Udupi: Raghupati Bhat Outlines Development Plans for District
Shubhalakshmi
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Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (RD)
Udupi, Apr 10: “96 percent of the citizens residing in town limits paid their taxes and assisted in developmental works,” said MLA Raghupati Bhat.
Addressing media persons on the planned development work for 2012–13 at a press meet held here on Monday April 9, he said that the water connections to consumers in city limits are functioning efficiently.
“In peak summer, the people have to sensibly utilize municipal water as the stock in the reservoir is getting depleted at the rate of 5 cm per day. A major overhead tank is under construction at Doddanagudde, here," he said.
"The development of the Town Hall is under way at a cost of Rs 4 crore. The building will have a capacity of 850 seats and will be inaugurated in May by the chief minister. State funds of Rs 1 crore have been released to develop Bhujanga Park, which will be equipped with an open air theatre and a lawn," he said.
"The state has given the final nod to begin the tendering process to construct Malpe-Padukare bridge at a cost of Rs 700 crore. The work on construction of the road from Kalsanka to Gundibail at a cost of Rs 8 crore will begin after state approval, and the road from Malpe Citizen Circle to Beach will be converted into four lanes.” added Bhat.
"The foundation stone has been already laid to construct a fish market at a cost of Rs 2 crore. The market will have a capacity to accomodate 60 vendors, and will have rest rooms for the fisherwomen. State funds of Rs 30 crore have been released by the chief minister under small and medium development programmes,” he added.
Town councilor Kiran Kumar, Bharati Chandrashekar, Mohan Upadhyaya, and Ravi Amin were present at the press meet.