Mangalore: Red FM's 'Chaapu' event picks out city's hotspots

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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (BG)

Mangalore, Jul 24: Superhits 93.5 Red FM’s special event ‘Red Chaapu’ aimed at spotting the best locations under various categories concluded on Wednesday July 24.

The Red FM team visited the winning locations and handed over the certificates and the ‘Chaapu’ to the owners of the respective firms or institutions. The event had eight categories - best park, road, place for ‘goli baje’, juice point, place for fish fry, Mangalore ‘neer dosa’, ice cream, and beach.

The listeners were urged to nominate the places under the said category through SMSes. The three top-rated places were thus selected and finally the winners were declared through SMS by the listeners of Red FM. The listeners sent in their votes in each category over a period of three days.
 

Best Park

Gandhi Park, Mannagudda, has been declared the best park in Mangalore. The other two top nominations in the list were Tagore Park and Kadri Park. Gandhi Park received the highest number of SMSes and was declared the winner in this category.

The certificate and the ‘Chappu’ was handed over by the Red FM team to Hundi Prabha Kamath, president, Gandhi Park Association and the principal of Canara PU College, Mangalore.

Speaking on the occasion, she said that this park was rebuilt in 2000 and a dedicated team has strived hard for its maintainence. “The park association daily carries out various activities in the park, like Yoga, laughing club, and walking club. The main pillar behind the success story of this park is Prabha Kudva who was the one who initiated all the developmental activities here. Red FM has recognized this as the best park and hence given us lot of hope for further developments and increased our responsibilities,” she added.

Changappa, horticultural assistant of MCC, said that all the staff of the gardening team had worked hard for the betterment of this park and the credit goes to them and the association members.
Venkatesh Achar, Jayanthi Achar, and Ramachandra Nayak were also present.
 

Best Road

Among the three best nominations, Ladyhill to Mannagudda road has won the Best Road title with MG Road and KPT to Padavinangady road on its heels.

The certificate was handed over to the MCC commissioner Ajith Hegde, near Mangalore City Corporation swimming pool.

Hegde said that the media always focuses on mistakes but very few do this sort of commendations. “Red FM has recognized this good work and maintenance of this road and all the credit goes to the then commissioner, mayor, corporators, engineers, and officials,” he said.
 

Best Place for Goli Baje

The listeners of the Red FM have voted Indra Bhavan Restaurant as the best place for goli baje in Mangalore. The other two nominations in the list were Hotel Usha Kiran and Vandana Pai’s Canteen in Karangalpady.
 
The certificate was received by Prakash Udupa, proprietor of Indra Bhavan restaurant.

Expressing his joy, he said, "With this certification, our responsibility has grown and we will see to it that the same standard and quality will be maintained, so as to serve our customers better. The credit goes not only to me, but also the whole team, especially the chefs"
 

Best Place for Juice

Under this category, Juice Junction of Balmatta was declared the winner with Dinky Dine and Khatta Meetha of Saibeen Complex being the runners-up.

Arun Nayak, proprietor, Juice Junction, received the certificate from the Red FM team.

Nayak said that the outlet started nearly 23 years ago and the main reason for its success is satisfied customers and dedicated staff. “We supply only pure fresh fruit juices and Bombay-style chaats,” he added.
 

Best Place for Fish Fry

Giri Manja’s, Car Street, was selected as the best place for fish fry in Mangalore, with Sri Devi Canteen and Narayan’s, Bunder, coming in close behind.

The certificate was received by Manjunath Pai, owner of the Giri Manja’s. “Customers’ support irrespective of caste, religion, and creed is the main reason for our success, along with the dedication by our chef and staff,” he said.
 

Best Place for Neer Dosa

Guthu restaurant, Falnir, was chosen as the best place for ‘Neer Dosa’ with Janatha Deluxe and ‘Kudla’ restaurant, being the runners-up.

Sandeep Shetty, manager of Guthu, received the honour on behalf of the whole team.

He said that they always focus on Mangalore and the southern traditional food like neer dosa, pundi, Kori rotti, and so on. “Our neer dosa is just like homemade dosa and hence people like that and there is good response and demand from the customers,” he said. He further promised the customers to live up to their expectations at all times.

Best Place for Ice Creams

Pabbas, Lalbagh, was voted the best place for ice creams. The other two nominations were for Icy Creamz, Bendorewell, and Naturals, Kadri.

Managing directors Mukund Kamath and Prabhakar Kamath received the certificate.

“We need to improve the product rather than just retaining and maintaining it. We have been doing it since years and that has helped us a lot to reach this height,” said Mukund Kamath. Ramesh Bhandary and Dr Vikram Jain were also present on the occasion.
 

Best Beach

Panambur beach received the highest number of votes in the best beach category while Someshwara beach and Tannirbhavi beach were the runners-up.

Yathish Baikampady, CEO, Panambur Beach Tourism Development Corporation, received the certificate. He said that the credit for this goes to the cleaning staff and the lifeguards. “It is due to their hard work that we have been able to maintain such a good and clean atmosphere on this beach. Also, 90 percent of the visitors to this beach give good and equal importance to cleanliness, which is again the main reason for our success,” he added.

Panambur police circle inspector Cheluvaraya was also present on the occasion.
 
The whole of the ‘Superhits 93.5 Red FM’ team comprising station head Raghav, senior producer (programming) Yashraj T H, technical team Riju , Deepak Nayak, sound engineer Ramson, HR admin Shiva Prasad, ‘Namaskara Mangalore’ fame RJ Nagraj, ‘Super Hit Masala’ fame newly introduced RJ Shilpa, ‘Music Adda’ fame RJ Chaitra, ‘Bindas Bajisi’ fame RJ Deepak, and ‘Savi Savi Nenapu’ fame RJ Prasanna were present.

Daijiworld.com was the official web partner for the event along with Namma TV as television partner and The New Indian Express as print partner.