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Roadworks at PVS Circle making slow progress

Roadworks at PVS Circle making slow progress


Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Feb 23:  Over a month ago, the Mangalore City Corporation authorities announced that they would complete laying of cement concrete lane at the busy PVS Circle in a month.


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But the work is still on and the laying of cement concrete on one half of the stretch was going on at a snail’s pace causing hardship to motorists and pedestrians. The corporation officials made the announcement during the meeting called by Deputy Commissioner Subodh Yadav on January 13 to review the development work carried out by the corporation.


Mr. Yadav had taken the corporation officials to task for the delay in workand that resulted in problems for motorists and pedestrians. On Tuesday, labourers of the contractor assigned with the task were engaged in removing the existing concrete from a portion of the Mahatma Gandhi Road between the PVS Circle and Manasa Towers. Motorists continue to ply on two lanes of the road where new concrete has been laid.

“We cannot increase the pace of work till the corporation pays dues for the work that has been completed. So far, we have not received a single paise,” said a representative of the contractor.


The PVS Circle is an important junction and it connected the P.V.S. Road, K.S. Rao Road and the Mahatma Gandhi Road. With the concrete laying work, the vehicles coming from Mahatma Gandhi Road are diverted towards the bumpy Jail Road and the Besant Women’s College Road. The road is used by a lot of bus operators.


The contractor’s representative, who did not want to be named, said they started the work of laying 500-metre long concrete lane between the Karnataka Bank, Kodialbail and the PVS Circle in October 2010.

He said the agency had gone ahead with the work of laying 25-cm thick concrete lane on the portion of road made available by the corporation. Despite completion of 90 per cent of concreting on the available land, the corporation had not made the payment as per the agreement, he said.


The corporation officials put the blame on the time being taken for acquiring the private land near the Circle that was necessary for creating the six-lane concrete road. A senior corporation official said however the payment related to the contractor had been cleared.


The delay in the completion of the work had increased the problems, more so for pedestrians. “The vehicles come from all directions, including M.G. Road by violating the one-way rule, making it difficult to cross the road,” said S. Prashant, who works in a retail store near PVS Circle. There would be some semblance of order in the movement of vehicles when a traffic constable remained at the Circle. “But he (constable) comes mostly during evening,” Mr. Prashant said.


A representative of the Kanara College Book Company, a book store near the circle, said the delayed work caused loss of business. “We are helpless. We have to bear with it, because it is development work,” he said.

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