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Mangaluru: Rs 1.5-cr skywalk to come up near Town Hall

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August 5, 2016

Mangaluru, Aug 5: The coastal city's one of the busiest roads near Town Hall would soon have a state-of-the-art skywalk to ease the pedestrian rush, if everything goes as expected.

1skywalkMangaluru City South MLA J R Lobo, who on Friday along with the authorities of Coastal Development Authority (CDA), inspected the potential site where the proposed skywalk is proposed to be set up, told Coastaldigest.com that the new structure will be the first of its kind in the region.

The proposed construction would be a joint venture by CDA and Mangaluru City Corporation, he said hoping that it would ensure free flow of traffic, which is impeded on account of pedestrians striving to cross the four lane road near Town Hall.

The 1.5 crore skywalk with two high-tech escalator will connect the side of Town Hall with the road leading to Mangaluru Central Railway Station, he said.

Mr Lobo said that already CDA has sanctioned Rs 78 lakh for the project, while MCC may bear 5% of the project cost if it's proposal approved by the Council.

He said that skywalk without escalators skywalk sans escalators in many cities across India as people always prefer shortcut and refuse to climb stairs. Hence a considerable amount in the total budget will be spent for escalators, he said. (picture for illustration purposes only).

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Diwakar
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Friday, 5 Aug 2016

First you fill the pot holes on road. then think of sky walk. by the grace of god yesterday I had a narrow escape near Kankanady...

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January 30,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 30: The BJP government of Karnataka has given green signal to the proposal of hiking milk prices by Rs 2 per litre.

The new prices will come into effect from February 1. Seeking revision of prices, the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) had submitted a proposal last week to the state government. Alongside the revision of milk prices, the state government has also hiked the prices of curd by Rs 2 per liter.

The sudden hike in the prices of milk, curd is likely to have a cascading effect on the milk related beverages such as coffee, tea, and milkshakes with hoteliers and eateries mulling to increase the prices of coffee and tea following the hike in prices.

Sources in the state government revealed to DH that out of Rs 2, farmers will be getting a lion’s share as their accounts will be credited with Rs 1. Another 40 paise will be given to the farmers towards the insurances of their livestock.

Another 40 paise will go to the milk salesmen in the form of commission. The remaining 20 paise will be distributed among the workforce at the milk cooperative unions as an additional incentive.

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May 17,2020

Bengaluru, May 17: Karnataka Government on Sunday decided to appoint Administrative Committees, to over 6000 Panchayat Bodies, in the state, who’s five-year term would comes to an end this month.

Speaking to the media here, the Karnataka Panchayat Raj Minister, K S Eshwarappa informed that the state cabinet met recently had favored to appoint committees which would replace the elected bodies.

Informing that there is provision in the Panchayath Raj Act to appoint the committees, he said that the concerned Deputy Commissioners of the district, would appoint the members, to the committee, who were eligible to be nominated to the committees.

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February 27,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 27: A notorious history-sheeter named Slum Bharath was killed in an encounter with the police here in the wee hours of Thursday.

According to police, Bharath's associates attacked the police vehicle carrying him at around 2 am and fired two rounds at officers and police officials.

Bharath managed to flee with his associates in a car. 

He was later nabbed after the special team was informed at around 5 am that the accused's car was moving towards Hesaragatta near Soladevanahalli.

Bharath succumbed after he was shot by senior police officer Venkataramanappa who responded to his open firing. He was the prime accused in the murder of history-sheeter Srinivas alias Kulla Seena in 2006.

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