KUDCEMP 2nd phase to be initiated in 4 cities : Sorake

KUDCEMP 2nd phase to be initiated in 4 cities : Sorake

Mangalore Today News Network

Udupi, Aug 13, 2013 : State Minister for Urban Development and Udupi District in-charge Minister Vinaykumar Sorake has said that there was a proposal of  taking up the second phase KUDCEMP  project  in Mangalore, Puttur, Udupi and Kundapur with a Rs 450 crore ADB aid.

He was speaking to reporters after  participating in the KDP tri-monthly review meeting at the District Administration Complex on August 12, Monday.

The Minister further said steps  would be taken to provide better parking facilities in Mangalore and Udupi  cities and added there would be pay and park facility  at some select places for two and four wheelers.

To a question from scribes, the minister said he would  visit various places of Udupi with the officials to have a firsthand information of the parking problems confronting the town.

On the issue of the  increasing construction activities in the town, the minister said  the next meeting would discuss the issue  of bringing about amendments to the CDP. He also informed that Mangalore City Corporation and Udupi CMC  have been included under the Capacity Building  Project of the Central Government. The main objective of the project is to  provide suitable training to the staff of the local administrative bodies so that they can effectively implement various schemes.  He said a sum of Rs one crore would be sanctioned for four years under this project,

Pramod Madhwaraj, Sunil Kumar, Gopal Poojari, MLAs, Kota Srinivas Poojari, former minister, ZP Chief Upendra Nayak, Vice President Mamatha Shetty and others were present.