MCC seeks ₹350 crore for phase 1 of building scientific UGD network
The Mangaluru City Corporation has requested a ₹350 crore grant from the state government to upgrade its underground drainage network. Officials cited severe groundwater contamination as a primary driver for the urgent infrastructure improvements.
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Urban infrastructure failures and groundwater pollution pose significant public health risks in rapidly growing cities.
The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has sought grant of ₹350 crore from the State government for the first phase of work to set right the missing links in the Under Ground Drainage (UGD) network and also to bring uncovered areas of the city into the network, said MCC Commissioner Rahul Ratnam Pandey in Mangaluru on Tuesday.
During the quarterly Karnataka Development Plan meeting chaired by district-incharge Minister U.T. Khader, MLC P.V. Mohan expressed concern over continued deterioration of groundwater quality in Mangaluru city. “Mangaluru city is known as the city of wells. Unfortunately the underground water is getting contaminated to such an extent that it has forced places of worship to stop use of well water to give ‘Tirtha’ and get water from other sources for the purpose,” he said.
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