Mangalore: Balmatta Gets Dist’s Largest Hi-tech Bus Stand

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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP/SB)

Mangalore, May 9: The additional Rs 100 crore grant being received by the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) will be utilized to provide infrastructure facilities such as bus stops and roads in the city within the end of the year, said district in-charge minister Krishna J Palemar.

Minister was speaking after inaugurating a modern hi-tech bus stand backed by new concepts here in Balmatta on Saturday May 8, put up jointly by GeeDee Advertising and Marketting and MCC. Palemar said that within the next year the city will be dotted with bus stops and footpaths. The facilities provided as donation to the MCC will be utilized for public. The district administration will take precautionary measures to avoid any problems during the monsoon, he said.

Mangalore south MLA N Yogish Bhat, deputy commissioner V Ponnuraj, mayor Rajani Dugganna and MCC commissioner Dr N Vijayaprakash among others were present. Roshan Baliga, managing director of GeeDee Advertising and Marketting, said that the bus stand will be maintained on behalf of the MCC by his firm.

The bus stand is equipped with comfortable seating arrangement for the commuters, special lounge for the senior citizens, clean drinking water, and toilet facilities. This also boasts to be the largest bus stand in the undivided Dakshina Kannada district, having been spread over an area of 2,200 sq ft.