Deccan Herald 03.02.2010
| CMC acquires 3 acre land for private bus stand |
| Madikeri, Feb 2, DHNS: |
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With this, the long pending dream of shifting private bus stand has been realised. The land was acquired in the presence of City Municipal Council President P D Ponnappa, Commissioner K Srikanthrao, Ponnameper Forest College Dean N A Prakash, Field officer Rajashekar.
Of Rs 5 crore released under Chief Minister’s Small and Medium Town Development project, a sum of Rs 1.5 crore has been earmarked for the construction of bus stand. Three acre land will be acquired after conducting the survey. The work on the construction of bus stand will commence within two to three months, said CMC President P D Ponnappa.
He said “the acquired land will be levelled first. Later, we will make arrangement for the parking of the buses. The CMC is also planning to construct shopping mall to fetch additional income.”
“Government has agreed to spend Rs 3 crore for the construction of new private bus stand. CMC will also construct shopping malls in the old bus stand premises,” he informed.
Modern bus stand
Commissioner K Srikanthrao said: “the modern bus stand will be constructed keeping in mind the increase in population for the next 20 years and inflow of tourists to the district. An action plan will be prepared soon.”
“CMC has been trying to shift the private bus stand from the present congested place for the last one decade. However, Agriculture University had not agreed to hand over the land. It was on July 28, 2009, a meeting held under the presidentship of Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, the Agriculture University Vice Chancellor had finally agreed to hand over the land to CMC.”
As per the agreement, government had agreed to hand over eight acre land belonging to Horticulture department near Ponnampet Forest College in return of three acre land to City Municipal Council. CMC Vice-President Latha Bangera and others were present.
Plea for 8 acre land
Ponnampet Forest College Dean N A Praksh urged the government to hand over eight acre land to the Agriculture University, for handing over its three acre land to the construction of private bus stand.
“As per the agreement signed in the presence of Chief Minister, the university has handed over its land to CMC. If there is any delay in handing over eight acre land, then we will have to appeal the government once again,” he added.
