<p class="bodytext">The District Congress Committee, Mangaluru South Block Congress and Ullal Block Congress launched a padayatra from Talapady to Pumpwell against the delay in completion of flyovers at Thokkottu and Mahaveer (Pumpwell) junction.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The work is being carried out as a part of the four-laning of NH-66 from Talapady to Nanthoor on Monday. The padayatris covered a distance of 16 km. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The padayatris shouted the slogan ‘Rashtriya Heddari mattu melsetuve kamagari poornagolisi; janara jeeva ulisi.’ </p>.<p class="bodytext">The protesters said that the delay in the completion of flyovers had forced road users to face many inconveniences. The NDA-led Central government had completely neglected the four-lane project. The work on Mahaveer (Pumpwell) flyover was idle for many years, they charged.</p>.<p class="bodytext">District in-charge Minister U T Khader said that undue delay in the work was forcing people to face hardship. The Central government had failed to take up development works, he alleged.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Centre was claiming UPA government’s projects as its own. Dakshina Kannada MPs should bring out a whitepaper on funds utilised for the development of the district. “If they fail to publish a whitepaper, then as a Congress MLA, I will invoke the RTI Act and make the details public,” Khader declared. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Khader criticised that the Centre’s Ujjwala scheme had failed miserably. “Hiking the LPG cylinder price to Rs 1,000 is the only achievement of the Centre. Ayushman Karnataka is a state government project. The NH is filled with potholes. This is the MP’s contribution,” he commented sarcastically.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The padayatra ended at Pumpwell. A public meeting was held in the evening.</p>
<p class="bodytext">The District Congress Committee, Mangaluru South Block Congress and Ullal Block Congress launched a padayatra from Talapady to Pumpwell against the delay in completion of flyovers at Thokkottu and Mahaveer (Pumpwell) junction.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The work is being carried out as a part of the four-laning of NH-66 from Talapady to Nanthoor on Monday. The padayatris covered a distance of 16 km. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The padayatris shouted the slogan ‘Rashtriya Heddari mattu melsetuve kamagari poornagolisi; janara jeeva ulisi.’ </p>.<p class="bodytext">The protesters said that the delay in the completion of flyovers had forced road users to face many inconveniences. The NDA-led Central government had completely neglected the four-lane project. The work on Mahaveer (Pumpwell) flyover was idle for many years, they charged.</p>.<p class="bodytext">District in-charge Minister U T Khader said that undue delay in the work was forcing people to face hardship. The Central government had failed to take up development works, he alleged.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Centre was claiming UPA government’s projects as its own. Dakshina Kannada MPs should bring out a whitepaper on funds utilised for the development of the district. “If they fail to publish a whitepaper, then as a Congress MLA, I will invoke the RTI Act and make the details public,” Khader declared. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Khader criticised that the Centre’s Ujjwala scheme had failed miserably. “Hiking the LPG cylinder price to Rs 1,000 is the only achievement of the Centre. Ayushman Karnataka is a state government project. The NH is filled with potholes. This is the MP’s contribution,” he commented sarcastically.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The padayatra ended at Pumpwell. A public meeting was held in the evening.</p>