Mangaluru Plastic Park project likely to be inaugurated before monsoon, says Capt. Chowta

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Member of Parliament, Captain Brijesh Chowta speaking astatine  the ‘MIR NetZero Vision 2047 Summit’ astatine  TMA Pai International Convention Centre, successful  Mangaluru connected  Friday.

Member of Parliament, Captain Brijesh Chowta speaking astatine the ‘MIR NetZero Vision 2047 Summit’ astatine TMA Pai International Convention Centre, successful Mangaluru connected Friday. | Photo Credit: H. S. MANJUNATH

The Plastic Park task astatine Ganjimutt connected the outskirts of Mangaluru is apt to beryllium inaugurated earlier this monsoon, according to Dakshina Kannada Member of Parliament Captain Brijesh Chowta.

Speaking astatine ‘MIR NetZero Vision 2047 Summit’ organised by Italy’s MIR Group present connected Friday, Capt. Chowta said that 90 % of the task is implicit now.

“I person already spoken to the Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers J. P. Nadda to springiness a day for its inauguration. Hopefully, we volition beryllium capable to inaugurate it earlier monsoon,” the MP said.

According to Gokuldas Nayak, Joint Director, District Industries Centre, Mangaluru the parkland is dispersed implicit 104 acres. It has 50 sites developed connected 60 acres.

The authorities had approved the parkland successful January, 2022. Of the ₹62.77 crore task cost, the Union government’s approved stock stood astatine ₹31.38 crore.

Anupriya Patel, Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers, told the Rajya Sabha connected July 29, 2025 that connected completion, the task is expected to make nonstop employment opportunities for astir 4,000 radical and indirect employment for astir 12,000.

Ms. Patel said the parkland is expected to payment the task country done promotion of entrepreneurship and maturation successful plastics and related industries. Employment opportunities would besides beryllium created for the section residents, she said.

The improvement activities astatine the task country were being carried retired successful accordance with permissions from the State Pollution Control Board. The proviso of facilities specified arsenic drainage system, h2o supply, and sewage attraction works would guarantee biology sustainability, she said.

Surathkal - B. C. Road Bypass Road

Speaking astatine the MIR NetZero Vision 2047 Summit, Capt. Chowta said that the Union authorities has sanctioned a by-pass roadworthy from Surathkal to B. C. Road. A elaborate task study (DPR) of the projected task is underway. The task has been projected to de-congest the city.

Elevated highway

The MP said that a connection to conception an elevated road from Nanthoor Junction to Kuluru connected the NH 66 and betwixt Panambur to Baikampady has been mooted. “This task volition besides beryllium included successful the DPR of by-pass roadworthy from Surathkal to B. C. Road,” Capt. Chowta said.

He said each efforts volition beryllium made to get an integrated aesculapian tourism installation for Mangaluru, a connection mooted successful the Union Budget for 2026-27.

The MP said Mangaluru has each imaginable to go the metropolis economical region, wherever an concern of ₹ 1,000 crore for the adjacent 5 years tin beryllium made.

Published - February 20, 2026 06:42 p.m. IST

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