Mangaluru: Pumpwell flyover construction nears end; expected to be inaugurated on January 31
Mangaluru: The construction work of Pumpwell flyover, which over the last few months had become a meme content due to its delayed construction process has finally been completed and it expected to be inaugurated for general traffic movement on January 31.
The flyover has been under construction for over last ten years and has missed several deadlines of inauguration given by Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel in the last couple of years. In December last year Nalin Kumar Kateel had strictly instructed the tendered company Navyug to complete the construction by the end of January 2020 under the supervision of Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh.
600 long and 20 meters wide, the construction for the pumpwell flyover began in 2010 and did not take up pace for first six years. And in last few years missed several deadlines of completion. Last year in November MP Nalin Kumar Kateel asserted that the flyover will be inaugurated on January 1, calling for trolls and memes on social media.
In the last couple of months the construction work was fastened after it was halted during monsoon.
MP Nalin Kumar Kateel on Wednesday along with MLA Vedavyas Kamath visited and inspected the flyover. He was accompanied by MCC Councillor Sudheer Kumar Shetty, Santosh Kumar Rai and others during the visit.
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CPI stalwart Nallakannu dead
Chennai (PTI): Veteran leader of the CPI, R Nallakannu died here on Wednesday, the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital said.
He was aged about 101, party sources said.
A hospital bulletin said, despite intensive care, he passed away at 1.55 PM on February 25, 2026 following failure of all vital organs.
