Friday, August 22, 2008

Modernization plans for Mangalore

The City Corporation of Mangalore has ambitious plans for making the city a beautiful place to live in.

Many parts of the city roads have been concretized. Plans are afoot to concretize the whole city, part by part. Even though the monsoons are around, the Corporation reasons that the heavy downpour is past us and it is reasonably wise to go ahead with change of surface on the roads of Mangalore.

What has prompted this decision? It is seen that tar withers away. Come rains and the roads wear away every year with the story repeating itself annually. Potholes on the road are all too common a sight. This can be avoided. Concrete is the answer. It has proven itself to be able to withstand the pressure of heavy traffic.

Dividers have also been planted along the main arteries of the city's roadway. This is to regularise traffic. Some order will prevail. These also will feature along all of Mangalore's main roads.

Heavy traffic jams are now a common scene in Mangalore. It seems to be following the scenario of the metros of India.

The small town of Mangalore of yore is now becoming a big city.

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