Udupi: The Udupi municipality has submitted a proposal to the Directorate of Municipal Administration for setting up a waste water treatment plant at Nittur here. As per the proposal, the waste water treatment plant would be set up next to the Sewage Treatment Plant at Nittur. The municipality is generating sewage water of four-six million […]

Mangaluru: Mangaluru City Corporation’s swimming pool at Lady Hill will be given a facelift in a phased manner and its filtration unit will be changed in the first phase for ozone treatment, Mayor K. Bhaskar Moily said here on Thursday. Speaking to presspersons during the inspection of 19 ongoing development works in the city, he […]

Mangaluru: Financial problems of concessionaire Navayug Udupi Tollway Pvt. Limited is delaying the completion of the flyover at Pumpwell and at Thokkottu on National Highway 66, Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP, said here on Thursday. Talking to reporters, Mr. Kateel said initially the construction of flyover at Pumpwell was delayed due to long time taken by […]

Mangaluru: MP Nalin Kumar Kateel fired a fresh salvo at J R Lobo, Congress candidate for Mangaluru City South constituency, accusing him of misleading voters in his quest for votes. Singling out MLA’s perceive failures in implementing the Smart City project and of Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme, Nalin said the […]

Mangaluru: The council of Mangaluru City Corporation, at a special meeting convened by mayor Kavita Sanil on Wednesday, approved the agenda pertaining to development works under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded projects. The Congress-ruled council blamed the opposition BJP, which opposed the approval of the agenda, that […]

Mangaluru: Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP, said here on Thursday that there is a need to conduct an inquiry by the Lokayukta on why underground drainage (UGD) works taken up in the city by availing loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) a decade ago are still incomplete. Speaking to presspersons after inspecting sewage treatment plants, […]

Mangaluru: The Opposition members in Mangaluru City Corporation council expressed concern over sewage being directly let into Nethravathi river in Thumbe upstream at 18 places under Bantwal Town Municipal Council jurisdiction. They demanded the mayor to urge the deputy commissioner to set up a treatment plant in Bantwal to treat the sewage. Speaking at the […]

Mangaluru : Scores of BJP corporators and leaders on Wednesday staged a protest in front of the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) condemning the council’s decision to hike tax under self-assessment scheme (SAS) and drinking water cess. The corporators led by opposition leader in the council Roopa D Bangera lambasted ruling Congress party led by Mayor K Harinath […]

Mangaluru: Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation’s efforts to deploy city buses on 14 remaining routes for which permits were given by the Dakshina Kannada Regional Transport Authority (RTA) on July 7 – have again run into rough weather after a tribunal directed the RTA to undertake the exercise afresh. A technical error by the RTA […]

Mangaluru : After the Opposition BJP in the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) council took objection last week over the corporation not reserving enough funds for taking up underground drainage (UGD) project through the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme, the civic body has now decided to allocate a sufficient amount for it […]