No heavy vehicles on Shiradi Ghat road from July 18
Mangaluru, July 17: As the construction of guard wall and shoulder along the concretised Shiradi Ghat road was underway, the movement of heavy vehicles on this stretch was banned from July 18 at 6 am till the work is over.
Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil has issued an order restricting the movement of the heavy vehicles on the road till the work is over. The Shiradi Ghat road was inaugurated on last Sunday for traffic movement after five months. The heavy vehicles were diverted to other routes. Light vehicles like car, jeep, van, mini vans and two-wheelers could ply on the road. The movement of common bus, Rajahamsa, Airavata, private luxury buses, bullet tankers, ship cargo, containers and long chassis vehicles were restricted on the road, according to the order.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
