District jail to be shifted to outskirts of Mangalore: Find out more

District jail to be shifted to outskirts of Mangalore: Find out more

July 7: The Government has decided to shift the district jail to the outskirts of the city. The Public Works Department (PWD) has begun floating tenders to the new high security prison in Mudipu village.
Additional Director General of Police (Prisons) N S Megharikh said that the new central jail will be built at a Rs 110 crore and is spread over 64 acres of land in Mudipu village. The prison complex has male, female prisons, hospital, workshop, administrative office, helipad, video conferencing facility and staff quarters which will accommodate 1,000 inmates.
He mentioned that the proposal to construct non-residential buildings at the central jail in Mudipu received the government’s in-principal approval in September 2018 and administrative approval in May this year.