Mangaluru: Unmotorable service roads make life miserable


Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Sep 4: The service road that is adjacent to the Kuntikan flyover on national highway 66 has not been repaired since long. The vehicles find it very difficult to navigate this road.

The service road which leads down near Lohith Nagar when coming to the city from Kottara Chowki has BMS Hotel on the left and Advaith Hyundai and passes from near Bharath Auto Works. After crossing Kuntikan Junction, the road passes in front of A J Hospital and Kadri station of fire brigade before joining the highway thereafter. People going to Derebail, Konchadi, KSRTC bus stand etc have to use this road.

For underground drainage work, the city corporation has dug a pit in the middle of the road. After laying the pipe, the hole has been closed by filling sand. Even though several years have passed, the road has not been re-asphalted. A few days back, a mixture of crushed stones and cement was laid on the road, but because of rain, this mixture has peeled off and potholes have taken shape. The movement of ambulances poses an additional challenge to the road users. The locals say that whenever rainfall is less, the road gives rise to the new problem of clouds of dust.

Kulur

The service road beside the Kulur flyover too has become wretched. It is very difficult to move from Kulur till Kodical as the road is full of bumps and potholes. It is very difficult to avoid any of the potholes here. Often the drivers of lorries and tankers park their trucks by the side of service road to take rest. These lorries occupy half of the road, which makes it hard for other vehicles to move about. In some cases, people moving on two-wheelers at night were robbed at this spot.

"National Highways Authority is responsible for laying tar to Kuntikan service road and make it fit for travel. I have spoken to highway authorities. I have also urged them to attend to repairs of Kulur and Pumpwell service roads," said city mayor Divakar Pandeshwar.

A social worker, G K Bhat, said that Kuntikan service road had been dug up to lay underground drainage pipeline, but after the work, the road was never repaired. He said that vehicular movement is very difficult on this road and development works are not undertaken to match the status of the city as a smart city.

 

 

  

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  • Rita, Germany

    Sun, Sep 06 2020

    Just ask muncipality where your taxes paid as road tax.?what our big MLAs politicians are doing?Only talking?why they want votes?Let them pay back your taxes.

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  • Avinash, Mangalore

    Sat, Sep 05 2020

    Dear Daijiworld,

    Request you to please bring to the notice of the concerned officials the incomplete road work at Kadri Kambla Main road. This location is just a few feet away from the diversion towards Kadri temple.

    A patch of the road is left un-concreted which is very dangerous and is a matter of huge risk to the motorists. It is an accident prone zone. There is water logging when it rains.

    It is a matter of time that accidents would occur.

    Appreciate your help to bring it to the notice of the officials and ensure immediate action.

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  • ravi, Mangalore

    Sat, Sep 05 2020

    Now UTK will have to start one more press conference.These people never let him relax.

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  • vishnu bhat, bangalore

    Sat, Sep 05 2020

    Mangalore is only following the footsteps of the state capital Bangalore where 90+% of roads are unmotorable. This is completely in line with the political objective of reducing the entire state to mediocrity - who are we to complain?

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  • Monty Dotor, Mangalore

    Sat, Sep 05 2020

    There are many roads that are dug up in Mathadakani ,Kudroli and Pandeshwar which are still not repaired.Before digging up roads all necessary things should be kept ready so that repairs are carried out in a time bound manner.There should be a penalty clause in the agreement with the contractor for delays.

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  • Praveen, Bangalore

    Sat, Sep 05 2020

    our native politicians should be ashamed of themselves. No will power. Mangalore is supposed to be a smart city?

    They should learn from Tamil Nadu politicians.....

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  • rahulraj, kadri

    Fri, Sep 04 2020

    Just checkout the infrastructure of any of the top 20 cities of china, even a photo in google search is enough. I am sure you will get stomach pain. It gives a clear picture of where is india and china interms of infrastructure development.

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  • Dylan, Mangalore

    Fri, Sep 04 2020

    This road is much better than the Silva road Valencia, the road has many names PF road and etc. The road was bad till last November but the during the MCC election there was some work done but now the road is in a bad condition. There are accidents taking place in this place. The MCC not bothered about the road, the elected corporator is also not concerned about the condition of the roads in this particular ward.

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