Udupi: The old Diana hotel site has turned into a parking lot

Bellevision Media Network

Udupi, 12 Aug 2012: Here is a perfect example that even though many political leaders, officials, try to keep the Udupi city clean and systematic will not work or fails miserably.

 

 

As we all know that the previous site where the famous Diana Hotel existed i.e.  it was situated in the corner where road from Kinni-mulki meets Kavi Mudhanna Raste and the turn is very dangerous.  It has been planned for several years to remove the hotel and did not yield any results.  One of the reason being the LIC office was situated and even after so many requests and begging and paying the compensation, finally the land was given up and hotel is moved and the government could get he property.

 

Once it is done, Hotel Diana was became the property of the government and as per the agreement, part of the Diana hotel was demolished.

 

Call it a tragedy or unfortunate, the empty place where the Diana hotel was there before has now become the most expensive free parking lot!!. The public as if it is their own property have been parking their vehicles and leave for the daily routine and jobs. This has resulted in conjunction of the traffic and hence, the old problem still remains the same. The big question is if the land was occupied paying hefty compensation, of lakhs of rupees was for public to park vehicles free of charge?? Is it not the intension to widen the road and have a free access for traffic? The tax payers of the city are worried and complaint to the authorities on this issue.

 

The public has demanded that the related authorities should wake up and this site has to be vacated and should be declared no parking zone as soon as possible. Also the land has to convert into and make available for widening of the road and allow free flow tot the traffic as intended when the building was demolished.