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Mangaluru | Pumpwell, Thokkottu flyovers will be ready by January 2019: NHAI

coastaldigest.com web desk
November 18, 2018

Mangaluru, Nov 18: In a fresh promise, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has said that it would complete the speed up the flyover work at Pumpwell and Thokkottu and complete them in two months. 

Speaking to reporters after inspecting the ongoing works at Pumpwell on Sunday, Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP, said the NHAI and the concessionaire of the project Navyug Udupi Tollway Pvt. Ltd. have assured that the flyover work would be completed by the end of January. Another flyover at Thokkottu would be completed by the end of next month and traffic would be allowed on it from February.

Z. Samson Vijay Kumar, Project Director, NHAI, Mangaluru, said that an underpass for light motor vehicles and pedestrians would come up at Ujjodi near Mahakali temple. As pre-cast concrete boxes would be fixed at the underpass, the project at Pumpwell would not be delayed beyond February, he added.

Mr. Kateel said that though the flyover at Pumpwell had been sanctioned in 2010, in reality the project took off in 2016. It was delayed due to four factors. The Mangaluru City Corporation delayed changing the design of the project in view of its bus stand project planned in front of Karnataka Bank Headquarters at Pumpwell. There was delay by the State government in getting land for the project and demolishing buildings in acquiring land for the same. Also, the concessionaire ran out of money.

The MP said that there was no need for the Congress to rake up the flyover issue politically. It should instead introspect on why the new bridge project across the Netravati at Panemangalore took 14 years to complete and why the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government took 13 years to complete the B.C. Road-Mukka Highway four-lane project, he added.

Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil S. on Saturday sought the weekly progress report from the NHAI on the Pumpwell and Thokkottu flyover projects.

He told the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee meeting that the NHAI had been misguiding meetings over the progress of the projects. Mr. Senthil said the real problem was with the NHAI and not the concessionaire. The NHAI is bound to get the projects done fast.

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abdullah
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Monday, 19 Nov 2018

Wow nalin woke up from sleep!!!!

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July 28,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 28: In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Monday advised people not to visit temples, mosques and other places of worship during the coming festival season.

"COVID-19 is now spreading rapidly in Karnataka, especially in Bengaluru. The festival season is starting with Varamahalakshmi festival on July 31, followed by Bakrid, Raksha Bandhan, Janmashtami, Gowri Ganesha, Moharram and then Onam. This festival season is the riskiest time for the spread of the coronavirus. Therefore, please STRICTLY follow the rules in order to stay safe. Do not visit religious places even if they are officially declared open," a notification from BBMP said.

In the context of Bakrid, unauthorised animal sacrifice (slaughtering) was prohibited in BBMP limits on roads and sidewalks, religious places, school and college premises, playgrounds and other public areas, as per the Karnataka Municipal Corporation Act of 1976.

"Unauthorised animal sacrifice (slaughtering) is a punishable offence under Section 3 of the Karnataka Prevention of Animal Sacrifices Act 1959 and Rules and the Amendment Act 1975, which provides for a maximum penalty of six months or Rs 1000, or both. According to the Karnataka Prevention of Animal Sacrifices Act 1959, slaughter-worthy animals can only be slaughtered in official slaughterhouses," the notification said.

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June 28,2020

Mangaluru, June 28: In his apparent bid to win the hearts of the people of Tulu Nadu while leaving this coastal city, Dr P S Harsha, the outgoing Mangaluru city police commissioner, today took to social media and thanked the people. The language he chose for his prolonged Facebook post and one paragraph tweet was Tulu.

“Loveable people of Kudla! I have received the transfer order after serving as the Commissioner of Police of Mangaluru City for 11 months. (During this period) I worked with utmost honesty and pro-people approach with the complete cooperation of my department. I wholeheartedly thank all those who supported me,” tweeted Dr Harsha, who is now posted in Bengaluru as the Deputy Inspector General and Commissioner of Information and Public Relations.

In his Facebook post, Dr Harsha claimed that thanks to his initiative “My Beat My Pride”, the policing in the coastal city has strengthened. 

“My only intention was to put an end to rowdyism and illegal activities. I had given priority to curb the drug mafia. ‘My Beat My Pride’ became a successful initiative thanks to public support,” he said. 

The IPS officer went on to claim that with the with the co-operation of the senior officers, the police department managed to efficiently handle situations during anti-CAA and pro-CAA agitations in the city, detection of explosives at Mangaluru International Airport and also during the covid-19 pandemic. 

However, he did not mention about the death of two people in random police firing following a baton charge during anti-CAA protests in the city on December 19.

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MP
 - 
Tuesday, 30 Jun 2020

power is not permenant. 2 innocents were killed in mangalore,  if it was in USA the cop would have been in jail.

 

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March 7,2020

Mysuru, Mar 7: Former minister and senior Congress leader and sitting MLA Tanveer Sait has shot off a letter to state Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai expressing his dissatisfaction over the slow progress in the investigations regarding the attack on him.

In the letter, which he released to the press on Saturday, he claimed that although the police have already arrested the culprit, but it is yet to find the real masterminds, leaders or organisation behind the attack.

Mr Sait urged the Home Minister to request the police to speed up their investigation and solve the case at the earliest and give him justice.

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