Mayor Sudheer Shetty Kannur on Tuesday, December 12, said any underground drainage (UGD) work to be executed by the Mangaluru City Corporation costing over ₹5 lakh should have mandatory clearance from the technical consultant nominated for the purpose by the Corporation.
Chairing a meeting on issues related to the UGD system in the City at the Mangala Auditorium of the Corporation here, Mr. Kannur announced this decision following suggestions by the councillors.
He said the Corporation would empanel technical consultants for UGD works, as decided in the previous ordinary meeting, during the council’s next meeting. Any new projects should be undertaken as suggested by the consultants in the coming days, he said. The meeting was convened to discuss UGD issues under projects being undertaken by the Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation’s Karnataka Integrated Urban Water Management Investment Programme (KIUWMIP) and Amrith Scheme.
