The Netravati Riverfront Promenade at Jeppu in Mangaluru on June 15, 2026. Except filling of soil behind the TVS Tread factory, not much work seems to have been carried out in the last one month when entry of people to the promenade was barred.

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Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner H. V. Darshan’s words of May 18 that the Netravathi Riverfront Promenade will be opened by June second week has missed the deadline even as the work on half of the stretch is going on at a snail’s pace.

The pedestrian walkway at the Netravati Riverfront Promenade, near the railway bridge, wore a deserted look on June 15, 2026.

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