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Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (HB/EP)
Udupi, Mar 9: Udupi constituency MLA K Raghupati Bhat conducted Bhoomi Pooja and set in motion construction of permanent breakwall works to stop sea erosion in three places within Udupi constituency costing around Rs 16 crore on Friday, March 8.
The places include Kidiyoor Padukere area costing Rs 9 crore, in front of the houses of fishermen families and families belonging to backward classes in Tenkanidiyoor village costing Rs 5 crore and in Malpe sea shore and near Furtado guest house costing Rs 2 crore.
Malpe fishermen association president Sathish Kunder, Vadabandeshwar ward municipal councillor Yogish Salian, Kola ward member Lakshmimi Manju Kola, Malpe central member Edlina Karkada, Tenkanidiyoor grama panchayat president Krishnayya Shetty, panchayat president Pramod Padukere, local committee president, office bearers, department engineers, contractor Sathish Shet and others were present.