Pollution in Mangalore, India

Kudla Mangalore is below Karnataka's Ghatta. Kudremukha Betta is the nearest Ghatta point to Kudla. Kolar Gold Fields is the furthest easternmost Karnataka Ghatta point from Kudla. Beyond KGF, the plains of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh begin.
We Kudla folks below the Ghatta never use blankets or Kambali. But on top of Ghatta, folks always use Kambali blankets. It is very hard to wake up early in the morning on top of Ghatta due to cold smog.
But in Kudla the sultry weather will wake us up.

Seeing some of the comments about a straight line highway to Kudremukh, I really think it's not at all necessary. The climate around Baramelu, Aladangadi abd Guruvayankere right below the Kudremukh mountain in Mangalore DK district is very pleasant throughout the year, thanks to dense forests and canopy. Putting large scale infrastructure and highways in this place to Kudremukh will increase the heat, pollution and consequently spoil the calm, serene, cool environment.
Just take a look at how hot the Coorg district including Madikeri and also the city of Mangalore have become due to deforestation. Such amount of deforestation is not at all needed at the Mangalore DK district and Chikmagalur district meeting point places near the Western Ghats.
Plenty of concrete roads and apartments, vehicle traffic congestion leading to the wiping out of forests in the city of Mangalore have lead to the vast increase in temperature, throughout the day and night.

Mangaluru is smelling fish everywhere. The stinking repulsive fish smell from the fish meal industries and dry fish processing factories are making this town into an unlivable place. We can't even breathe air properly. The southern parts of Mangaluru has stinking fish smell throughout the day.
The fish meal industries at Ullal and their illegal unhygienic release of pollutants and stinking rotten fish smell are never a concern for the local politicians and administrators. They are hand-in-glove with the local Ullal "Peaceful Community" that are operating these extremely stinking illegal fish meal industries. Mangaluru people are suffering and have already got respiratory diseases due to this unbearable stinking fish smell.

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