The City of Mangalore has historically enjoyed an abundance of water due to God’s blessings and good water sources. In recent times, gross mismanagement and lack of future planing are causing unfair water rationing and deprivation to most sections of the City population.

A proper solution is not yet in sight and those responsible are not sufficiently acting in the needed direction of fairplay.

With Mangalore Corporation elections within sight, the suffering citizens of the City must come together and seriously form a viable platform to ensure that the many problems of the City are set towards a reasonable solution.

 Apart from the water problem, which even in the midst of a favourable monsoon is woefully pathetic- roads, garbage, dog menace and general hygiene and aesthetics are in advanced stage of degeneration.

The corporator candidates who come to seek votes must be in a reasonable position to guarantee solving citizens’ problems and not just make hay while they are in power, as seen in recent past. Let every citizen of Mangalore, only cast a vote for the candidate who can deliver services required and change the sad plight of the City and its people.

Elections place a heavy and serious responsibility on the citizens.
I J S Shet,
Morgan’s Gate.

NSS volunteers job lauded
The NSS volunteers have done a good job in clearing the seat gallery of Mangala stadium of weeds and grass. But the good work should not end here. The authorities concerned should take steps to repair the gallery and concretise it as early as possible.   This stadium ground is used by walkers early in the morning and evening. Hence, the walking track also needs to be cleaned and maintained well. When Mangalore city is getting a face lift, why should the stadium be deprived of a face lift and the long standing desire of Mangaloreans to have a well maintained stadium must be realised.    
Sukumar Talpady,
Mangalore.

Plea for uniform mobile fare
It is indeed sad to note that the BSNL pre-paid mobile subsribers in Karnataka have to shell out more money than the subsribers in states such as Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Punjab.

The subscribers in Karnataka have to pay 0.90 paise per local call as against 0.70 paise per local call for subscribers in other states. The STD calls are charged at Rs 2.40 while it is Rs 2 in Tamil Nadu. This rate has been prevailing in Tamil Nadu since last 6 months. Why such rates are not introduced in Karnataka too? This kind of disparity and partial policy should not be adopted by an public sector company like BSNL atleast. BSNL must hence bring in uniform policy and extend such facilities to Karnataka customers as well at the earliest.
J F D’Souza
Attavar, Mangalore.

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