Mangaluru, Jul 24: For smoother movement of traffic concretization projects will be undertaken on seven main roads under Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) limits with funds sanctioned by the state government, said MCC Mayor Jacintha Vijaya Alfred.
Announcing this at a press conference here on Friday, she said that seven main roads such as Kuntikan-Kavoor, Bondel-Pachanady, Maladi court road, Ladyhill-Koragajjana Gudi, Mallikatte gateway-Kadri temple, Durgamahal-Bokkapatna and Subashnagar-Mangaladevi would be concretised at an average total cost of Rs 14.7 crore. The individual projects will be completed within a period of six months on a contract basis, she said.
She said that the development of Kuntikan-Kavoor connecting road would be done at a cost of Rs 2 crore, Bondel-Pachanady at a cost of Rs 1.5 crore, Maladi court road at a cost of Rs 2 crore, Ladyhill-Koragajjana Gudi at a cost of Rs 1.9 crore, Mallikatte-Kadri temple at a cost of Rs 1 crore, Durgamahal - Bokkapatna Church at a cost of Rs 1.65 crore and Subashnagar-Mangaladevi temple at a cost of Rs 4.65 crore.
Foundation laying on June 27
The foundation laying ceremony for the seven road concretization projects will be held on Monday, July 27, at 10 a.m. by Minister for Forests, Environment and Ecology B Ramanath Rai and Minister for Urban Development Vinay Kumar Sorake.
Besides the concretisation projects, the MCC will also undertake the renovation project of Town Hall in the city at an approximate cost of Rs 2.55 crore, which is likely to be completed by November 2015, she informed.
She also informed that the existing markets under the MCC limits such as Central Market, Kankanady, Kadri, Suratkal, Alake, Kavoor and Kulshekar-Kaikamba markets would be upgraded shortly.
Deputy mayor Purushotham, former mayor Shashidhar Hegde and others were present on the occasion.
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