<p class="bodytext">A two-decade-long sea erosion problem in Ullal constituency would end with Rs 155.09 crore being sanctioned under the Asian Development Bank (ADB) scheme for construction of a sea wall.</p>.<p class="bodytext">District In-charge Minister U T Khader, who addressed reporters at the Circuit House on Wednesday, has said that the second phase of the sea wall construction will begin from Subhashnagar,</p>.<p class="bodytext">The construction follows close on the heels of the construction of a wall at Kotepura.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The detailed project report (DPR) has been submitted and tenders for the construction of a 450 metre long sea wall at a total cost of Rs 21.09 crore will be floated soon. The next phase of building a sea wall from Someshwar to Talapady will begin soon, at an estimated cost of Rs 134 crore,” said the minister.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Funds increased</p>.<p class="bodytext">Funds reserved for differently abled people will be hiked to 5%. The reservation of the development funds in urban local bodies at present is 3% said Khader, who is also Minister for Urban Development.</p>.<p class="bodytext">All panchayats to corporations throughout the state will have to increase their development funds for the welfare of the differently abled citizens, the minister added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Khader informed that in order to decongest the traffic, the stretch from Thokkottu to Melkar was being widened with funds released by the government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The stretch from Deralakatte to Nitte University’s building was widened at a total cost of Rs three crore. The government had sanctioned Rs five crore to initiate work on the four-laning of the stretch to Kutthar junction,” said the junction.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Pre-budget meeting</p>.<p class="bodytext">The district in-charge minister informed that a pre-budget meeting involving all MLAs will be held in Mangaluru for the first time.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Khader welcomed the Centre’s decision to provide reservation for the economically weaker general category in education and government jobs. He hoped that the decision would not become another ‘election jumla’.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also said the reservation for general category should not encroach into the SC and Adivasi quota.</p>
<p class="bodytext">A two-decade-long sea erosion problem in Ullal constituency would end with Rs 155.09 crore being sanctioned under the Asian Development Bank (ADB) scheme for construction of a sea wall.</p>.<p class="bodytext">District In-charge Minister U T Khader, who addressed reporters at the Circuit House on Wednesday, has said that the second phase of the sea wall construction will begin from Subhashnagar,</p>.<p class="bodytext">The construction follows close on the heels of the construction of a wall at Kotepura.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The detailed project report (DPR) has been submitted and tenders for the construction of a 450 metre long sea wall at a total cost of Rs 21.09 crore will be floated soon. The next phase of building a sea wall from Someshwar to Talapady will begin soon, at an estimated cost of Rs 134 crore,” said the minister.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Funds increased</p>.<p class="bodytext">Funds reserved for differently abled people will be hiked to 5%. The reservation of the development funds in urban local bodies at present is 3% said Khader, who is also Minister for Urban Development.</p>.<p class="bodytext">All panchayats to corporations throughout the state will have to increase their development funds for the welfare of the differently abled citizens, the minister added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Khader informed that in order to decongest the traffic, the stretch from Thokkottu to Melkar was being widened with funds released by the government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The stretch from Deralakatte to Nitte University’s building was widened at a total cost of Rs three crore. The government had sanctioned Rs five crore to initiate work on the four-laning of the stretch to Kutthar junction,” said the junction.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Pre-budget meeting</p>.<p class="bodytext">The district in-charge minister informed that a pre-budget meeting involving all MLAs will be held in Mangaluru for the first time.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Khader welcomed the Centre’s decision to provide reservation for the economically weaker general category in education and government jobs. He hoped that the decision would not become another ‘election jumla’.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also said the reservation for general category should not encroach into the SC and Adivasi quota.</p>