MCC aims Rs 100-cr revenue collection in the next fiscal year

October 20, 2015

Mangaluru: Oct 20: Minister for Urban Development Vinay Kumar Sorake directed the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) officials to fix a target of Rs 100 crore of revenue collection for the next financial year.

Chairing a meet on Smart City and review of MCC development works and allied issues on Monday, the minister expressed discontent over the inability to achieve the target of collection of property tax and recovering dues from revenue defaulters.

He meanwhile warned that the officials concerned will be held responsible for the pending revenue.

He said he will conduct ward-wise meetings to follow up the progress of revenue collection in the coming days.

Earlier, the Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) Raju Mogavira, said, out of Rs 55 crore target for the collection of property tax, Rs 26.5 crore has been collected in the current fiscal year. In order to make the collection of property tax more user-friendly, a software is being developed to retrieve the data of tax payers. The software will help in e-filling of applications, he said and added that the software designing is in the final stage.

Member of opposition Premanand Shetty said, there are instances where the tax payment has been pending for the last eight to ten years.

The minister said that the steps have been initiated to appoint D group staff by the DC while the appointment of the staff of A, B and C groups will be done through the KPSC and the necessary correspondences have been made in this direction, answering to a query by the opposition leader in the council Sudhir Shetty regarding the shortage of 1065 staff in the Department.

Member of Legislative Assembly J R Lobo suggested separating garbage cess from property cess. He meanwhile said that all types of revenue collection should be brought under the limits of Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) to ease the process. The MCC Commissioner was directed to issue an order in this regard.

Former Mayor Mahabala Marla said that the collection of water taxes has not been up to the mark, owing to the irresponsibility of officers and urged the minister to initiate action against errant officers. The minister also conducted the review of works under Nagarotthana scheme.

Mayor Jacinta Vijaya Alfred, Commissioner Dr H N Gopalakrishna and MUDA Chairman Ibrahim Kodijal were present.

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Elusive bamboo shrimp resurfaces in Mangaluru estuary after 70 years

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December 7,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 7: A rare bamboo shrimp has been rediscovered on mainland India more than 70 years after it was last reported, confirming for the first time the presence of Atyopsis spinipes in the country. The find was made by researchers from the Centre for Climate Change Studies at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, during surveys in Karnataka and Odisha.

The team — shrimp expert Dr S Prakash, PhD scholar K Kunjulakshmi, and Mangaluru-based researcher Maclean Antony Santos — combined field surveys, ecological assessments and DNA analysis to identify the elusive species. Their findings, published in Zootaxa, resolve decades of taxonomic confusion stemming from a 1951 report that misidentified the species as Atyopsis moluccensis without strong evidence.

The shrimp has now been confirmed at two locations: the Mulki–Pavanje estuary near Mangaluru and the Kuakhai River in Bhubaneswar. Historical specimens from the Andaman Islands, previously labelled as A. moluccensis, were also found to be misidentified and actually belong to A. spinipes.

The rediscovery began after an aquarium hobbyist in Odisha spotted a shrimp in 2022, prompting systematic surveys across Udupi, Karwar and Mangaluru. Four female specimens were collected in Mulki and one in Odisha, all genetically matching.

Researchers warn the species may exist in very small, vulnerable populations as freshwater habitats face increasing pressure from pollution, sand mining and infrastructure development. All verified specimens have been deposited with the Zoological Survey of India for future reference.

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