MCC Earns Net Revenue of ₹17 Lakh From Auction of Roadside Stalls Near Kudroli & Mangaladevi Temples

To allocate roadside individual stalls, outside Gokarnanatha and Mangaladevi temples for the 10-day Dasara festival, Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) held public auction. This helped MCC with net revenue of more than ₹17 lakh.

Following a writ petition by Karnataka Rajya Hindu Jatra Vyaparasthara Sangha, the Karnataka High Court Judge Hemant Chandangoudar on September 26 directed the MCC Commissioner to allocate spaces for stalls on the roads leading to the two temples by following due process of law. Accordingly, MCC held a public auction on Monday, September 30, for the allocation of 106 spaces outside Mangaladevi temple, and 143 spaces outside Gokarnanatha temple.

From the auction of 73 stalls outside Gokarnanatha temple, the MCC earned a revenue of ₹9.58 lakh. From the auction of 47 spaces outside Mangaladevi temple, MCC earned revenue of ₹7.98 lakh. The successful bidders were told to retain the bid amount payment receipt and MCC’s permission at the stall. These documents should be shown to MCC officers when they come for inspection during the Dasara festival, which starts on October 3.

The public auction related to Mangaladevi temple was done in the open space of a new petrol pump coming up in the area. The auction was held between 10.30 a.m. and 2 p.m. for the allocation of 47 spaces on the right side of the road leading to temple. The auction of spaces outside the Kudroli temple was held on the premises of Alake Market between 3.30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. The range of price for the spaces was between ₹3,000 and ₹40,000.