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Bantwal: Locals go planting on battered road to 'drive' home their point

  •   Mon, Aug 05 2013 10:32:21 AM

Bantwal: Locals go planting on battered road to 'drive' home their point

Mounesh Vishwakarma
Daijiworld Media Network - Bantwal (DV)

Bantwal, Aug 5: In a unique protest, villagers in the vicinity of Kuddupadavu Balashetty Moole Road on Sunday August 4 took to planting plantains in the middle of the road, demanding the repair of the road which was constructed under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Project.

As the then Mangalore MP D V Sadananda Gowda had recommended the repair of Kuddupadavu-Pervai-Balashetty Moole road, a company from Konaje had undertaken the project to repair the 8.74 km road at a cost of Rs 399.55 lac. Under the supervision of Mangalore Project sub-division CEO engineer M N Narasimha Raju and assistant CEO B Vijayakumar, this road was repaired in 2009 January to October.

The road has now been ruined and become the reason for the locals’ anger. Though the issue of the road was brought to the notice of many officers, no change took place. Hence, people in the vicinity joined hands to protest in a different way.

The locals also demanded that the road should be completely tarred and threatened to intensify protests if the matter was not resolved.

  

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  • sathish shetty, Mangalore

    Mon, Aug 05 2013

    The best way I suggest to name the pits according to their sizes, by the names of the persons according to their contribution. Example Sanmanya xxxxx ravara Honda. and that place will be reserved for the memorials.

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  • M W Pereira, Mangalore

    Mon, Aug 05 2013

    Sorry I did a mistake!
    Paramaribo is in Suriname and not in Guyana.
    I worked as a Chief Engineer on a banana carrier called MV Copenname a few years back.
    We used to sail from Southampton - Belgium - Paramaribo - British Guyana - French Guyana - Coppename and back carrying a load of 6000 Tons of bananas for FYFFES banana company.
    Kindly look up in Google.
    Have a nice day!

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  • M W Pereira, Mangalore

    Mon, Aug 05 2013

    As usual, good comments!
    Wish I can pluck some free bananas next season - if I am still around!
    Imagine driving on a road full of banana trees. This is my dream come true.
    This place would be just like British Guyana (Paramaribo)where I was posted many years back. This is called progress!

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  • Lancelot Tauro, Manglore

    Mon, Aug 05 2013

    PAAPA E BAREDA GIDA DADA TAPPU MALTHINDA???
    ANNER NAKLE ONTHE SHARAMADAAN MALTHUDU MANNU KALL PADRE ATHIJJA.

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  • Bodla, Kudla

    Mon, Aug 05 2013

    May be next year we can start Fomula Race (F1) here.

    Kudla shining

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  • simple, Bangalore

    Mon, Aug 05 2013

    All these people who are unnecessarily passing various remarks here, wonder who prevented them from complaining to the previous Government. If they had done that earlier, they would have had better roads (in your next janma).
    I think it is better to wait till this rainy season is over, meantime send your complaints through media like the way you have done and surely the road will be repaired by the concerned corporator\mla and definitely not the Forest Minister.
    Even in Bangalore so many CMs alotted funds\gave dead lines for filling of potholes. Somehow CMs are no more, money allotted cannot be traced, but pot holes are there for everyone to see and experience.
    Repairing all those during rainy season is a waste of money.
    Also, in my opinion (only an opinion) the roads should be laid in such a way that the water drains from the center to the sides and not from the sides to the center!!!!! as it done now.
    Of course it is done that way for a reason which most of the people know - that is how all the people involved get rich super fast.

    Prayer to the Minister\MLA\Corporator concerned - kindly look into the problems of these people.

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  • Vincy, Bangkok

    Mon, Aug 05 2013

    DINESH SHETTY, PADUBIDRI/DUBAI,why not CC to Nalin Kumar and DVS? The people should block highways until the DC arrives and take up the matter.

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  • Ifthikhar, Mangalore / KSA

    Mon, Aug 05 2013

    This voice of 20 persons is not enough. It should be loud. Get more people and take a big protest to DC's office.

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  • DINESH SHETTY, PADUBIDRI/DUBAI

    Mon, Aug 05 2013

    Send this Photos to Mr.Ramanath Rai.

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  • gerald, modankap

    Mon, Aug 05 2013

    why ? he will close the road and grow forest instead roads

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  • Amin Bhoja, Patte / Riyadh

    Mon, Aug 05 2013

    Roads without proper plan and without any drain system for rain water will not survive for any long !!! Our monsoon rains are bit strong. One thing is true our system is bit rusted !!!.

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  • Lingappa, Kuppepadavu /Dublin

    Mon, Aug 05 2013

    Were is the Corporator or the local leader you have elected,, call him and show this damn thing to him, and hurl abuses

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  • Surendra Poojari, Mangalore

    Mon, Aug 05 2013

    Hope now atleast authorities will wake up. If this protest does not work, then need to take authorities as hostage like MNS did in Mumbai.

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  • gerald, modankap

    Mon, Aug 05 2013

    this is not a new thing guys ! instead you should have gone to PWD to take a class of the so called engineer

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  • jeevan, mangalore

    Mon, Aug 05 2013

    This is our beautiful karnataka.....people friendly govt.... jai ho...

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  • R.Bhandarkar, M'lore

    Mon, Aug 05 2013

    Wait for 1 or 2 months your efforts will bear fruit! You will definitely have bananas to eat!

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  • KRPrabhu, Mangalore/Bangalore

    Mon, Aug 05 2013

    Bandumam,Thode gadaay attachi distachi.....

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  • Clement Lobo, Bahrain

    Mon, Aug 05 2013

    Jai Ho, Roded Jeppule.

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