Mangaluru: In a decisive move to tackle the city’s deteriorating sanitation infrastructure, the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has announced a massive ₹1,200 crore action plan to overhaul its underground drainage (UGD) network.
The initiative, spearheaded by Deputy Commissioner and MCC Administrator Darshan HV, aims to bridge "missing links" in the current system that have left residents grappling with overflowing sewage and environmental hazards.
The Breaking Point
The announcement follows a high-intensity phone-in session on Thursday, where the DC was flooded with grievances from frustrated citizens. Residents, including Savithri from Yekkur, described a harrowing reality: raw sewage from apartments leaking into stormwater drains, creating a "permanent stink" and turning residential zones into mosquito breeding grounds.
"We are facing immense difficulties due to the stench and the health risks. Local officials have remained silent until now," one resident reported during the session.
The Strategy: A Six-Year Vision
DC Darshan HV confirmed that the proposed plan is not a temporary patch but a comprehensive six-year roadmap designed to accommodate Mangaluru’s projected population growth. Key highlights of the plan include:
• Infrastructure Expansion: Laying additional pipelines to connect older neighborhoods to the main grid.
• STP Crackdown: Stricter enforcement of Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) regulations. While new apartments are required to have functional STPs, many older buildings lack them entirely, and several newer units are reportedly non-functional.
• Budgetary Push: The plan has already been discussed with the district in-charge minister and the Secretary of the Urban Development Department. It is slated for formal presentation in the upcoming state budget.
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Zakir Naik is a conman who is encouraged by unlimited supply of dumb supporters.
You immatures brute .think like a Indian first then u think like a Indian Muslim .shame on you .don't justify your silly thoughts. This is the root cause. If your zakir is so innocent ..why is he hiding in Saudi ? Why can't he come . religion should attract new followers by doing good deeds and acts not like mocking others faith.why Buddhism attracts millions of people irrespective of no marketing strategy ? .religion should continuously evolve and when it becomes stagnant .parasites and mosquitoes like zakir and their followers crop up .in one way by terrorist activities by Muslim terrorists we are getting alienated and other way its people like you do mocking and demeaning other faith .non believers are getting irritated and its clearly visible nowadays in non Muslim faces.
Islam is the religion of NO PEACE.
It is very unfortunate equating Dr. Zakir Naik on negative image.
He is so highly respected among educated Non-Muslims and Muslims.
He has been awarded prestigious awards. Unfortunately now all of a sudden some people started commenting negatively because of media.
His mission is peace and propagating Islam to every corner of the globe. Unfortunately most of us are failing to do this noble job.
Please understand well before you comment. Don't falsely comment. Watch, listen carefully what he talks. If you cant do it,
At least keep quiet and don't trouble who are doing your job.
Zakir Naik, talks very defensively the truth. He is highly educated and has the extensive knowledge both in science and most of the religions.
He is doing wonderful job and thus he covers our responsibility by doing fair dawa /propagation work, Let us support such people.
He is indeed a devoted PATRIOTIC
Dear sacchai,
I can see you are true follwer of zakir naik...
You can check in youtube so many islamic scholors are challenging him and his followers regarding baseless hadiths and still they are strugling to reply the true islamic scholors and iam sure till qayamath they cant reply
Just think and dont answer like blind follower
It was well expected ..Islam in coastal has evolved from past 30 years. Before when we were students there was no such hatredness and communal disturbance .we ourself used to attend rathotsava and kolas and including dakke Bali too in dk/udupi ..but due to penetration of Saudi money and propagation of salafist ( wahabist ) mentality, Situation is reversed now .we are strictly confining ourselves and alienating from others .. This has created suspicion among Hindus and Christians. People like zakir naik...misused our people and this has resulted in growing no of people getting attracted towards jihadist terrorism .I don't blame sangh fringe groups or our PM...our community needs to seriously introspect on this matter .strictly we must encourage our kids to go thru secular format of education. If not we will further move away from mainstream .even though I am a traditional voter of congress .I feel our pm is right on many aspect .intellectuals must step in and deradicalise madrasa system and its high time we must concentrate on bringing down high crime rate in the community and people who are into that must be expelled .jai hind .
If you want to protect our country do not hesitate to learn Islam and listen famous preacher Zakir Naik because Islam and it's followers always encourage real love to country and to depend our mother land.
Shameless hate mongers and fake nationalist always roaming around us to spread poison between the communities.
Most of the suspects are followers of zakir naik!!!!...Because of his illegal brainwashing foundation many muslim youths are getting affected
Better to think before joining his foundation... we need to protect our country
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