Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Sep 19: City Corporation mayor Ganesh Hosabettu promised at an open interaction programme organized at the Town Hall here on the evening of Thursday September 18 which he presided, that steps will soon be taken to find a permanent solution to the problem of the footpath encroachments.
The project to pool together the garbage of the entire city and recycle it for the manufacture of manure and other things will be implemented in the city within three months from now, he said. Out of eight wet-wells in the city, only four are functioning properly. The Corporation has entered into an understanding with the Special Economic Zone, to the affect that they will take care of the processing and recycling of effluents of the city, he revealed.
The Corporation will decide on the beautification of A B Shetty, Bunts Hostel, Navbharath and PVS Circles in the city soon, he added.
MLA Yogish Bhat informed that the works relating to the upgradation of power sub stations in the city are going on at a rapid pace. District Rickshaw Drivers Association president Vishnumurthy urged for steps to ensure that unauthorised rickshaw parks that have mushroomed in the city, are not allowed functioning. Nagarika Hitarakshana Samiti president Hanumant Kamat wanted the Corporation to come out with full details including costs etc., of each project it undertakes, for public information. Jagrutha Vahini convenor Katil Dinesh Pai demanded for the re-introduction of the anti-plastic campaign and also to lift garbage from every house in the city free of cost.
Demands for building bus terminal at Mangala Devi and steps to ensure that drains in the city are free from stench etc., also came in from the general public.
Deputy mayor Shakeela Kava, Corporation chief whip Shankar Bhat, standing committee chairman Navinchandra, commissioner Sameer Shulka etc., were present at the dais.