Mangaluru: Suresh Ballal, newly appointed Chairman of Mangaluru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) took charge on Monday.

Addressing the media, he said that his focus would be on completing ongoing projects rather than taking up new ones. He added that, the MUDA would also focus on beautifying the city wherein small gardens would be raised on road medians and a musical fountain at Kadri Park would be completed.

This is Ballal’s second term in the Urban Development Authority; he said that though he was not keen on taking up the responsibility, he took it up as the party asked him to.

Further, he stated that he would work with the Mangaluru City Corporation and try to attract the IT sector to Mangaluru. He also assured that efforts would be made to speed up the proposal to construct the multilevel car park at Hampanakatta.