Why are the city's roads being repaired during the rainy season instead of now?

Madikeri city is growing day by day. In what? The number of tourists in the tourism sector is increasing, which is bringing income to the city's business and the government. The municipality is collecting income by increasing taxes year by year for the people of the city. But, what is the contribution of the municipality to the people of the city? What is the administration doing for the growth of the city?. Everything is potholed, everywhere is a mess! The poor condition of the roads leading to accidents is visible! So what are the topics discussed in the municipality? Leaving aside the road issue, personal issues of each person, especially political allegations and counter-allegations, are fiercely fought between the administration and the opposition, and only good scenes and words come out for the media to make "sensational" news. In the past, the Rs. The city roads, including good cement roads, were completely destroyed by digging up and digging up the project at a cost of Rs 40 crores, and everyone involved was left in a state of shock! The City Water Supply Board has failed to provide information about the money released so far and the work done on this. Because, this project has destroyed the good roads that were lying on the ground and betrayed the citizens. Now, as per the work being undertaken by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in the name of the Central Amrit-2 project, roads have been dug up and dug up in places and the good roads that were dug up have been turned into drains. They have piled stones on top and made vehicular traffic impossible. What is the benefit of this? Those who ask are no longer there. Most of the roads in Madikeri city are under the administration of the Municipal Council, only in some areas are they under the Public Works Department and Zilla Panchayat. However, it is not seen that the administration and representatives have adequately discussed the need to work on the road by including everyone in this regard. When the minister in charge comes, he only attends the meetings and says, “Repair the road.” He does not even bother to check whether the money required for this is sanctioned or whether it is being implemented. Everyone talks about the need for tourism to develop in the meetings. The tourism department is limited to calculating how much income the district will receive and does not perform any other responsibility. Associations and organizations like the Chamber of Commerce have also remained silent without demanding the necessary benefits in the tourism department. In the meetings, the office bearersDespite participating, the work that should have been actively put pressure on the administrators is not being done.

Parking woes

The previous city council president had announced that he would plan a parking system in the city near the IB. However, it was stopped due to the vested interests of some private individuals. Later, after announcing that a parking plan would be made in the premises of the Cauvery Kala Kshetra, the previous administration ended and an administrator was appointed. Although a new administration was elected to the city council after a long time, it has not bothered about repairing the city's roads or providing the parking system that was decided earlier. Time is just passing by without any discussions related to progress in the meetings. The current administration has decided not to park vehicles at Gandhi Maidan. However, it has failed to make an alternative arrangement or even discuss it. Due to this, many tourists are returning home without space for parking and more people are staying in Kushalnagar instead of Madikeri.

On the other hand, the condition of the roads in Madikeri city is such that the people of Madikeri city are not able to move around on the roads. Along with this, it is also seen that the people of the city and the district are also struggling to park their vehicles anywhere. This is also causing serious problems for the business sector.

Silence on road repair!

The municipality, which has been silent on the issue of road repair, is wasting time by making empty promises that the road will be repaired after the rainy season, considering the soil placed on the side of the road that gets washed away during the rainy season and the water that stands in the potholes. As the rainy season passes and Dussehra approaches, it covers the potholes in the middle of the humidity by applying patches here and there and paying the contractors so much money. Then, within a week, those closed potholes open even more and the municipality keeps silent again, seeing the problem. The money spent is wasted.

The weather is good now. It is the best time and place to do road work. But the municipal council does not bother about this. In the morning, only the announcements are heard from the garbage trucks.

“If citizens do not pay taxes on time, we will take strict action.” Thus, the municipal council is running in “one-way traffic.” “Pay us taxes, we will give you potholes!” “Drive on potholes and get ruined” is the motto of the municipal council.

The entire city is full of potholes!

The most visited center in Madikeri by tourists is Rajasit Park. Rajasit is also a place where the people of the city go for daily walks. But Rajasit Road (the road named after Mahatma Gandhi) is so damaged that even walking is not possible. Similarly, Abbey Falls Road, another tourist center, has also deteriorated. The list of roads in poor condition in the city is long, such as Gauli Street, Convent-Muthappa Temple Road, Ranipet-Muthappa Temple Road, Abbey Falls Road, F.M.C. College Road, Hill Road. Also, on the one-way Appachchu Rice Mill Road, vehicles going to the Reliance store are parked here and there, while sharp gravel stones are rising on the other side, crushing the tires of the vehicles moving there. The municipal council is administering the administration indifferently, looking at all this. At least the municipal council should call a special meeting to discuss and take a decision for the repair of this road. The district collector should also take care of this. The MLAs of Madikeri constituency should also pay special attention, not forgetting that Madikeri city, the main town of Kodagu district, is located there.

-Written by: “Chakravarthy”, Photos: Lakshmi Mahesh

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