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374 Hanamah Muni c ipal i ty.

.1350 Revenue Ks 62,000/-
1351 " 55,000/-
" Expenditure 60,900/-

In spite of a falling off in revenue the Manamah
!?unicipality has carried out some noticeable improvements

in the town during the year.
Inner Sea Road. The new sea road running east and west
along what used to be the foreshore of the tov/n, inside

and parallel to the sea road, is now almost completed at
a total cost up to date of approximately Rs 15,000/-.

This cost does not include the value of ground given in
compensation to owners of property from whom land was taken
in order to make the road. The new road will be very
useful in the future and has effectively opened up the

long strips of private property which extend from the
edge of the town down to the original sea road.

The road is 30 feet wide and a verages about five feet
in height from the surface of the shore, About 4000
cubit feet of stone were used for building the road across
areas which had not been reclaimed from the sea.

Bazaar widening. a road running up to the bazaar

between the Customs House and the Police Station has been
widened and extended and will eventually cut right through
the town to the open ground opposite the Fort, This new

road is wide and well adaoted for motor traffic and
several handsome new shops have been built upon it. This
road has become one of the best localities in the bazaar.

^ number of shops and offices were partly demolished in
order to make the road but whenever possible they were
rebuilt by the Municipality, in cases where this could not