Newskarnataka-Mangalore
Mangalore : People of Mukka have taken up cudgels against the NH authorities for deciding to acquire land in Mukka for the NH four-laning works despite already possessing 49 meters of land.
On October 17, Thursday, residents took out a rally from Mukka Check Post to NITK and then staged an NH block agitation near NITK opposing the high-handedness of the NH authorities.
Mahabala Mukka, President of the Action Committee of People who will be Affected by the Highway Widening, complained that the present government was hell bent upon acquiring 65 acres of land for NH widening.
Former mayor Rajani Dugganna, Subhaschandra Shetty of Suratkal Citizens’ Committee, Sumitra, corporator and many others participated in the agitation.