Additional grants for ports, fisheries

Mangalore, April 2: The government during 2010-11 has released additional grants of Rs 1.23 crore for eight works pertaining to department of ports and inland water transport and Rs 2.01 crore for 14 works of department of fisheries to be implemented in Mangalore City Corporation and Mangalore taluk limits. The works to be taken up include construction of passenger jetty near Bengre Mahajan Sabha at Tannirubhavi and cargo-cum passenger jetty for the benefit of fisherwomen at old port at Bunder.

A sum of Rs 19.50 lakh has been set aside for construction of new passenger jetty at Tannirubhavi, Rs 15 lakh for construction of cargo passenger jetty and side retaining wall for benefit of fisherwomen near Devi Marine at old Bunder port, Rs 19.75 lakh for construction of passenger jetty at Jalakadakatte in Boliyaru village of Mangalore taluk, Rs 15 lakh for concreting the Bunder circle, Rs 15 lakh for constructing side retaining wall at BMD ferry at old Bunder port and so on.

Of the additional grants released for fisheries department, Rs 19.50 lakh will be spent on concreting the Baikampady-Meenakaliya main road, Rs 18.50 lakh for concreting the Panambur Meenakaliya Kurikatta Road, Rs 19 lakh for concreting the totally worn out stretch of the Tannirubhavi-Bengre Road, Rs 18.50 lakh for reasphalting select stretches of the Tannirubhavi-Thotta Bengre main road, and Rs 19 lakh for reasphalting Tannirubhavi-Kasba Bengre main road and so on for similar works.