Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (RD/CN)
Udupi, Aug 25: The Public Works Department (PWD) has reconstructed Ramesh Shetty Memorial circle at Padubidri junction in an overnight operation. They had demolished the same a few days ago, without any intimation in the local news media.
PWD assigned workmen, accompanied by the police, demolished the circle intersecting national highway (NH)17 and the state highway, using earth movers on the morning of Friday, August 22. However, owing to massive protests by the locals, the PWD reconstructed it on the same spot.
Earlier News:
Udupi: Ramesh Shetty Memorial Circle Bulldozed at Padubidri - People Protest