Mangalore, October 20: CC TV cameras and biometric attendance system will be installed in all offices under MCC in a view to bring transparency in working.
All offices will be computerised in phases, announced MCC Mayor Praveen at a press meet organised at MCC on Wednesday.
Speaking on the development of roads, he said that under the Chief Minister's special grant of Rs 100 crore and SFC grant of 2009-10 and 2011-12, 265 works were undertaken in the first phase of which 200 have been completed. A sum of Rs 83.25 crores have already been spent.
In the Rs 100 crores grant in the second phase, 121 works have been proposed. A tender has been called for 70 works.
With the SFC garnt, Rs 4,996 lakhs were released and 265 works were undertaken. A total of 198 work have already been completed and Rs 3832 crores have been spent, he said.
A sum of Rs 6.40 crore has been spent out of the 12.33 crore which was released under the 22.75 per cent fund, he said.
Under the second Rs 100 crore fund granted by the government, Rs 25 lakhs will be spent in every ward to asphalt roads.
The Padil-Bajal road will be developed with Rs 4 crores, he said.
A sum of Rs 1 crore has been released to develop the main road between Kalikamba Junction and Car Street. The Subash Nagar to Mangaladevi road will be developed under the CM's SURE scheme with Rs 2 crore. This will be considered as a model road, he said.
From November 2, the main road near Jyothi will be repaired. All the roads which have been damaged will be asphalted, he said and added the KPT to airport road named as 'Sir M Vishveswarayya road' is considered as a model road.
Gutters and footpaths will be developed near roads which have already been concretised. A sum of Rs 25 lakhs will be spent for this, he said.
The Jeppu Market will be developed with Rs 92.50 lakhs and Bejai market works are under progress. A sum of Rs 100.21 lakhs has been spent for Bejai market. The Alake market will be developed with Rs 63 lakhs, he said.
As many as 100 bus stops will come up in the city on the basis of priority. As many as 27 bus stops have been completed, said the Mayor.
Kalkura advertisers will start constructing the bus stops. They will have the right to advertise here. The bus stops will be categorised in 7 A, 7 B, 13 C class, he said.
For the new bus stand at Pumpwell, 7 acre land has been identified. There is still a need to obtain 5 acres of land. The foundation ceremony will be held soon and a temporary bus stop will come up with Rs 1 crore, he said.
The Ocean Pearl bus stop too will come up soon, he added.
A total of 10 lakes will be developed with Rs 2.24 crores. The tender has been called for this project. The lakes to be developed are Gujjarakere, Jeppu Kottakere, Karmbisnana, Emmekere, Bairaddy, Thekkebettu, Krishnapoora and Sadashiva Temple lake among others, he said.
A sum of Rs 50,000 each was given to special Olympic winners Anil Mendonca, Dhanya S Rao, Royston D'Cunha and Pramila Pinto, he added.
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