Mangaluru, KARNATAKA :

Mangaluru :

Mangaluru City North MLA B A Mohiuddin Bava will go on a foundation stone laying spree on March 15. The projects include foundation stone for first phase of market complex at Surathkal, a six-lane road from Surathkal to Kaikamba Circle till Ganeshpura temple, concreting of Surathkal to Guddekoppa Road, building of zonal office of Mangaluru City Corporation and sea wall at Hosabettu coast, Mayor Bhaskar Moily announced here on Wednesday.

Filling in for Bava, who was scheduled to address the media, the mayor said the first phase of the market complex will be taken up at a cost of Rs 61 crore against total project cost of Rs 126 crore. While MCC will pitch in with Rs 11 crore, the state government has given a special grant of Rs 50 crore for the project, he said adding this is for the first time that state government has released a grant of this size for any market construction project anywhere in Karnataka.

The road from Surathkal to Kaikamba Circle is six-lane concrete road that is 4.3-km long, Bhaskar said adding cost of this project that public works department will execute is Rs 62.10 crore. While MCC will contribute Rs 4.10 crore, the PWD will chip in with remaining Rs 58 crore, he said, adding it is also a first in that the department has provided a grant of this size for any road project in the state and thanked CM Siddaramaiah and the MLA for his efforts in getting it.

MCC will take up concreting of Surathkal-Guddekoppa road out of premium FAR funds at a cost of Rs 1.13 crore. The new building of MCCs zonal office at Surathkal will be constructed using state finance commission grants at a cost of Rs 2.25 crore. Department of ports and fisheries will execute the sea wall work at Hosabettu at a cost of Rs 5 crore, the mayor said. K Mahmmad, deputy mayor, Deepak Poojary, corporator were present on this occasion.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Mangalore News / by Jaideep Shenoy / TNN / March 14th, 2018