Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and colleagues to ride open top double decker bus to Cabinet meeting in Mangaluru

An Ambaari coach in front of Praja Soudha in Mangaluru on September 17, 2026. Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and his cabinet colleagues would travel by the open top double decker bus (Ambaari) from Bhagwan Mahaveer (Pumpwell) Circle to Praja Soudha at Padil for the Cabinet meeting in Mangaluru, Dakshina Kannada district, on September 18. | Photo Credit: ANIL KUMAR SASTRY Karnataka’s Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar and his ministerial colleagues will travel together to the Cabinet meeting in Mangaluru on September 18 in an open top bus, according to Dakshina Kannada district in-charge Minister U. T. Khader.The ministers are expected to converge at the Kadri Manjunatha temple in the morning before commencing their journey to the district office complex, Praja Soudha, at Padil. The ministers would board an open top double decker bus of Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) around 10 a.m. They will travel in the bus from Bhagwan Mahaveer (Pumpwell) Circle to Praja Soudha. Civic workers spruce up the route from Bhagwan Mahaveer (Pumpwell) Circle to Praja Soudha on Padil Road ahead of the Cabinet meeting in Mangaluru, on September 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANIL KUMAR SASTRY Speaking to reporters in Mangaluru on September 17, the Minister said preparations were underway for smooth conduct of the Cabinet meeting at the Praja Soudha. Mr. Khader said Mangaluru residents would have the opportunity to greet the entourage along the Bhagwan Mahaveer (Pumwpell) Circle - Padil four-lane road. Dakshina Kannada district in-charge and Health and Family Welfare Minister U.T. Khader speaks to reporters in Mangaluru on September 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANIL KUMAR SASTRY During the first Cabinet meeting chaired by Mr. Shivakumar in Bengaluru, Mr. Khader had suggested holding one such meeting in Mangaluru whenever the government decides to hold one outside Bengaluru. Mr. Shivakumar had agreed to his suggestion, Mr. Khader said explaining the Cabinet meeting in Mangaluru. The Chief Minister and his cabinet colleagues would plant saplings in the Praja Soudha complex to mark the occasionRegion-specific issuesThough the cabinet would discuss all issues threadbare at its meetings in Bengaluru, region-specific issues could be highlighted and addressed when such meetings were held outside Bengaluru, Mr. Khader said.Without divulging details of the agenda, the Minister said legislators from the three coastal districts — Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Uttara Kannada — had recently met Mr. Shivakumar and put forth their demands. The meeting would focus on these demands and attempt to address the ones that are feasible, he said.Responding to questions on some organisations proposing to hold protests during the cabinet meeting, Mr. Khader said the issues of mobile jammers at the district prison and the government’s arrangement with private medical colleges to provide treatment free of cost at government hospitals, were not new one.The mobile jammer issue has to be sorted out by the state and central governments and perhaps, it could permanently be sorted out when the district prison gets shifted out of the city. Regarding PPP with private medical colleges, Mr. Khader said objections hold no water as people were being provided free and quality treatment at government hospitals. Published - September 17, 2026 03:08 pm IST