Pollution in Mangalore, India

The temperature and pollution are soaring in Mangaluru. People burst crackers during many days throughout the night during those Kola celebrations. The vehicles are plenty in Mangaluru. The smoke released by private buses here are not monitored and reprimanded.

Trees are cut down, and Mangaluru does not have tree-lined roads and massive parks within the city limits. This is contrary to Bengaluru and Thiruvananthapuram - both these cities have plenty of tree-lined roads. The roads in Mangaluru are not grid-patterned. The temperature in Mangaluru city is increasing due to deforestation, more private vehicles, more concrete buildings and concrete roads, and smoke released by petrochemical industries. The temperature has risen sharply this year: https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=1054302
Hence people are not concerned about having more tree-lined roads, parks and gardens in Mangaluru.

I am from Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. When I think of Mangalore, the picture that comes to my mind are of beaches, nearby hill stations, rivers and religious places.
Just like the other people have mentioned, I only wish for better infrastructure and job opportunities, a place free from pollution and improved sanitation and planning.

Adding onto what others have said, apart from beaches, quick connectivity to Kudremukh mountain from Mangalore has to be a top priority for great tourism and leisure. The reason is that Mangalore has been stereotyped as a hot and warm place by Karnataka and everyone else. But the irony is that Kudremukh mountain that is the tallest mountain in Karnataka is only at a distance of 45 km if a straight highway is constructed from there to Mangalore city. Kudremukh is the tallest mountain in Karnataka jointly sharing that spot with Mullayanagiri. Kudremukh mountain is easily the nearest hill station to Mangalore.
The real irony is that Kudremukh mountain is the coldest place in Karnataka. At the top of Kudremukh in January mornings, the temperature can drop to 0°C. There is no IMD official weather measuring station up there. Although Mangalore is the warmest place in Karnataka on average, Kudremukh mountain is Karnataka's coldest place and most pleasant in summer. It is very sad that politicians, administrators and people have ignored direct highway from Mangalore to ascend the Kudremukh mountain. Kudremukh peak is arguably the most underrated place in Karnataka.
In fact in terms of chill climate and pleasant weather, none of these places are anywhere near comparable to Kudremukh - they include the overhyped weather of Bangalore, Coorg, Mysore, Belgaum, Dharwad, Hassan, Kolar and Chikmagalur town. Kudremukh is by far more pleasant and cooler than these overrated places.

If the infrastructure and job opportunities are augmented and boosted in Mangalore, then it will be the best place to live in India.

The Indian Media and Politicians are to be blamed for their propaganda in portraying Mangalore for fake communal incidents and fake intolerance. I had worked in Mangalore for 7 years in a software company and I know the reality.

Pollution can be reduced if the private vehicles usage is mitigated and public transport usage is maximized.

Mangaluru is a highly polluted place. All the Highways, Railways, Airport and Seaport in Mangaluru are the most worst quality. The traffic in Mangaluru is extremely high. The concrete roads are increasing the urban heat island effect. Mangaluru has no job opportunities for educated people.

Mangalore is highly polluted place with no planning, no trees beside the roadsides. People are not concerned about cultivating more gardens. Rivers here are highly polluted. Even the roads are not laid in grid patterns.
All the national highways and railway lines heading eastward from Mangalore towards Sakleshpur-Hassan, Davangere, Mysore, Hubli are the worst. Many national highway stretches are single lane and worse than moon craters. The NHAI, PWD, Indian Railways and DGCA are highly corrupt bodies headed by worst union ministers. Mangalore people are fools to vote for the Central Government and also the useless State Government. The airport, infrastructure, networks, utilities, highways, railways are worst in Mangalore. All the politicians and journalists of India are corrupt and terrible. Mangalore's tabletop airport is highly dangerous. Air pollution is very bad at many areas inside the CBD area, Nanthoor and Panambur.

Air pollution is increasing in Mangalore because of the buses, lorries, water tankers and an exponential rise in private vehicles, cars and bikes. The city private buses in Mangalore don't even have a website or any customer care service. The introduction of electric buses, metro rails, electric bus BRTS service, electric suburban rails are a good way to reduce air pollution, but the private bus mafia in Mangalore ensures that these projects never come into picture. There are no initiatives taken in increasing the number of software companies in Mangalore. And no one is keen on stopping the spread of polluting industries. Many people still burst firecrackers and burn waste items in open places. Trees are cut at many places near the roadsides but trees and gardens are not being restored at the same places.

Mangaluru has worst traffic for a small tier2 city. Most people have craze of riding vehicles and the roads are clogged with cars, bikes and trucks. The bus facilities in Mangaluru is the worst and cause plenty of pollution. Karnataka has worst connectivity within the state and very poor in the logistics sector compared to my native Gujarat.

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Mangaluru has worst road and rail connectivity with other cities of Karnataka. The city of Mangaluru has worst planning. The airport of Mangaluru is worst and highly dangerous during the monsoon.

The fish meal industries at the tip of Ullal beside Nethravathi river causes a lot of stinking air across many localities in Mangalore. Nauseating smell everyday and night because of these fish meal industries are experienced across Mangalore localities close to the rivers. For someone not from the coastal belt, this stinking air can be abhorrent. Untreated sewage is directly released into the rivers at many places in Mangalore.

Air quality is very bad nowadays in Mangaluru. Many people and administration are least bothered. Plenty of people use their vehicles to showoff their pride, social status and wealth. Smoke emission tests are never carried out by private vehicles, trucks and buses. Both the private and KSRTC local buses release toxic smoke. Traffic police are of absolutely no use. Petrochemical industries at Bykampady and Padubidri release umpteen amount of smoke day and night. Trash burning is observed in many places and some people burst firecrackers day and night. Road repairs are left incomplete and dust circulates everywhere. Plastic wrappers, containers are found scattered here and there in public places. The majority of denizens, the city corporation officials, corporations and elected representatives are living in a world of delusion.

Pollution is increasing in Mangalore. Cleanliness of public places is on the decline. Many places on the roadside are strewn with garbage. Mangalore City Corporation mayor, MLAs and MPs are terrible. People are fools to vote for such useless politicians. Riversides are polluted with garbage and the Gurupura-Nethravathi rivers are filled with trash. People burst crackers without social distancing during those October November festivals. That time Coronavirus will not bother anyone.
Tourist places in Mangalore are terrible to say the least.

compared to any cities or town of India mangalore is far better and people are more clean and hygienic let me say other way round that people in mangalore are self explained and awareness of hygienic is in DNA of local population in any other way i strongly feel mangalore is most livable cities compared to any other towns & cities of India, people are well aware of cleanliness and in future it need to be done more due to increasing population and industrialization

How can Mangalore be considered clean?
Will some people stop the practice of littering in public spaces?
Will the city corporation appoint many more personnel to sweep and clean up the public spaces?
Will those ancient private buses stop emitting thick smoke?
Why aren't any action taken against these private buses when they are well past their expiry date?

However, nowadays the police patrolling has increased immensely in Mangalore, which is a very very good sign.
The police force in Mangalore is something to be proud about. Hope their numbers increase further in the coming days.

I sure hope the Mangalore Police force also takes very strict action against littering and those private buses, traffic offenders and also vandalism of public property.

Mangalore is by no means a clean city.
My observations apply to all the places of India, and not just Mangalore.
People in India have a big ZERO civic sense. People from that large Indian community X burst plenty of fire-crackers on their N number of festivals. The air throughout India is horrible. The Air Quality Index within India ranges from Bad to Worst. Browse the internet,and compare this with the Western countries, and you'll know what I'm talking about. Even the most polluted places in Europe, Australia and USA have far better air quality than the purest AQI places in India !! Absolutely Real Genuine Fact.

People throughout India are extremely selfish and narrow-minded. They are hell-bent in keeping their houses and premises clean, but will turn all the public places ugly and filthy. The vehicle horns are blown for no reason and are extremely annoying and disgraceful.
PG posters are stuck on light-poles and other walls in public places. People vote for liars and criminals, and they are free to rule this country. The Indian media is highly biased and a puppet of politicians. India ranks 140 in the Press Freedom Index.
Walk into any ATM kiosk in India and find it littered with receipt papers all over the floor. First, people are stupid to print it, but still can't they even put that paper into the dustbin? This is how stupid and pathetic Indians are, in reality. Is there any significance of those eyewash campaigns like "Swachh Bharat", "Acche Din", "Elimination of black money", etc.?

There is massive amount of corruption in the roads and PWD department, and hence India has the worst quality of roads and highways in the world. All the politicians in India are crooks, ignorant and liars. Throughout India, people vote for Religion, Caste or Language and not for Development.

Mangalore is quite a clean and unpolluted city. At a time when Delhi has hit an Air quality index of 999, Mangalore on it's worst days does not cross 80. Moreover, there have been major improvements in the collection of wastes and their disposal.