Landslide on Karnataka's Shiradi ghat, vehicles stranded
Mangaluru (Karnataka), Jul 27: A major landslide occurred on National Highway 75 in the Shiradi Ghat Yattinahalla-Sakaleshpura sector on Saturday, officials said.
As a result, vehicles travelling to Mangaluru and towards Bengaluru on the highway were stranded on each side of the landslide site, they said.
According to officials, personnel of the state highways department, armed with earthmoving equipment, have been engaged in the removal of the mud blocking the road. The roads will be cleared late Saturday evening or by Sunday morning.
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Following the landslide, the district administrations of both Hassan and Dakshina Kannada have advised transport operators and private motorists to be aware of the situation.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
