Landslide disrupts traffic on Mangaluru-Bengaluru highway
Mangaluru (PTI): A major landslide at Mannagudda in Kadaba taluk late on Sunday night has severely disrupted traffic on National Highway 75, officials said.
Following the incident, the police have diverted traffic through several roads connecting to the highway, bypassing the portion affected by the mudslide.
The NH earthmoving equipment has been deployed to clear the highway, said the authorities.
According to police, all heavy-tonnage vehicles have been diverted via available state highways, and smaller vehicles through major district roads. This arrangement has minimised the time taken by the travellers between Bengaluru and Mangaluru, taking the inner roads.
However, very heavy tonnage vehicles have been detained at the mudslide area, and they will be allowed only after the clearance of mud on the NH, they added.
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Two girls injured in separate wolf attacks in UP's Bahraich
Bahraich (UP) (PTI): Two minor girls were injured in separate incidents of wolf attacks in the Bahraich district, forest department officials said on Saturday.
In the first incident on Friday, Anushka Nishad (5), daughter of Baliram from Mallahanpurwa village, was sleeping alone inside her house when a wolf entered and tried to carry her away, they said.
Hearing her screams, family members and villagers rushed to the spot. The wolf left the child, hearing the commotion, and ran towards the fields. The girl sustained minor injuries from the animal's teeth, the officials said.
Divisional Forest Officer Ram Singh Yadav described the attack as deliberate and cleverly planned, as it occurred precisely when Anushka's mother went out for a few moments.
On the same day, Nancy (4), daughter of Kamlesh Yadav, was playing outside her house in Baburi Tola village when a wolf suddenly attacked and dragged her away.
Villagers raised an alarm, and the wolf released the child and ran towards the sugarcane fields. The injured child was sent to the Kaiserganj Community Health Centre for treatment.
Divisional Forest Officer Ram Singh Yadav told reporters that both attacks involved wolves, adding that the entire area is plagued by the animal's activity.
Since September 9, such attacks in the Bahraich district have claimed 10 lives, including eight children and an elderly couple, and injured dozens of people, the officials said.
District Magistrate Akshay Tripathi met the families of the victims on Friday and consoled them.
