Name plaque unveiled on Mulki Sundaram Shetty Road in city

Nearly a year after notification for naming Ambedkar Circle-Light House Hill-Catholic Club Road stretch as Mulki Sundaram Shetty Road was issued, a plaque was unveiled by Mayor Premanand Shetty and Ma

Nearly a year after notification for naming Ambedkar Circle-Light House Hill-Catholic Club Road stretch as Mulki Sundaram Shetty Road was issued, a plaque was unveiled by Mayor Premanand Shetty and Mangaluru City South MLA D. Vedavyas Kamath here on Monday. “It is a coincidence that this plaque is unveiled when the whole stretch is being widened,” said Mr. Kamath. With widening of the stretch and other connecting roads in the central part of the city, the plaque, which is installed at the traffic island opposite Catholic Club, will be clearly visible to road users, he added. It was on July 1, 2016 that the State government notified naming of the road stretch after Mulki Sundaram Shetty, whose work as the head of erstwhile Vijaya Bank (which is now merged with Bank of Baroda) is widely remembered. Following a furore and protest, including by staff and students of St. Aloysius College, the State government on May 24 of that year ordered status quo.