and also enhance the city looks.
 
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Decks cleared for road project

Raviprasad Kamila

Final notification issued for land in 16 more villages

— PHOTO: R. ESWARRAJ

BOTTLENECK:The stretch of the NH17 from Yekkur to Talapady near Mangalore is all set to be widened bringing relief to transporters and daily commuters.
MANGALORE: The Government has issued the final notification for acquiring land required in 16 more villages for widening the two stretches of the National Highway 17 between Kundapur and Surathkal and Nanthoor Circle and Talapady.

With this, out of 64 villages where land was required for the project the final notification had been issued for acquiring required land in 42 villages, sources in the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) told The Hindu.

Earlier, the Government had issued final notification for acquiring land in 18 villages and eight villages in two phases, respectively. In the latest notification published in the Gazette of India on September 9, 2010 and published in newspapers on November 4, the Government had notified to acquire land in 16 villages in Udupi district.

They are Vadera hobli; Hangalore; Koteshwar; Beejadi; Gopadi; Kumbhashi; Tekkatte; Manoor; Giliyaru; Kotathattu; Chitrapadi; Perampalli; Karkada; Moodahadu; Gundmi and Pandeshwar.

The Centre had proposed to widen two stretches, totalling 90 km, into four lanes under Phase III of the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) under build, operate and transfer basis. The project is estimated to cost Rs. 674 crore. The Navayuga-KPCL consortium has bagged the contract. The NHAI and the consortium have set up Navayuga Udupi Tollway Pvt Ltd., a special purpose vehicle, for implementing the project.

Meanwhile, the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and the State Government this year signed an agreement for cooperation in implementing “all projects” of the NHAI and the Centre in the State.

Earlier, the State and the Centre were signing “project specific” State support agreements, the sources said.

According to this agreement, the State Government would cooperate with the NHAI in resolving issues pertaining to land acquisition and utility shifting (such as shifting water supply lines, telephone lines and electricity supply lines) in all its projects, the sources said. This agreement was expected to resolve such issues particularly while implementing the project between Kundapur and Talapady. There was no project-specific State support agreement for the 37-km. long four-lane project taken up by the NHAI between Surathkal and B.C. Road.

This project covered NH 17, NH 48 and NH 13.

Although the Surathkal-B.C. Road project began five years ago, the NHAI was yet to complete it because of such issues, the sources said.

Specific issues

The agreement had specified 15 points on which the State Government would have to support the Centre for completing its projects.

The agreement had been signed on April 19.
 
#21 ·
NHAI resumes work at Nanthoor

Staff Correspondent

Rehabilitation and shifting of utility lines had delayed the project
— PHOTO: R. ESWARRAJ

BACK ON TRACK:The four-laning of the National Highway No. 13 resumed on the stretch between Nanthoor and Bikarnakatte in Mangalore on Thursday.
MANGALORE: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has resumed work on the stretch between Nanthoor Circle and Bikarnakatte-Kaikamba on the National Highway No. 13 after two pending issues were solved.

Sources in the NHAI told The Hindu that an issue pertaining to shifting 33 kV underground power supply line on the stretch had been solved.

Mangalore Electricity Supply Company had disconnected the underground electricity supply line on the stretch after it commissioned a new line.

Another hiccup was the presence of six Koraga families near Nanthoor Circle.

The NHAI paid them paid Rs. 8.68 lakh as compensation on November 3. The compensation was for their houses and horticulture crop, they said.

The family of Thukra was paid Rs. 1.19 lakh; Vasanthi Rs. 76,004; Sundara Rs. 2.07 lakh; Leena Rs. 1.31 lakh; Shashikala 1.99 lakh; and Santhosh Rs. 1.34 lakh. Following this the families had vacated, sources said.

Assistant Commissioner of Mangalore Sub-Division Prabhulinga Kavalikatti said that some families approached him a few days ago and informed that they had vacated.

Sources said the NHAI had dropped the original proposal of constructing a 1-km long flyover at Nanthoor connecting NH 13 and NH 17. Instead, only a four-lane road would be laid.

It was because the pending issues had delayed taking up construction of flyover. They said the flyover would not be taken up under the Port Connectivity Project. It could be taken up under in any other project.

Sources said that 500-m long flyover at Bikarnakatta-Kaikamba would be completed.

It might be mentioned here that the Port Connectivity Project was taken up five years ago. Stretches of NH 17, NH 13 and NH 48 were widened under it between Surathkal on NH 17 and B.C. Road on NH 48.
The Hindu
 
#22 ·
NHAI resumes work at Nanthoor

Staff Correspondent

Rehabilitation and shifting of utility lines had delayed the project



The Hindu

Is there no functioning traffic light there?

Although a flyover would have been good ,under the present cirumstances they can have functioning traffic lights at the junction and Corporation should think of a flyover at a later date.
 
#25 ·
M.G Road likely to be made 6 lane road

MANGALORE: Mangalore City
Corporation has planned to
widen the busy Mahatma Gandhi
Road here into a six-lane 24-
metre wide road.
According to the plan, the
existing 18-metre wide four-lane
road from P.V.S. Circle to Lady Hill
Circle will be widened.
As a first step, the corporation
council at its meeting on Monday
approved a proposal to acquire
land for widening only the PVS
Circle. However, the proposal
placed in the meeting by the
Development Cell of the
corporation did not mention
anything about widening the
M.G. Road.
K.N. Vijayaprakash, Commissioner
of the corporation, told The
Hindu that the civic body had
plans to widen the road. A
beginning would be made by
widening the PVS Circle junction
to 24 metres, he said.
Traffic density on the road was
on the rise. With several
education institutions located
along M.G. Road and Kodialbail,
nearly 7,000 students used the
road daily.
Sources in the cell said while
approaching from PVS Circle to
Lady Hill, land on the right side at
the circle would be acquired.
The council gave its approval for
acquiring this property. There
was a building belonging to a
temple on this property.
They said that according to the
plan, the 24-metre-wide road
would have a 20-metre-wide
carriageway and 1.5-metre-wide
pavement on both sides.
The median would be one-metre
wide. At present, the carriageway
was 14-metre wide and median
half a metre wide. The pavement
was 1.5-metre wide, sources
said.
The former Mayor M. Shankar
Bhat said when he was the
Mayor he had held talks to
convince the occupants of the
temple building at the P.V.S. Circle
to vacate. The corporation had
promised them to build another
building behind the spot. Barring
one, the others had agreed to
the proposal. A trader was
adamant and the civic body did
not have any option but to
acquire the property.
Mr. Bhat said the circle had to be
widened to ease traffic
congestion.http://www.hindu.com/2010/12/01/stories/2010120165460100.htm
 
#26 · (Edited)

Only 2 river-side roads are available in whole of mangalore, both are seen on ^^ image..

Red line road should be widened from existing 30ft to 100ft with median, no acquisition/demolition required. This will be 2.5km mangalore marine drive.. And children's play area, park with seating, small hotels, loo, car parking to be developed in tannir bhavi beach. BIG boost to mangalore tourism :cheers:
hanging bridge is coming up near Tannir bhavi nearby this very same area, linking from Sultan battery.. 40lakh already sanctioned.. once that comes up this plan will be complete :banana: Some Babbu Swami temple also there :)
They can even make wide footpath along river side of this red widened road, that will be "promenade" :eek:kay:


Here are images from google maps...
http://www.google.com/maps?ll=12.91...32125,0.038581&t=h&z=15&lci=com.panoramio.all

The river-front marine drive of mangalore:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23807909

© All Rights Reserved by budhaditya mangalore

I was wondering what are those spots on river seen on google maps. They are electric poles :lol:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/28396608

© All Rights Reserved by budhaditya mangalore

And one from prem kudva :)
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/21126810

© All Rights Reserved by premkudva

And few geotagged Tannirbhavi beach images:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/17642944
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/14763383

footpath on left side of road and few stone benches on that is all that is required..

:eek:kay:
 
#27 ·
Feasibility study of M’lore Ring Road by March

The feasibility study for the ambitious Mangalore Ring Road project ‘Mangala Corniche’ - which is expected to ease pressure on intra-city road traffic, besides boosting tourism - will be completed by March next. Addressing reporters after a review meeting in Bangalore on Wednesday, Mangalore City South MLA and chairman of the Karnataka State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Board N Yogish Bhat, and Coastal Development Authority chairman B Nagaraja Shetty said the ring road was proposed to be taken up on a public-private-partnership basis. Rs 1,000-cr project. Tourism, residential and commercial hubs have been also planned around the ring road. The cost of the entire project is estimated at Rs 1,000 crore. There is also a proposal for a town planning scheme where residents will be made partners in development. A 25-acre aquamarine park and a 18-hole world-class golf course will come up adjacent to the ring road at a cost of Rs 250 crore. The ring road will falicitate speedier movement of vehicles on three major national highways - NH 13, NH 17 and NH 48.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/117242/feasibility-study-mlore-ring-road.html
 
#29 ·
Remove unnecessary road humps: DC

Mangalore, December 2: DK Deputy Commissioner Subhod Yadav has directed the concerned officials to immediately remove unnecessary road humps in the city as well as in the rural areas of the district.



He was speaking at a meet convened to discuss road safety issues in his office on Thursday, December 2.



Yadav however asked the officials to apply appropriate colours for scientifically constructed humps and directed them to ensure that transport signs are displayed compulsorily on the roads in their respective areas of jurisdiction.



Government, private and charitable schools should see to it that their school vehicles are not parked outside, causing inconvenience to others and should park them in the school premises itself, the DC said. He ordered that potholes on state and national highways, especially in those areas where there is heavy traffic, be closed at the earliest.



Yadav also instructed the office bearers of private bus owners association to implement GPS Speed Controllers as a mandatory measure to check on-road competition and rash driving by private bus drivers in the district.



Office bearers of private bus, lorry, auto rickshaw, and taxi owners’ associations were present in the meet.

http://http://coastaldigest.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17265:dc&catid=57:news-stories&Itemid=68
 
#30 ·
MLAs to handle action plan for roads: A.G. Kodgi

Mangalore, December 4: Some zilla panchayat members were shocked on Friday to learn that the action plan they had recently cleared for repairs of rural roads at a cost of Rs. 2.5 crore had been brought under the supervision of local MLAs.



The zilla panchayat members, gathered to participate in a meeting convened by A.G. Kodgi, chairman of the Third State Finance Commission (SFC) Recommendations Implementation Task Force, expressed their ire over the Government decision to take the project out of their purview. Describing the move as anti-decentratlisation, they opposed shifting of the scheme from the district sector to State sector, which meant that its implementation would be supervised by the local MLAs and not zilla panchayats.

Chief executive officer of the panchayat P. Shivashankar said the Government had sanctioned Rs. 50 lakh to each of the five taluks of the district for repair of “Zilla Panchayat Roads.”

Read More http://www.hindu.com/2010/12/04/stories/2010120460650300.htm
 
#32 ·
KSRTC city bus service not in the near future
Sunday, Sep 19, 2010
MANGALORE: The introduction of a city bus service by the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation may not happen in the next two years.

Deputy Commissioner and Chairman of the Regional Transport Authority V. Ponnuraj told presspersons here on Saturday that permitting KSRTC buses to ply between Surathkal and Talapady might add to traffic congestion on the National Highway 17.

According to him, the widening of Kundapur-Talapady stretch of the national highway is expected to begin in a couple of months. Once the four-laning work begins, only half of the existing road will be available for vehicle movement. Consequently, there may be many bottlenecks, particularly near the Ullal bridge and Baikampady. Hence, the RTA is not in favour of allowing more buses on the stretch. The widening may take up to two years.

However, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is studying the traffic scenario. This, and the data to be made available by the Comprehensive Traffic and Transport Plan (CTTP) report in a few months, will be studied before taking a final decision in this regard.

The people here have been eagerly waiting for the introduction of city services by the KSRTC, particularly after Transport Minister R. Ashok made an announcement in this regard about a year ago. Officials of the Mangalore division of the KSRTC have gone on record that they are ready to operate city services as soon as the RTA allows it.

Earlier, Mr. Ponnuraj chaired the RTA meeting in which about 50 appeals against the cancellation of licences to operate buses were discussed.

Mr. Ponnuraj told presspersons that about 600 persons had obtained licences to operate buses in the city in the last 20 years but had not even collected the schedules of operation from the authority, let alone introducing the bus services. Hence these licences had been cancelled. About 170 of them had appealed against this decision. The State Transport Authority had objected to combining of different cases and had asked the RTA to hear the licence-holders individually, he said.

Many persons had obtained the licences only to ensure that nobody else obtained them for a particular route.

Only such licences had been cancelled, he said.

Mr. Ponnuraj said that licences would henceforth be issued with a condition that they should introduce buses within a month, failing which their licences would automatically lapse. The advocates of different licence-holders agreed to this.

Source:http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/19/stories/2010091961350300.htm
 
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