Landsliding on Kudremukh-Mangaluru highway: Vehicular movement affected
Chikmagaluru, August 19: Following heavy rains in Mudigere taluk limits, landslides occurred in four places on Kudremukh- Mangaluru national highway leaving the road completely covered in the mud on Sunday. As a result, the vehicular movement was suspended from morning to evening on the road.
Kalasa, Kudremukh, Samse, Jambale and surrounding places in Mudigere taluk have been receiving heavy rains since Saturday night. This has led to landslide on the road.
As the vehicular movement was suspended on the road, the vehicles plying to Mangaluru and Dharmasthala from Chikmagalur, Sringeri, Horanadu, Kalasa and Kudremukh were queued up on either side of the road since morning. Since the vehicles were queued up on the road, the vehicles were unable to move either backward or forward. As the Deputy Commissioner has banned the vehicular movement on Charmadi ghat road on Saturday, the vehicles leaving for Mangaluru have opted Kottigehara and Kudremukh road which caused heavy traffic.
Kudremukh division forest department, police and fire brigade personnel and public have been working on removing the mud covered the road. But they could not carry out the work due to heavy rains. Mudigere MLA MP Kumaraswamy visited the place where mud was removing. By evening, the road was cleared and police took maximum care to clear the traffic without any hassle by evening.
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Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri to visit US
New Delhi (PTI): Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will undertake a three-day visit to Washington DC beginning Wednesday to review the full spectrum of India-US ties.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Misri's April 8-10 trip will provide an opportunity to advance ongoing bilateral cooperation across key areas.
"The visit will provide an opportunity to review the full spectrum of India-US bilateral relations and advance ongoing cooperation across key areas," it said in a statement.
The MEA said the foreign secretary will hold discussions with senior officials of the US administration on a wide range of issues, including trade, defence, science and technology, as well as regional and global developments of mutual interest.
"The visit follows the External Affairs Minister's visit to Washington DC in February and is in keeping with the regular high-level exchanges between the two sides," it added.
