Mangalore, January 3: Public Works Department Minister C M Udasi, who inspected the construction work of the new court complex in the city on Monday, said that the building would be ready by the end of this year.
Speaking to media persons the Minister said that the furnishing work would be completed soon after the civil work was over, in order to avoid any further delay in the completion of the complex, which had already missed a few deadlines.
He said the process of buying furniture has already begun for Rs 25 crore and another Rs 5 crore could be spent on furnishing the complex”.
Informing about the progress of various developmental works in the district, he said that Rs 47 crore has been released for repairing 1300 km State Highways and main roads in Dakshina Kannada district.
The work of State Highways is nearing completion and the repair work of the district roads is in progress with 48 percent of the work completed so far. New court complexes are under construction in Mangalore, Moodbidri and Bantwal and they are being built at a cost of Rs 32 crore.
The construction work of the new Circuit House in Mangalore at a cost of Rs 30 crore will be completed by April, Udasi said.
“The phase II and III work of Mangalore Mini Vidhan Soudha will be started at the earliest. The government has approved 69 different developmental work in the district at a cost of Rs 72 crore. Under the same project 160 km road will be developed.
Action will be taken to initiate 166.91 km road under State Highway Development Project. The government has approved for undertaking the project in the district at a cost of Rs 59.91 crore,” informed Udasi.
In order to develop concrete roads in SC/ ST colonies, the work worth Rs five crore will be taken up.
The minister also said that the phase I work (Rs 60 crore) of the Kukke Subrahmanya temple, which has already began would be completed by May 2012. The tender for the phase II work to be undertaken at a cost of Rs 60 crore too has been floated in November 2011, he said.
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