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Time of India
3 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Kadri Market Complex opens after six years
Mangaluru: Six years after the closure of an old market at Kadri, the new Kadri Market Complex built by the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) opened on Monday. All the 38 merchants, who were carrying out business in temporary stalls provided by the MCC by the side of the opposite road, have shifted to the new facility. The Kadri Market project was taken up for Rs 12.3 crore jointly through the funds from Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC) and MCC. Vijay Kumar, revenue officer of the MCC, said that the temporary stalls will be demolished soon. "We have ensured that all shops functioning in the temporary building are shifted to the new building. Engineers and staff will take initiatives to disconnect the electricity and water supply to the temporary building. Later, the building will be demolished. Meanwhile, all the merchants have commenced business in the new market complex," the officer said. All merchants who were conducting business in the temporary stalls were given preference while auctioning shops, but no concession was given. All of them agreed to pay the rent, which was fixed as per the govt guidance value, in the new market complex. There are separate shops for flowers, vegetables, fish, chicken, and meat in the new complex. Meanwhile, two floors of the complex have been given to individuals on a contract basis through tenders. They may set up an office or any other business on premises, he said, adding that while there are 40 shops in the new market complex, two have been reserved for merchants from SC/ST communities. The MCC availed Rs 8.6 crore from the KUIDFC to build the new market complex. Meanwhile, the city corporation invested Rs 3.6 crore for the project, which began after vacating merchants from the land in 2019. Both the lower and upper basements have been reserved for the parking of two-wheeler and four-wheeler vehicles.
The Hindu
4 days ago
- General
- The Hindu
Concrete boxes pushing complete, but Mahakalipadpu twin RuB not commissioned
Notwithstanding about three weeks at its disposal to complete the approach roads for the twin Railway Under Bridge (RuB) at Mahakalipadpu, the Mangaluru Smart City Limited (MSCL) has been unable to do the job, thereby indefinitely postponing commissioning of the crucial RuB. While Southern Railway's Palakkad division had completed pushing the last of the four concrete boxes for the twin RuB on April 17, and removed the last girder beneath the Mangaluru Central-Shoranur Down line on April 23, MSCL has completed only a portion of the approach road on Jeppinamogaru side. Work on the approach road at Morgan's Gate side was yet to commence, by which time rains began lashing the coast. MSCL had promised to facilitate commissioning of the twin RuB by May-end, thereby ending over four years' ordeal of thousands of road users in Mangaluru who were forced to take a detour via Pumpwell Circle all these days. With rains arriving at the coast much earlier than expected, the MSLC had to stop work on the approach road. Working in dry spells Blaming rains that started on May 15 for the incomplete approach roads, a senior MSCL official said the Smart City would get the road work completed during dry spell projected till June 14. The Railways has to lay a water drain pipeline to pump out water from the RuB till Netravati river, following which work on the approach road on Morgan's Gate side would be taken up, he said. The MSCL and the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) are to complete approach roads from the existing railway level crossing towards the twin RuBs, as the Railways would close the level crossing gate once the RuBs are commissioned. MSCL has also proposed to continue one of the two approach roads on the Moily Kere stretch till Netravati river to connect the Netravati promenade. In-charge Deputy Commissioner K. Anandh said he would instruct MSCL to complete the work on the approach roads at the earliest. Critical works over Divisional Railway Manager Arun Kumar Chaturvedi told The Hindu that the Railways has already completed all critical works, including pushing of the boxes, on its part. 'The drain line to Netravati river could be laid once the Mangaluru City Corporation shifts a water piepline in the path. It is a day's work,' he said.
Time of India
24-05-2025
- General
- Time of India
Forum to hold dharna demanding homes
Mangaluru: An action committee of homeless families in Mangaluru city will hold a dharna in front of the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) on May 27, to demand sites for all eligible poor individuals who do not own houses. Asuntha D'Souza, president of the action committee, said that for the past 18 years, the homeless families continuously fought for sites for all poor plotless individuals in the city. As part of this effort, land was reserved for the plotless in Shakthinagar, Kannur, and Idya. With over 7,000 homeless individuals in the MCC limits, the action committee realised that providing plots in these three areas was difficult. Therefore, they urged the city corporation and the state govt to construct G+3 model houses. The city corporation and local legislators promised to build G+3 model houses in Shakthinagar and Surathkal Idya. When the struggle continued, then-MLA BA Mohiuddin Bava initiated the construction of 600 houses in Idya. However, this work was also halted halfway. For the past 15 years, no sites or housing were provided to any homeless individual within the city, she said. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Brother's Day wishes , messages and quotes !
Time of India
16-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Preventing mosquitoes' breeding priority: DGR
Mangaluru: The govt has decided to give more emphasis to the prevention of larva breeding this year, said minister for health and family welfare Dinesh Gundu Rao. He was speaking at a National Dengue Day programme organised by Dakshina Kannada district administration, zilla panchayat, Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC), and the health department at Hoige Bazaar in the city on Friday. "Once the larva breeding is controlled, it is possible to prevent the spread of dengue. Measures in this direction will bring down the number of dengue and other vector-borne diseases . I have directed all officials and volunteers to take up measures before the disease starts spreading. Hence, we have commenced a drive through volunteers across the city, and are creating awareness among people too," Rao said, adding that similar drives are being held across the state. Health workers, including ASHA activists, are actively working to ensure the complete destruction of mosquito sources, he said, and called upon people to join hands with the officials to make the drive successful. Dengue and other vector-borne diseases spread more during the rainy season. Aedes aegypti, a mosquito that spreads diseases like dengue, primarily emerges from clean and stagnant water. The mosquitoes lay eggs there, and the best way to prevent this is to close all water containers properly. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trending in in 2025: Local network access control [Click Here] Esseps Learn More Undo The public needs to cooperate with the health department by following the guidelines to prevent larva breeding. Participation of the general public is more important to prevent the spread of vector-borne diseases, he said. The minister suggested that more emphasis should be given to villages or localities where more cases of dengue and other vector-borne diseases were reported in the past. "The number of dengue cases in Dakshina Kannada was 140 last year, which is less compared to other parts of the state. The district has already reported 29 cases this year, and we are in a better position. We have to maintain this position by taking up appropriate measures. A special meeting will also be convened to discuss the issue in Bengaluru," the minister added.
The Hindu
01-05-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Blackspots resurface showing all is not well in solid waste management in Mangaluru
MANGALURU A roadside blackspot in front of the busy KSRTC bus stand in Mangaluru greets visitors, showcasing the sorry state of affairs in solid waste management in the coastal city. The blackspot on the corner of Bejai-Kuntikana Road in front of the bus stand now mocks Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC), which once bagged a series of awards for maintaining cleanliness among urban local bodies in India. Blackspots across 60 wards of the corporation have gone up in the past one year. Ravichandra Naik, Commissioner, MCC, says, 'The civic body has identified 60 major blackspots for installing CCTV cameras to prevent people from dumping waste in public places.' Mangaluru once took pride by bagging the third rank among 476 cities in India in the Swachh Survekshan Survey of the Union Government. The civic body received 'India's best city in solid waste management' award in 2018. Mangaluru was among the 23 cities selected in the country for the 2018 national award under different categories. Later it also bagged the Green Leaf Award and Solid Waste Management Icon Award for best solid waste management (SWM). Sanitation ranking drops Glaringly, the sanitation rating of Mangaluru drastically dropped to 253rd among 446 cities in the country in the survey in 2023. Incidentally, the black spots are on the rise notwithstanding Ramakrishna Mission (mutt) of Mangaluru, on the call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, undertaking citizen-driven Swachh Mangaluru Abhiyan twice. If the first phase, the campaign was held from January 30, 2015, to 2019. The second phase went on for a year from October 1, 2023. The first phase focused on cleaning roads and the surroundings. The focus of the second phase was on visiting houses and creating awareness on the proper disposal of domestic waste by segregating. Ranjan Bellarpady, the coordinator of the mutt and the campaign, told The Hindu that the first phase of the weekly drive held on 200 Sundays covered 20 lakh man hours. 'Awareness programmes on wet waste management reached three lakh houses. In addition, cleanliness education was imparted to 25,000 school children. The mission also reached 15,000 college students through workshops,' he said. Mr. Bellarpady added, 'About 53,000 kg of waste was removed from public places in the second phase of the campaign through 12 cleanliness drives (one per month). The initiative brought together 4,426 volunteers who planted 1,400-plus saplings across the city. About 5,000 households were reached out to in the second phase educating them on waste segregation.' In spite of a number of awareness programmes conducted over the years, by the mission and other voluntary organisations prior to 2015, black spots have returned in the same places, and in new places. Segregation lags behind The Commissioner blamed the rise in black spots on people not segregating the waste as wet, dry and sanitary. 'When people did not segregate waste, the corporation workers did not lift the mixed garbage from the doorsteps. Then people dumped them in public places,' he said. 'Now we have begun imposing a penalty for non-segregation of waste, starting with hotels. It will be extended to houses and other establishments,' the Commissioner said hoping that it might help in containing black spots. Each hotel found not segregating waste was imposed a penalty of ₹5,000. The civic body has also begun distributing handbills asking people to segregate waste, he said. Mr. Bellarpady and Umanath Kotekar, general secretary of Ambamaheshwari Seva Trust, which voluntarily monitors segregation of waste in Mangaladevi, Bolar, and Hoige Bazar wards since late 2023, said that waste collecting vehicles of the corporation do not collect garbage from all areas, adding to the blackspots. Mr. Kotekar added, 'After MCC switched over from contract-based SWM system to self-managed system over six months ago, it does not have supervisors to monitor waste collection at doorstep. It has got only eight health inspectors who practically can not monitor the waste collection in all wards.' But the Commissioner maintained that the corporation has not been receiving complaints from people regarding garbage not being lifted. Not concurring with this, Mr. Bellarpady said that the office of Ramakrishna Mutt gets calls from people regarding the garbage not being lifted. 'People call the office as the mutt was actively involved in the cleanliness drive for about six years,' he said. A rare initiative Mr. Kotekar said that when the trust intervened to join hands with the MCC for better SWM, its volunteers visited 5,800 houses of about 8,000 houses (including apartments) in three wards since December 2023, creating awareness on waste segregation. Some RWAs did not allow the volunteers to visit the apartments. 'We found that about 500 houses were not segregating waste. People of those houses told us that even if they segregated waste, the corporation transported it with mixed waste. On the other hand, the corporation workers blamed people for not segregating waste. The blame game resulted in blackspots,' he said. After the intervention of the trust, all 500 houses segregate waste, he said adding that the trust randomly monitors waste segregation in those houses even now. 'Mangaladevi, Bolar, and Hoige Bazar wards are now free of blackspots to an extent of 90%,' Mr. Kotekar said adding that now the trust has extended its awareness drive to three more neighbouring wards – Port, Cantonment and Attavar. 'Field visits of our volunteers have just begun by initially approaching commercial establishments,' he said. Revanth of Kottara said that the corporation should collect the dry waste at least four days a week to prevent people from dumping them in public places. Though the corporation claims that dry waste is being collected twice a week, in reality in some places like Kottara, Urwa and Chilimbi, it is being collected only once a week. The production of dry waste is on the rise in all households due to the changing lifestyle of people and marketing of products through attractive packaging by manufacturers and outlets. Hence, the civic body should not give scope for the accumulation of dry waste in homes. In some instances, members of some voluntary organisations kept a vigil at blackspots, caught those who dumped the waste there red-handed, and returned the waste to the homes and establishments that dumped them. The aim was to discourage dumping waste in public places. Yet, the dumping continues. Helpline sought Mr. Bellarpady said that to free the city from blackspots, the corporation should open a helpline with a dedicated phone number which people can call if garbage is not collected, or if a blackspot is created. A team will have to be formed for clearing blackspots immediately. The team will have to be in touch with the councillor of respective ward, health inspector and supervisor of waste collection. Mr. Kotekar said that if the corporation involves local people in the ward level to make people understand on the need for segregation and monitors the collection seriously, creation of blackspots can be prevented. Cleared during the Swachh Mangaluru Abhiyan, a major blackspot at Yekkur Junction on the National Highway 66 and such spots in other areas like in Bunder, at the entry to the Old Port, at Kodical, near the zilla panchayat office in Kottara have resurfaced, revealing that all is not well in SWM of the MCC.
