Inchara Udupi
Daijiworld Media Network—Udupi (DV)
Udupi, Nov 18: Union minister Oscar Fernandes along with his wife Blossom Fernandes laid the foundation stone for the new office building of Kaup block Congress ‘Rajiv Bhavan’, at Bungalow Maidan in Kaup near here on Sunday November 17.
Later, addressing the gathering, Oscar said, “It is said that in Kaup constituency, the number of Congress activists is increasing and hence, there is no proper place to hold conventions and meetings. Keeping this in mind, Rajiv Bhavan has been planned.”
State urban development minister Vinaykumar Sorake, MP Jayaprakash Hegde, KPCC secretary M A Gafoor, Kaup Block Congress president Navin Chandra J Shetty, Kaup North Block Congress president Sudhir Hegde, taluk panchayat member Shrikar Anchan, and Bhaskar Padubidri were present as chief guests at the rogramme.
Veda Murthi Shrinivas Bhat Majooru performed religious rites at the foundation stone laying programme of Rajiv Bhavan which will be built at a cost of Rs 30 crore. Renowned contractor Vasudev Shetty of Deviprasad Construction has taken up the project.
On this occasion, party leader Kaup Diwakar Shetty, Sarasu D Bangera, Leena Mathais, Shrikar Suvarna Katpady, PM Moideennabba, Shashidar Shetty Elloru, Geetha Waghle, Ignatius D’ Souza, H Abdula, Sunil Bangera, Rajesh Rao Pangala, Nagesh Suvarna, and Prabhakar Poojary were present.
Four-lane Road Work
“The state government has demanded through a letter to the central government that the repair of Padubidri four lane main road should be conducted during the repair of National Highway 66 from Nanthoor- Kundapur. Hence, the work will be done in the same way,” added Fernandes.
He further said, “The work on National Highway 66 got delayed due to various problems. There are several problems in Padubidri and Bramavara regarding road extension and there is also pressure to extend the road in Katpady. It will be discussed with the NHA.”
“One section is clamouring for construction of a bypass in Padubidri while another is claiming to extend the road on the highway.
To be free of the pressure from both sides, the union government has given this task to the state government. The previous government has sent a proposal to construct the bypass road, but the present government is considering both sides keeping in mind the people’s opinion and have asked to perform the four lane work on the highway itself,” added Fernandes.