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Chairman of Karnataka Legislature Committee connected Public Undertakings T. Raghumurthy said present connected Wednesday that the committee volition taxable an interim study to the authorities successful July that Mangaluru needs ₹1,250 crore for upgrading and augmenting its underground drainage (UGD) infrastructure successful the jurisdiction of Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC).
Speaking to presspersons up of a gathering of the committee, comprising some MLAs and MLCs arsenic its members, the president said that the study volition beryllium tabled successful the Monsoon Session of the legislature successful July.
He said the officials acrophobic person told the committee that the money required is to conscionable the request for UGD infrastructure (such arsenic web of underground drainage pipelines to beryllium laid, bedewed wells and sewage attraction plants to beryllium built) for the projected colonisation of 8 lakh successful the metropolis by 2046.
Ravichandra Naik, MCC Commissioner, said that lone 65% of the country nether the corp present has UGD network. There is simply a request to physique 180 km of caller UGD web and upgrade 185 km of web with associated facilities.
Udupi projects
Mr. Raghumurthy said that KUIDFC officials successful Udupi person told the committee that 3 h2o proviso projects taken up successful Udupi metropolis volition beryllium completed by January, 2027.
Of these, a task costing ₹106.92 crore taken up successful 2018, from Asian Development Bank grant, volition beryllium implicit by September 30, 2026. This task has achieved 94% carnal advancement and 87.45% fiscal progress.
Another task taken up successful 2019 nether AMRUT strategy and costing ₹116.54 crore volition beryllium completed by December, 2026. It has achieved 91.64% carnal advancement and 91.33% fiscal progress.
The 3rd task costing ₹50.80 crore taken up successful 2021 with grants from Karnataka authorities volition beryllium implicit by January, 2027. The task has witnessed 93.04% carnal advancement and 88.91% fiscal progress, the president said, quoting officials.
MLCs Ivan D’Souza and Kishore Kumar Puttur and different members of the committee were present.
