Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (EP)
Mangaluru, Oct 28: Mayor Kavitha Sanil, on Friday, October 27, said that rain was an obstacle to roads repairs within the corporation limits and that officials would take up the work in a day or two.
She was speaking at the phone-in programme at the corporation office.
A woman called up asking why corporation roads were not repaired whereas highways and some other roads were.
“Have you travelled by a two-wheeler? Have you travelled on the road between Balmatta and Pumpwell ? I met with an accident just a while ago when going on the Balmatta-Mahaveera Circle stretch of the road, while avoiding a pothole. My mother was also injured. We escaped coming under the bus by a whisker. I am injured. Who is responsible for this? Are you taking responsibility for the loss sustained by us?” asked the woman.
Works worth Rs 54 crore
Citizens also complained about drainage water pipes being too close to the drinking water pipes in Suratkal, Alape and Padil. They said the drainage water flowed in the open.
“Drainage works worth Rs 54 crore are aimed to set drainage connections right. The work is part of the second stage of work by ADB, in the Alape-Padil area. Tenders will be called, and work will start in November,” she said.
Mayor Kavitha said the drainage water flowing on the road in Chilimbi would be inspected.
When a woman complained about a pipeline being damaged on the Kuloor-Kavoor road, causing a scarcity of water, the mayor said, "The new pipeline will be installed, and the problem will be solved in a few days."
Answering a complaint regarding a new bridge at Alake, she said, "The sewer in the earlier proposal was small. The new proposal has a big sewer. The work will start by December after the tendering process. Potholes will be closed.”
Other complaints included a tempo spreading thrash near Bejai, KSRTC while doing business there, an illegal bar coming up in the hotel parking area at Kottara, contrary to the idea of clean Mangaluru advertisement boards hung on electric poles for three months in front of Commissioner’s Bungalow in Mannagudde. Another complaint was about an illegal petty shop in Mullakad being converted to a concrete structure without water meter reading, and a request for pesticides to be sprayed in Kadri to remedy the mosquito menace.