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Karkala: Car falls into roadside ditch, municipality negligence alleged

  •   Sat, Oct 05 2013 10:19:29 PM

Karkala: Car falls into roadside ditch, municipality negligence alleged

R B Jagadish
Daijiworld Media Network – Karkala (EP)

Karkala, Oct 5: A car fell into a roadside ditch on Saturday October 5 near town municipal council office here, allegedly due to gross negligence by the authorities in failing to take precautionary measures while undertaking drainage work.

Not only did the car get stuck in the ditch, but another car which was behind dashed against it and remained stuck there.

The workers who started drainage work on a manhole on September 28 here, had dug the road 24 ft deep but failed to take precautionary measures to warn commuters.

The accident threw traffic in disarray for about half an hour.

There are complaints that the accident occurred due to the negligence of the municipality, despite a report warning of adverse consequences published in a newspaper.  Business is more here on Saturdays and there are banks in the area.  The traffic has increased.  The authorities concerned have not converted the road into one way or assigned a traffic constable to regulate traffic, complain the locals.
  

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  • Nishar, uae

    Mon, Oct 07 2013

    Car falls into roadside ditch???!!! M sorry, where is the road!!!!

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  • DINESH SHETTY, PADUBIDRI/DUBAI

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    See the pathetic condition of the
    road.Even public cannot walk in this road.I hope Mr.Moily already shifted his residence from Karkala to Bangalore or Delhi.
    Foreigners who are visiting our
    country will take the photograph
    of our road or even video shooting
    it & show it in their country &
    make fun of us.

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  • Bollu, Mangalore

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    Dinesh...
    Should wait for only seven months..
    First of all we are going to erect..'Toilets' in and around the city...
    Second one we introduce Jan Lok Pal Bill...
    Third one we are going to start build Ayodhya Temple..
    List goes on...
    Sabar Ka Pal Meeta Hota Hai..
    You even won't comes to know whether it's switzerland..or karkala..place of Sree Venkataramana Temple... It's what congress done from last sixty-six years.. Jai Ho..

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  • DINESH SHETTY, PADUBIDRI/DUBAI

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT BROTHER.

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  • Shameer, UAE

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    Bollu has asked people of Karkala to wait for 7 months and not to pee till then. Then BJP is going to erect toilets..so the only work Karkalites will do is to pee ) & feel like in Switzerland )

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  • Langoolacharya, Belman/Washington,DC

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    Who is in errect(toilet) mode?

    BJP or Bollu??

    ...JH...

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  • Bollu, Mangalore

    Mon, Oct 07 2013

    Shameer..
    Most of Karkalites are taken shelter in other cities..Like
    - Moily in Delhi..
    - John D'silva is in Prabhadevi, Mumbai
    - Shilpa Shetty is in Mumbai..
    - Rohit Shetty (s/o late Fighter Shetty) is also based in Karkala..

    Rest of them use 'Bottu-Gudde' for seven months period..!! Jai Ho..

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  • Shameer, UAE

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    Small Correction : Road is not for the public to walk..it's for the vehicles to ply. Footpath is for the public to walk.
    Gustakhi Maaf! )

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  • INDIAN, MANGALORE

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    Mr.Dinesh Shetty
    V Sunil Kumar is MLA from karkala since 2004.What he has done??Last time BJP was in power..That time where were you???Why do you blame congress for this??

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  • Prasad Shetty, Shirva/ Qatar

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    One should travel from Belman to Karkala , then you can imagine our great leaders like Mr. Moily & Oscarji's contribution to their home town inspite of in ruling party for the so many years ( from Chief minister to Cabinet ministers )

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  • Sridar Kamat, Katpadi

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    This is a negligence from the driver not Municipality. Look at the first and last photograph. There is sufficient space to pass the vehicle and I don’t understand why the car driver went on manhole? Secondly Municipality covered the drainage and not kept open so why unnecessarily to blame municipality? The concrete slabs laid on the drainage is to pass the pedestrians not the cars. Every piece of slab has the maximum weight bearing capacity. I must say Municipality should impose hefty penalty to the car driver for drivers negligence and demolishing public property.

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  • Citizen, Karkala

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    Karkala has a BJP MLA !!

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  • Roland,

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    yes Karkala has a BJP MLA. Bu the municipality has a Congress chairperson and the present Government in Karnataka is Congress. Moreover the Oil Minister of the country hails from karkal.

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  • mariam, mangalore

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    There is no point in blaming anyone. Driver of car, if he is good experienced driver, should have knowledge whether his car can pass that narrow strip. Knowing that it cannot, he still took chance and now blaming everyone.

    First we have to admit our fault.

    Road contractors have to put up signs much before the work place to caution ROAD WORK IN PROGRESS.

    Even if this is put up, 2 wheelers will object and they will somehow sneak into that forbidden area and will drive through.

    So much for our road contractors, public and municipality.

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  • sudarshan, ganjimut

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    Vote for congress

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  • Sridar Kamat, Katpadi

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    what is the big deal. This is nothing.

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  • mathew clement castelino, Miyar-karkala/Mumbai

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    Car falls into road side ditch- rejuvenate my memories of ASHOK BHAVAN AND SHRI KRISHNA BHAVAN. Media didnot display the eatables of both hotels instad of two cars...wow

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  • parvez, mangalore/dxb

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    hahahaa y u people blame the muncipality? we all know hows our roads. its clear negligence of the driver.this driver should b awarded the BEAST DIVER so insted of blaming CONGRESS or BJP we should take care of our self.

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  • Ravi B Shenava, Mangalore

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    Municipality & Corporation negligence is so much in our Udupi & DK districts, that if all the affected vehicle owners start claiming compensation in Court for the damages, then all these Municipalities-Corporation will go Bankrupt within no time.

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  • Langoolacharya, Belman/Washington,DC

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    Beautiful roads of Karkala...thanks for the foresight of Vidhwaan....

    Look like Singapore roads....

    ...JH...

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  • Prakash Benis, Belthangady/UK

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    This incident happened due to Contractor cum Municipality negligence. Contractor should have barricaded the area with signs or municipality directed the contractor to do so. However both failed. Poor car owner have sort the problem by insurance or through insurance if can. In Indian constitution there is no law to sue the Municipality nor the contractor....? I live in UK and if there is hole on the road, and my vehicle gets damaged, the municipality/ council pays for the damage. Which is why the municipality/council takes care of damaged roads to avoid millions in damage to the vehicle owners. The court law sees that the compensation is granted to the vehicle owner.

    This is India...

    Every Indian citizen are eligible to better life, but most of the income goes in corruption, and even though they know about it turn a blind eye. In western countries tax is collected from the rich and distributed to the poor. So that even the beggar is looked after. In Gulf countries they don't have natural resources/wealth like India, like gold, iron etc. but just oil and still able to look after its citizens with facilities. In India we have all the resources like gold, iron etc. but most of it swallowed by the greedy politicians and the bureaucracy.

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  • shankar, mangalore

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    Jai ho Kangress

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  • Zahoor Ahmed, Karkala

    Sat, Oct 05 2013

    Munciplity along with drainage board and police are responsible for the negligence. most of the time there is no coordination between the various departments, that's the main problem we are facing everywhere.

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