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Mangaluru Town Hall Skywalk (shelved)

Blunderlust rating★★★★★ 4.0 / 5 · 602 reviews⌖ Near Town Hall / Maidan Road, MangaluruEntry #03 in Mangaluru
Mangaluru Town Hall Skywalk (shelved) — photo 1

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A pedestrian skywalk was proposed and its foundation laid near Town Hall to address a pedestrian-accident hotspot, but the project languished for roughly three years before being quietly shelved in favour of a ₹6 crore underpass instead.

The official record states: "Not specified: officials pivoted to an alternative underpass without public explanation."

“Foundation laid for a skywalk, project shelved for an underpass. The accident hotspot stayed where it was.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk

Sources

  • https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=578906

Visitor reviews Satire

“The foundation is still there near Maidan Road, waiting for a skywalk that was quietly replaced by an underpass nobody has dug either.”
WD W. D'Souza · Mangaluru★★★★★
“Crossed at the same accident-prone junction on foot, the same way people did before the foundation stone.”
QR Q. Rahman · Mangaluru★★★★★
“Three years of nothing, then a pivot to a six-crore underpass, announced without anyone explaining the first plan.”
EB E. Bose · Mangaluru★★★★★
Blunderlust RecordBL/MAN/2016/SKY
Status
Abandoned (never built)
Category
Skywalk
State
Karnataka
Year
Foundation laid ~2016; shelved by 2019
Cost to taxpayers
Not specified

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