Dakshina Kannada under lockdown, city deserted
Mangaluru: With a total lockdown enforced in Dakshina Kannada district to check the spread of coronavirus, the city wore a deserted look on Monday with only a few vehicles plying on the roads.
With lockdown enforced from Sunday, many of the hotels are closed shops while selling groceries and vegetables are open. Some hotels have set up take-away counters to serve the needs of customers.
The central market in the city saw lesser number of people and several shops and business houses have curtailed their timings. The state federation of petroleum dealers has informed that retail petrol outlets will be functioning with minimal staff from Monday.
The outlets will open at 6 am and function till 10 pm.
In Udupi district, where a total lockdown has not been clamped, a few buses were operated to Kundapur on Monday with only a handful of passengers as people are mostly staying indoors.
A few buses are also plying on the Karkala-Udupi route. With the total shutdown in DK, buses from Shivamogga, Udupi, Manipal and Kundapur have suspended their services to Mangaluru.
The contract carriage vehicles operating between Mumbai and Mangaluru have also withdrawn their services.
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Snowfall blocks two key roads providing alternative connectivity to Kashmir
Rajouri/Jammu (PTI): Traffic on the Mughal and Sinthan Top roads, which provide alternate connectivity to Kashmir, was temporarily suspended on Sunday due to light to moderate snowfall in the high-altitude areas of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
However, traffic on the 270-kilometre Jammu-Srinagar national highway -- the only all weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country -- was plying as usual despite intermittent rains that ended the over one-and-a-half months long dry spell, they said.
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The Mughal road, which connects the twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri with south Kashmir's Shopian, was closed for traffic as a precautionary measure after more than three inches of snow was recorded at Peer Ki Gali on Sunday afternoon.
A group of three tea vendors are left stranded on the road and efforts are on to evacuate them to safety, officials said.
After they were trapped in the snow, the vendors made passionate appeals through video messages urging the authorities to rescue them. The Border Roads Organisation has taken up snow clearance work and is trying to reach the stranded persons, officials said.
The Sinthan Top road, which connects Kishtwar and Doda districts in Jammu with south Kashmir's Anantnag, was also closed after moderate snowfall in the higher reaches.
Both the mountainous roads usually remain closed for several months due to heavy snowfall during winter.
