Mayor Kavita Sanil and Commissioner Mohammed Nazir (first from right) at the council meeting in Mangaluru on Wednesday more-in The Mangaluru City Corporation Council on Wednesday gave approval to drinking water and underground drainage projects to be undertaken under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded schemes. Ruling Congress councillors, responding to Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party councillors’ objections to the agenda at a special meeting here, said that the Opposition was trying to thwart infrastructure development of the city. Mayor Kavita Sanil had convened the special meeting with agendas pertaining to works worth ? 124 crore under AMRUT and ? 65 crore under ADB-funded projects. Under AMRUT funds, the corporation proposed to spend ? 33.25 crore towards drinking water supply and ? 56.66 crore and ? 34.17 crore for underground drainage networks in the old city municipal area in two packages. The corporation has proposed to undertake underground drainage network rehabilitation through the ADB-funded works too in two packages of ? 34.32 crore and ? 33.66 crore. New areas, including Vamanjoor, Angaragundi, Thiruvail, Mangalanagar and Kudambaru, which hitherto did not have underground drainage network, would get it under the ? 33.66-crore package. BJP councillors were opposed to diverting AMRUT funds and clubbing them with ADB funds for rehabilitation of underground drainage network. However, Commissioner Mohammed Nazeer said that the proposal has the approval of the State government.

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