Villagers of Manihalli-Sarapady have decided to take up cudgels against the authorities who have failed to take steps to repair the Manihalli-Sarapady road which is in dire straits since long. This road which links the Bantwal-Kadur National Highway is also a main link road to Bantwal, BC Road, Sarapady, Maninalkur, Navoor and other places.
An action committee that was constituted to prevail upon the authorities to repair the Subrahamanya-Kadamakallu-Gaalibeedu-Madikeri road, recently took out a jatha to draw the attention of the authorities towards the sorry state of the road. This particular road has not seen development since the past 50 years due to the objection raised by environmentalists on the grounds that the development of the road would lead to destruction of trees.
An unauthorized religious shrine in a government land at Kallenchipade in Alike village of Vittal has kicked off a controversy of sorts while also bringing in fears of disruption of communal harmony in the region.
The express bus stop at Kaup where buses from either side halt in a highly congested road in front of the Kaup new Marigudi, has turned into a danger zone of late.
An unauthorized gate that has closed the old national highway at Panemangalore taluk is the centre of a controversy of late. None of the authorities are taking up the responsibility of opening this gate which has only been inconveniencing the locals.
The failure of the authorities to complete the works on a pedestrian bridge at Basriberu near Kodachadrigudda in Kundapur, has caused untold hardships to the villagers.
The controversy over the shifting of the Karkala bus stand is still raging with politics too creeping in of late. Moreover, with the elections to the Karkala TMC too round the corner, the entire controversy has got a new twist.
Melkar Junction in Bantwal taluk though is a fast growing area, it has turned into a dangerous junction over the past few years.
There is a virtual death trap on the National Highway near Tenka Ermal Garodi. Locals complain that the authorities have so far chosen to turn a blind eye to this death trap, despite their attention being drawn to this issue.
History tells us that the there was nothing called thefts in the Vijayanagara Kingdom and that people never bothered to close the doors of their houses and shops. If this is the story of Vijayanagara, a similar event took place at Uppinangady too recently when the staff of the local branch of Syndicate Bank left home without locking the office.