Daijiworld News Network – Mangaluru (SB)
Mangaluru, Feb 13: Mayor Bhaskar Moily on Wednesday, February 13 claimed that during the last five years, Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) had witnessed remarkable development and a record sum of money was sanctioned for various projects.
Revealing details of various projects which were completed and planned in the last five years, Moily said, “Under the scheme of 3rd town planning, the administration received Rs 87 crore and through this, the corporation completed 103 projects which costed Rs 82.02 crore. Under SFC scheme, the state government sanctioned Rs 67.43 crore and the corporation completed 387 projects by using Rs 66.68 crore,"
“For drinking water, the corporation received Rs 3.8 crore from the state government. Spending Rs 3.87 crore, the administration completed 132 water projects." he added.
“Under Amruth Yojana, both the union and state governments approved Rs 185 crore for Mangaluru City Corporation. It is a project of 50:20:30 share from the union, and state governments and corporation. Through this, the administration used Rs 148.42 crore for drainage system, Rs 31.01 crore for drinking water, Rs 4 crore for rain water drainage system and Rs 2 crore for development of parks," Moily informed.
“The administration has decided to provide G3 category houses for workers engaging in corporation’s cleaning programme of the city. As many as 134 workers will be benefited from it. Each house costs Rs 7.50 lac. Already, 32 houses have been completed and the tender of second phase of work is under process. The corporation will build 2,322 houses for poor who do not have their own houses. The tender process has already been completed for construction of 600 houses at Idya village. The administration has planned construction of 930 houses at Padavu, 192 at Surathkal, and 600 houses at Tiruvail village," he said.
“Along with various development projects, the corporation also bagged the title of ‘defecation-free’ city for two consecutive terms. For effective handling of solid waste management, MCC also won a national award. In the past five years, the administration successfully completed many projects in record time. Coordinating well with the state and union government agencies, MCC used the funds sanctioned in a better way. The support of people and officials is also remarkable,” he concluded.
K Mohammad, deputy mayor, Nazir, commissioner, MCC, Praveen Chandra Alva, standing committee chairman, and Naveen D Souza and Shashidhar Hegde, corporators, were present.