The ‘Rupees One Crore’ Clock stopped working in two months of installation

The ‘Rupees One Crore’ Clock stopped working in two months of installation

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Jan 25, 2020: The all new Clock Tower built near Town Hall spending over one crore became talk of the town in November, 2019. It is a pity that the Clock stopped working since two days.

Mangaluru city got back its clock tower after twenty five years since the iconic Clock Tower was demolished. Four huge clocks with ultra-modern digital movements with illuminated dial and classical numbering and hands installed in the newly built clock tower at the same site where the old Clock Tower existed. 

The clocks devised and fabricated by the family of the master horologist Ms. Nayaks and co. who were producing clocks since 1939. The city had no clock tower of its own since the old clock tower was brought down more than 25 years back.

Mangaluru City Corporation has given a big push to the revival of the clock tower at a cost of over One Crore being part of the ‘smart city’ project. The citizens of Mangaluru city wonder how MCC could spent such a huge amont for a clock when many important development works like roads, drainage systems, foot paths are pending.

And now, the all new Clock of the New Clock Tower is not working.  Who is to be blamed? Or who cares?

The iconic Mangalore Clock Tower, demoloshed in 1994.