Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Mar 13: The city corporation hurriedly developing Mangaluru into a Smart City, seems completely oblivious to U Srinivas Mallya, the man who contributed immensely towards boosting the development of the city. The Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) has not announced the award instituted in his name for the past three years.
Corporation had instituted an award in 2017 in the name of Ullal Srinivas Mallya, renowned as the builder of modern Mangaluru-‘Srinivas Mallya Award’. When Congress was in power in MCC in 2017, the then mayor of Mangaluru Kavita Sanil had organized a sports meet for the members and staff of MCC and had given away the maiden award at the Townhall. Later, the MCC administration was taken over by the BJP.
The maiden Srinivas Mallya award was conferred on international saxophonist Kadri Gopalnath for lifetime achievement in 2017. In 2018, the award was given to senior doctor Dr B M Hegde. However, from 2019 to 2021, MCC has not announced this award to any one. This clearly shows the negligence on the part of the current MCC administration run by BJP.
Srinivas Mallya was instrumental in forming various projects for the city like Mumbai-Kanyakumari highway, city railway station, AIR centre, Bajpe airport, Panambur port, Fertilizer factory, Town Hall and many more. He was a model politician who paved the way for the modern city of Mangaluru. It is really sad that the MCC has forgotten such a great personality.