Mangaluru, October 12: “Before making Mangaluru as Smart City, let the law system here be improved…” were the opinions heard in the ‘Smart City Mangaluru’ Citizen Participation Meet held by the Mangaluru City Corporation here on Sunday, October 11th.
Social worker Manohar Shetty said, due to the moral policing taking place here, the tourists retract from visiting here. First let the law and order system become proper here” he opined.
Speaking in support of this, entrepreneur George Pais said, if the law and order system is not improved, the entrepreneurs think twice before they invest here and also suggested that the city limits must be extended till Ganjimutt.
At present, public opinion must be collected about the problems facing the city. It must be addressed before thinking of smart city. In the similar manner, it is better to pay attention to the villages of the city that comes under Smart City, opined Rajaram Shetty, an employee of a private firm.
The future population of the city must be kept in mind over the aspects of developmental works on water, drainage and power generation system, suggested banker Vishwanath Kotekar.
MLA J R Lobo presided over the program and said, if Mangalore City Corporation gets selected as smart city, over a span of five years Rs 500 crores grant will be given from the state and centre each of a total of Rs 1,000 crores. It is necessary that Mangaluru must get selected as smart city among the list of first 20 cities. The public opinion will be collected for preparing the ‘Concept Report’. This is not a project report, he informed.
If the law and order system is inappropriate, entrepreneurs will not come forward for investment. The public opinion will be collected on this also, informed Lobo.
MCC Commissioner Gopalkrishna and other officials of the MCC were also present.
