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Minister Pramod Madhwaraj performs ‘Guddali Pooje’ for widening Kemmannu Road.

Kemmannu November 04: It could be the end of long wait to have a wide and modern Kemmannu  road as the ‘Guddali Pooje’ was performed for the widening of the main road from Gudiyam to Kemmannu Bridge. The work of the 30 feet wide road is expected to begin soon as the tender is already awarded to contractor Muniyalu Udaykumar Shetty.

Later at the gathering held at the church hall, Mrs. Veronica Cornelio delivered the introductory speech and briefed about the long consultative meetings held in the last 6 months about the widening of the road and the progress about the land and space acquisition.

In his speech Mr. Pramod said that the proposed developmental work from Kemmannu to Bengre at a cost of 4 crores is done under the Central Road Projects and there is no provision to provide compensation any sort to the land or building owners. He also said that as such there will be no compensation to land acquisitions all over India in the future and in this case the contractor has agreed to part some compensation from his profit. He called upon building owners to sacrifice a bit of their space for a better society which in turn will bring them grace and happiness about creating a better future for ourselves.

Even though the contract has been awarded and 90% of the building and land owners have agreed to part their space, there are still a few building owners who have not made up their mind yet without getting due compensation. Without their approval still the work can hang on balance.

Z P member Mr. Janardhan Thonse, Kemmannu Panchayat President Mr. Fauzia Sadiq, Kallianpur Panchayat President Mrs. Pushpa Kotian, Kemmannu Church Parish Priest Fr. Victor D’ Souza and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.