Mangalore : The BJP Yuva Morcha along with villagers of Babukatte led by ex-MLA Jayram Shetty and Satish Kumpala ( Taluk Panchayat member ) and others, went in a protest march from Thokkottu to Babukatte  on Wednesday, demanding fell repairs to roads from Thokkottu to Konaje inclusive of Babukatte, which had been ignored by PWD , MCC, and other departmental engineers and officials since a year, in spite of a loan from ADB received by the state government as early as Feb. 2013.

The Jatha of agitated villagers and irate leaders of Ullal area blocked the traffic on the streets of Thokkotu and other areas for 30 minute, demanding the presence of government officials on the spot. When certain officials appeared they said they could not repair the roads as it was the duty of PWD officials to repair the roads, from Thokkottu to Babukatte to Konaje, which were in a pathetic condition due to heavy rains, heavy loads of goods transport and the usual busy traffic every day.

Innumerous petitions sent to the government and local self-govt. and semi govt. officials, came to nothing but trouble on these roads for a long time, said the villagers as well as local village leaders of the area.

The Yuva Morcha speakers at the protest rally threatened to intensify the struggle for better roads and hold up the traffic for a hole day on these satanic roads, if the concerned officials did not set right the matter in the next 10 days.

PWD engineer Dayanand who turned up at the spot of protest assured the people at large that the roads would be repaired in the next 10 days to enable a smooth flow of traffic and people.

Chandrashekar Uchil, Jeevan Kumar Thokkottu, Sushma Janardhan, hotham Kallapu, Sachin Shetty, Suresh Alva, Parthasarathi, Anil Bigambila, Ramesh Kondana, Ananda Shetty  and  others were present at the venue.