Udupi: Marine Police Training Centre to come up on 25-acre site at Kodibengre

Manipal, May 4: Deputy Commissioner Dr Vishal R has announced that a full-fledged State Marine Police Training Centre would be opened on a 24.90-acre site at Kodibengre in Udupi district.

“The proposal is under government ratification. Reliable records have been submitted to the government, as the land comes under the CRZ area. The coastal police will be trained with sophisticated technical skills in the centre to enhance the quality of their work,” he explained.

Dr Vishal added that 2.50 acres of land, which was under consideration to be handed over to KSRTC in Mudanidambur, is finally transferred from the PWD to the KSRTC. A 1.12-acre KSRTC site at Ajjarkadu has, in turn, been handed over to the PWD for construction of quarter, he explained.

He said 63 permits are granted for 23 sand blocks in the CRZ area in the district. The sand mining process in non-CRZ area is stopped for the time being as the issue in court. Of the 11 non-CRZ blocks, two are given to IRB for construction of national highways.

Library

“Plans have been chalked out for construction of a comprehensive district library on 20 cents of land adjacent to the Town Hall at a cost of Rs 5.18 crore. The library would have a basement, and ground, first and second floors. The basement would comprise parking area and storeroom, while the ground floor comprises central library and a reading room. The first floor would comprise the district library and a reading room. The second floor comprises training centre for competitive exams and also a browsing centre,” he described.

The funds are released from the Urban Development Authority, Library Department, CSR, MP and MLA funds. There is already Rs three crore, while another 2.18 crore would be arranged shortly. The library would take 15-18 months for the completion, said Dr Vishal.

The Deputy Commissioner added that there are two sub-divisions of the district library operating at Mannupalla and at Bailur. “Two more would be added to the list, one at Kundapur at an estimated cost of Rs 50 lakh and another at Saligrama at a cost of Rs 15 lakh. The blue print of the cost estimation is underway,” he said.