Milagres, Falnir ward residents form committee to redress civic woes

Milagres, Falnir ward residents form committee to redress civic woes

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Mar 15, 2013: B Dharmana Naik, President of Milagres and Falnir Wards Residents Welfare Committee said that a  committee has been formed in the ward level to create awareness of residents’  rights and build up a community bond.                                    

    
Speaking at the press meet held at Press Club on March 15, Friday he said that the managing committee has so far met four times and a total of 219 members have been enrolled so far.

Speaking on the purpose of forming a committee, Naik said that Citizens of Mangalore and its suburbs have been experiencing problems arising from bad conditions of roads, non clearance of  of garbage, shortage of drinking water supply, lack of drainage, frequent and unscheduled power cuts, non-functioning of street lights during night time and functioning of street lights during day time and  uneven footpaths by the side of the roads for quite some time.

Though property taxes have been increased several folds, the city corporation has been indifferent to these problems. Efforts made by some individuals to solve these problems by approaching the officials of the corporation at the highest level yielded  no result and even the media had highlighted the problem but to no avail, he said.

In order to chalk out a strategy as to how these problems could be solved, the residents of the Milagres and Falnir Wards met a at St.Mary’s English Primary School, Falnir on 31st October 2012 and after deliberations and advice given by social workers,  decided to form a welfare association and register the same to put up a united front.

He said the Committee will hold a formal inaugural function at Milagres Jubilee Hall on March 17, Sunday at 5.30 pm. Deputy Speaker of State Legislative Assembly N Yogesh Bhat will participate as the chief guest and inaugurate the association. J R Lobo, retired commissioner of Mangalore City Corporation, Milagres Ward corporator Abdul Ravoof, Falnir Ward corporator Jacintha Vijaya Alfred and social Activist Dr Rita Noronha, will be the guests of honour.