Woman creates ruckus over road work at Mannagudda

Mangaluru: A

senior citizen

allegedly created a

ruckus

and prevented the

contractor

from undertaking

road works

in

Mannagudda ward

of

Mangaluru City Corporation

limits on Tuesday.

Corporator Sandhya Mohan Acharya said that a woman tried to prevent a contractor from taking up the work on the concreting of a ramp to connect the main road with that of a small lane near Mannagudda Gurji.

The path leading to the lane was one foot below the main road. To facilitate the movement of vehicles inside the lane, the authorities decided to build the concrete ramp. When the work was taken up, the woman, a resident of the lane, prevented them from carrying out concreting of the ramp and claimed that the land was allegedly owned by her.

“She was initially sitting on a chair near the lane, but when she saw the concrete ready mix truck arriving, she slept on the road. She had raised an objection about two weeks ago, when officials had visited the area. She was asked to produce documents. While other houses in the area have produced documents, she reportedly failed to do so. Expecting tension in the area, officials in charge of the works had informed police before taking up the work,” she said.

Police said the woman and her daughter had raised objections to the ongoing work. The lady had reportedly protested for nearly an hour and a woman police team made several attempts to convince her. She was refusing to listen. An ambulance was called for and later she was shifted to the district Wenlock Hospital for a medical check-up. When attempts were made to shift her from the road, she reportedly bit a woman police personnel’s hand.

The old woman was detained and later released.

ACP central sub-division PA Hegde visited the spot.