Old port at Bunder, Mangalore remains to be a death-trap for years

Old port at Bunder, Mangalore remains to be a death-trap for years

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Oct 7: The Warf at old port, Bunder, Mangalore is a typical example of government apathy and waywardness. The oldest port in Karnataka that serves thousands of lives in the fishing community and trading has been neglected for over two decades. The dilapidated Warf has turned to be a deathtrap for the fishing community and traders.

 

 

There are hundreds of fishing boats and trawlers birth here at their own risk of accidents and acute inconveniences. Repeated complaints and memorandums submitted to the port and fisheries departments have fallen on deaf ears. Nobody has ever bothered to look into the Warf and fishing jetties conditions for several years.

The fishing community continues to live with the problems as they have left with any option. Every year numerous accidents take place during loading and unloading goods and necessities. People continue to work with all the sufferings.  Carrying out work in the night hours is worst and accidents are day to day affairs.

Cargo to Lakshadeep stuck.

The vessels travelling to lakshadeep is held up in Bunder for flimsy reasons even after days of lifting Monsoon Prhibition. Goods and commodities meant for the Lakshadweep is struck at Bunder for want of clearance. Goods and vegetables from Kasargod, Kozikode, Bekal, Dakshina Kannada and various places have piled up in the port without being shipped.

 

A lot of perishable goods meant for Lakshadweep is either perished or removed from the site. The delay is causing price rise and shortage  of commodities in Lakshadweep. Authorities are least bothered about the trader’s losses and price rise.  Corruption and harassments are yet other matters of concern.