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KCCI seeks pvt bus services

MANGALORE: In its attempt at converting Dakshina Kannada into what it considers to be an `industrially-advanced district', the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has sought the introduction of private bus services connecting al l the taluks of Mangalore to enable the `mobility' of labour. According to the KCCI, labour in the district was handicapped and was unable to partake of the `development' of Mangalore due to the absence of a well-connected private bus netw ork.

In a press release issued here, the KCCI Honorary Secretary, Mr Kalbavi Prakash Rao, welcoming the `positive response' elicited by the suggestion from the Minister of Medium and Large Industries, Mr R.V. Deshpande, has claimed that lack of private bus se rvices from Bantwal, Belthangady, Puttur and Sullia taluks has hitherto hampered the movement of labour to Mangalore and also hindered the overall `progress' of these `backward' taluks.

The press release has also welcomed the Government's inclination to set up a `free economic zone' in Mangalore. -- Our Bureau