Mangaluru city gears up for smart growth, Rs 2K-cr investment envisaged

September 21, 2016

Mangaluru, Sep 21: Retrofitting downtown area of the city, re-development of old-port and fisheries harbour and development of a solar farm on an island facing the old port are some of the highlights of the smart city project proposal of the Mangaluru City Corporation, which envisaged a total investment of Rs. 2,000 crore in the next five years.

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Welcoming the move of the Union government to include Mangaluru in its third Smart City list, the City Corporation has pledged to take necessary steps to implement its proposed projects expecting a speedy growth in economic activities in the city.

K Harinath, Mayor of MCC, said that the civic body would give priority to health, cleanliness and implementing the ban on plastic effectively, he said adding that the MCC has already renovated two to three public toilets, laying emphasis on the cleanliness of the city.

"An effective plan prepared by the City Corporation is one of the main reasons for the selection of Mangaluru for the smart city project. Along with the participation of the general public to prepare a plan, support of District in-Charge Minister, MLAs, and councillors is appreciable. We will start implementing various projects from now to make Mangaluru a model city," he explained.

Mohammed Nazir, Commissioner of MCC, said that now the government would constitute a special purpose vehicle (SPV), which is an entity or a company floated for implementing a specific task or project, for implementing the smart city project. It would be headed by an Indian Administrative Service officer.

He said that the detailed project report on how to implement the projects mooted under the smart city project would be prepared by the special purpose vehicle.

Joint Commissioner Gokuldas Nayak said, "The smart city project submitted by the MCC under the first list was long-term proposals worth Rs 20,000 crore to be implemented in nine phases over a period of 20 years. As it was not immediately useful for the public, Mangaluru could not bag the smart city project in the first list."

Area-based plan

The area based proposal submitted by the MCC include development of central business area - 100 acre, Hampankatta Junction - 27 acre, fisheries harbour redevelopment - 22 acre, Old Port redevelopment - 10 acre, waterfront and marine development - 25 acre, mixed use zone for IT service, offices, small scale industries, hospitality and leisure, alongside limited capacity factory functioning by adaptive reuse of tile factories - 42 acres, public connector streets leading to waterfront development as commercial and retail zone - 47 acre and solar farm on island facing Bunder - 20 acre.

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When will the drainage flowing canals in the city will be cleaned and covered....still 50 % of Mangalore sinks in rain....roads are still incomplete and started feeling like hill wonder la ride sitting in vehicle..at least some main areas to be clear....

If the rowdy goondas like Senas are ruling the roads of Mangalore, then the investments will be well secured .... Like what happened in Bengaluru in cauvery issue ..... It will be like doing homa on water....

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Coronavirus brings Kannada film industry to its knees

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April 16,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 16: The lockdown in the wake ofthe coronavirus pandemic has turned out to be a deeply painful story for the Kannada film industry.

Schedules have gone awry following the stay-at-home curbs and operators in Sandalwood, as the industry is popularly known as, say about 100 films under production are affected.

They include big budget movies- 'Raja Veera Madakari Nayaka', 'Kotigobba 3', 'Robert' and 'Yuvaratna.'

Noted producer Rockline Venkatesh told P T I that the loss to the industry is to the tune of hundreds of crores of rupees.

In addition, it's a challenge for producers to secure the content of their movies from "piracy and leak" during long periods of time before their release, Venkatesh, who is Secretary of Karnataka Cine Artistes' Association, said.

A leading distributor said even after the lockdown is lifted and situation returns to normalcy, it remains a big question if investment in film business will pay off at all.

"People don't have money. We will know the impact when things become normal. Questions many ask if people will return to cinema halls like the way they did before or they prefer to stay away from crowd."

Venkatesh, who had also produced Rajinikanth-starrer 'Lingaa' and co-produced 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' with Salman Khan in the lead role, said it would take at least one to one-and- half years for the industry to be back on its legs.

"That too if the government does hand-holding but if the industry faces a bad hit in terms of income tax and GST and other taxation, 80-90 per cent of the industry will face closure," he said.

"It does not matter if the government does not help the industry but they should not trouble us with things like IT and GST," Venkatesh, who is also a distributor and artiste, said.

A top director said people's "behaviour" towards movies is crucial for the industry's health in the post lockdown scenario.

"With people likely to shy away from going to malls, cinema theatres because of large gatherings there, it's going to be a long road to recovery for us", an industry insider said.

Striking a philosophical tone, Venkatesh said all that people worry now is to save their life and keep good health, adding, amassing money and wealth is the last thing on their mind.

Producers Soorappa Babu and Umesh Banakar, who is also Vice-President of the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce, told P T I that the industry has taken a huge hit.

Banakar said the loss to the industry due to the lockdown is at least Rs 1,000 crore.

"The coronavirus has affected the entire world. We don't know what to do; we just have to wait," Soorappa Babu, producer of Kiccha Sudeep-starrer 'Kotigobba 3', said.

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Spot inspection with Mangaluru airport bomb case suspect continues

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January 30,2020

Mangaluru: The police team investigating the case of bomb planting at the international airport here on January 20, took suspect Aditya Rao to several places in the city where he had frequented in the past few months, police said on Wednesday.

Police had earlier recovered a box from his bank locker at Udupi that contained a white powder which he claimed was cyanide. The substance has been sent to the Forensic Science laboratory for confirmation.

On further interrogation, Rao told police that he had a locker in a bank in Mangaluru also, where he was taken. Only some papers were seen in the locker, police said. He was also taken to the room where he stayed while he was working at a hotel in Balmatta here and to a hardware workshop from where he had purchased some spare parts, they said.

A 'live' explosive device was found in an unattended bag near a ticket counter of the departure gate of the airport here on January 20, triggering a scare before it was defused at a nearby open ground.

Police had released a picture of a man captured on CCTV camera as the suspect who placed the bomb and Rao later surrendered. Meanwhile, sources said the airport authorities got an anonymous call on Monday evening that a bomb had been planted in the airport. After thorough search, it was found to be a hoax. City police commissioner P S Harsha has warned of stringent action against those who make such calls.

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