Mangalore: Temporary Bus Stand, KSRTC City Buses, Soon - Palemar

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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)

Mangalore, Apr 2: Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister, Krishna J Palemar, said that eight acres of land has already been acquired for the purpose of building a new bus stand at Pumpwell in the city, and that a temporary bus shelter will be built there at the earliest.

He was speaking to press persons after laying the foundation stone for the new building of fire brigade at Pandeshwar in the city on Friday April 1. “It is possible to build a good, well-equipped bus stand in the eight acres of land now acquired. If Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) also wants to operate its buses from the spot, it will have to address the land and other issues on its own,” he explained.

He added that the works of land filling and levelling of this plot, cleaning up of the surrounding areas, apart from building of footpaths and drains, have already begun. About the operation of KSRTC city buses in the city, he said these buses will begin moving about shortly, but clarified that private owners will continue to operate their buses thereafter. “KSRTC will compete with the private bus owners. The system of running private city buses, which is in vogue since the last 70 years here, cannot be dispensed with all of a sudden,” he added.

Palemar said that the process of drawing drinking water to the city from Lakya Dam of Kudremukh Iron Ore Corporation Ltd will begin after obtaining Supreme Court’s clearance. Once this permission is received, the city will be able to get two mgd of water, he said. Palemar also revealed that there is a proposal to set up a power plant near the dumping yard at Pachchnady in the city, which will use the processed garbage for power production. “The plant is expected to generate six mw of power by using 400 tonnes of processed garbage. This project is based on a technology imported from Singapore. Once this is set up, the city will not face problem of garbage disposal. Discussions are on about the possibility of getting 400 tonnes of garbage needed for the purpose,” he said.