Tonnes of animal waste dumped into rivulet near Farangipet

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Farangipet located between Mangaluru and BC Road on National Highway 75 once infamous for stench emanating from fish stalls located on the highway continues to remain infamous even after these stalls have been shifted. Even before entering Farangipet, just after one crosses Arkula Junction, one would be welcomed by a reeking rivulet filled to its brim with animal waste. Over the years, meat merchants of Farangipet and adjoining areas have made this rivulet joining the Netravathi a little ahead, a dumping yard for animal waste. Although stench from the fish stalls in Farangipet town has considerably reduced after they were relocated a little ahead on the flanks of National Highway 75 because of enhanced hygiene, dumping of animal waste continues to haunt the region. The stalls were shifted after the Railways reclaimed its land on which they were located a couple of years ago.