Shiradi Ghat road open for all vehicles from August 2
Mangaluru, August 01: As the concretization and repair work of Shiradi Ghat road was almost completed, the district administration has withdrawn the restriction imposed on heavy vehicles on the road. Now, the road is open for all vehicles from August 2, according to an order issued by Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil.
The incomplete retention wall work and laying mud on either side of the road was completed. So, the national highway would be open for the movement of all kinds of heavy vehicles from Thursday.
The concretization of 12.3 km road on Mangaluru-Bengaluru national highway 75 was completed at a cost of Rs 74 crore and it was inaugurated on July 15. Later, the heavy vehicles were restricted on the road paving way for only light vehicles.
The first phase work of 13 km road from Marnahalli to Kempuholey was completed in 2015. Along with this, total length of 26 km road in Shiradi Ghat was completed and inaugurated on July 15. The road was concretised keeping in mind the next 30 years durability using German technology.
With the laying of 45 cm height DLC concrete, the total height of the concrete was 60 cm. The Shiradi Ghat has total 65 curves and new bridges were constructed at three places. The company which got the contract of the road should maintain the road for four years, said NHA officials.
The retention wall on one side from Kempuholey to Addaholey was completed and the work of another side was under progress. Filling the soil on roadside was also completed on one side and another side, the work was under progress and it would be completed soon. In the places where the landsliding incidents happened, it was not possible to complete the work till the water level in the stream is receded. Now, aluminum sheets were fixed as a temporary safety measure, said Ocean Construction Company director Sharfuddin.
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Maharashtra Congress chief Patole meets Kharge, dismisses resignation talk as 'rumours'
New Delhi, Nov 25: Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Monday dismissed as "rumours" talk of his resignation following the assembly polls debacle and stressed on "collective accountability" for the defeat.
Patole made the remarks after meeting Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge during which he conveyed that the result had not reflected the sentiments of the people of Maharashtra.
"Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other national and state leaders were leading Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) from the forefront during the assembly polls. So, we were sure that the trends were in favour of Maha Vikas Aghadi, even the citizens believed that," the Maharashtra Congress chief said.
"If I talk about Nanded, the Lok Sabha bypolls and assembly elections were held on the same day. In Lok Sabha bypolls, our candidate was winning in six assembly seats, whereas, in the assembly elections, we are not winning even a single seat," he said, adding that there cannot be such a "huge difference".
This is the sentiment among the people also and they have stated that this government in Maharashtra was not being formed on their votes, he claimed.
"So, I spoke to Mallikarjun Kharge on this," he added.
Asked whether he had offered to resign or the party had asked for his resignation after the Maharashtra assembly polls defeat, Patole said, "These are all rumours and there is no truth in them. There is collective accountability."
Patole also said he will meet Rahul Gandhi in a day or two and discuss all issues.
"Democracy is being finished. We have discussed that... there was no talk of resignation," he said.
The MVA alliance, comprising the Congress, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) and Shiv Sena (UBT), was restrained to 46 seats by the Mahayuti that reaped a rich harvest of 230 seats in the 288-member House.
