Floating Jetties Will Soon Be Constructed At Hoige Bazaar & At Malpe: Here Are The Details

January 21: District Incharge minister Kota Srinivas Poojary inaugurated the Kumaradhara boat of Mahajana Sabha Bengre at Thota Bengre and a passenger ferry jetty constructed by the Department of Port and Inland Water Transport at Boloor on Monday.
Minister Poojary said that the state government has decided to construct floating jetties at Hoige Bazaar and at Malpe. The jetties will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 6.5 crore each, for the benefit of fishermen. The experts have been asked to look into the carrying capacity and other technical details of the floating jetty. The work on the construction of the floating jetty will be taken up after getting technical approval, he added.
Mangalore South MLA D Vedavyas Kamath said that the work on the third phase of expansion of the fisheries port at the Old Port will begin shortly. MLA also mentioned that there is a need to train the fishermen on the cultivation of seaweed on the model of Gujarat. The residents have demanded a police outpost at Bengre.
The passenger ferry jetty was constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 45 lakh. The jetty is 15.5 metres long and four metres wide.