Mangaluru: The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) on Saturday launched the Rs 165 crore Mahatma Gandhi Nagara Vikas Yojana (MGNVY) 2.0, a major urban infrastructure initiative aimed at improving civic amenities across the city. The project comprises 25 works across five packages and is slated for completion within 11 months. Officials said tenders for most works…
Mangaluru: With the onset of the monsoon expected to halt construction activity soon, builders and contractors in the city are scrambling to procure sand, amid an acute shortage that has significantly pushed up construction costs. The cost of building a standard house has increased by nearly Rs 2.25 lakh due to the spike in sand…
Udupi: MLA Yashpal Suvarna has urged chief minister Siddaramaiah to take immediate action as the strike by licenced surveyors is causing public inconvenience. “Due to the ongoing strike by licenced surveyors for the past 40 days, revenue department-related activities have come to a halt, causing problems for the public. We urged state govt to take…
Mangaluru: The principal district and sessions court has sentenced a man to six years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and fined Rs 50,000 for possession of narcotic substances.The principal district and sessions judge, Basavaraj, convicted the accused, TE Joseph, 42, of Charmadi village in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. In case of failure to pay…
Mangaluru: After a video that went viral on social media showing traffic police checking an autorickshaw, which was reportedly ferrying a patient for dialysis from Kerala to a hospital in Deralakatte, commissioner of police Sudheer Kumar Reddy CH has issued a clarification stating that the auto driver violated permit regulations.“The driver himself has stated that…
Mangaluru: Raise your hand for a plate of ‘goli baje’, the waiter takes your order to the kitchen and places the cooked meal on his robot helper. This four-foot-tall Japanese robot comes right to your table, and turns around so you can see and pick up from the tray(s) carrying your food.The eatery, part of…
Mangaluru: Shortage of powermen is affecting the functioning of Mescom, which covers Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Chikkamagaluru and Shivamogga districts. The services of powermen are most essential during monsoon to clear line breakages and other natural calamity-related damages. However, Mescom functions with 42% of the sanctioned posts of powermen remaining vacant. Out of 9,248 sanctioned posts,…
Udupi/ Mangaluru: A car driver died after his vehicle collided with a truck at Pangala in Kaup taluk in Udupi on Friday. The deceased is Shreyas Achar.According to complainant Manjunath Gowda from Ron taluk, who works as a truck driver, he was driving his truck towards Udupi on the Mangaluru-Udupi NH-66 when the incident took…
Mangaluru: The forest department organised a public hearing to address concerns regarding the axing of trees on approximately 1.5 acres for the construction of an academy and reservoir within the Pilikula golf course area.A total of 196 trees, including species like acasia, magilam, hebbalasu, uppalige, baine, baleendra pale, cashew, spathodea, chere and cherry trees, will…
Mangaluru: Construction activity in Dakshina Kannada has slowed in April, as the number of migrant labourers from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and West Bengal has come down.While elections seem to be a routine trend where workers choose to go back home till voting and beyond, another factor that is keeping them close to their roots…
