Health and Family Welfare Minister U.T. Khader, who is also the MLA from Mangaluru (Ullal) Assembly, has asked Ullal Town Municipal Councillors to take responsibility in clearance of dues in electricity supply and water supply charges in the area.
During the review of projects in Ullal on Monday, an official from Mangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited said Rs. 2 crore was pending from Ullal TMC, which is the highest among pending dues to MESCOM in the district. The official sought Mr. Khader’s intervention in clearance of dues.
During the discussion of water scarcity in the TMC area, another official pointed that the TMC owed around Rs. 20 lakh towards the Mangalore City Corporation towards water charges.
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“If you want better services, you first need to ensure prompt clearance of dues towards water and electricity charges,” Mr. Khader said. For this, each of the 27 councillors has to remit a portion of funds allotted for development works.
The councillors pointed to problems caused to people because of the bad condition of roads in Ullal, due to the haphazard laying of pipes for drainage line. A councillor said the approach road to Ullal Kodi had become non-motorable as part of road had sunk by a few inches because of improper levelling after the pipeline was laid.
Earlier, Mr. Khader symbolically commenced the allotment of domestic LPG connections to below poverty line families. This was part of a drive by the district administration to issue gas cylinders to all BPL card holders and make Mangaluru and Ulllal kerosene-free areas. As many as 450 families will be getting gas connections in Ullal.
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