mangalore the number of city corporations in karnataka is set to increase taking note of rapid urbanization the urban development department is mulling to upgrade urban local bodies to next higher level based on 2011 census data while the state cabinet recently approved city municipal councils of shimoga tumkur and bijapur into city corporations ramanagar and mandya could follow suit vinay kumar sorake urban development minister said on saturday inaugurating the twoday realty expo 2013 function organized by the mangalore chapter of confederation of real estate developers association of india here the minister said ramanagar could be upgraded into a city corporation with channapatna and bidadi brought under its limits likewise mandya could become a city corporation with areas from mandya srirangapatana and maddur brought under its boundaries sorake said upgrading cmcs noting that the process for upgrading these city municipal councils is under way sorake said in case where there is an elected body in place the government has requested the councils to send a proposal to this effect to the government in case an administrator is heading the civic body it is their duty to forward the resolution he said adding that there is no escaping the fact that urbanization is here to stay and plans have to be made to usher it in smoothly plans are also afoot to conceive greater mangalore city corporation by bringing areas under mulki town panchayat and ullal city municipal council under it he said with project estimates indicating that the urban population is expected to go up by 50 in the next decade it is imperative that there is due focus on providing greater urban infrastructure such as roads drinking water and underground drainage to the population expected to reside here on the problems posed by form 9 and 11 with regard to registration and transfer of land in villages sorake said an amendment to keep urban pockets outside its purview will be placed before the state cabinet for approval soon we are planning various exemptions to provide relief to the common people who are facing difficulties on this count he said earlier b ramanath rai district in charge minister inaugurated the exhibition