Shiradi ghat road opened for vehicular movement
Uppinangadi, July 15: The Shiradi Ghat road of Mangaluru-Bengaluru national highway which was closed for almost five months for its repair, is open for vehicular movement from today.
In the second stage, total 12.38 km long road from Kempuhole to Addahole was developed as a concrete road for 8.50 mts width and MP Nalin Kumar Kateel inaugurated the road at Dundya on Sunday.
Ministers HD Revanna and UT Khader, MLAs Sanjeeva Matandoor, Harish Poonja, Rajesh Naik, HK Kumaraswamy, Dakshina Kannada zilla panchayat president Meenakshi Shantigodu, former minister B Ramanath Rai and others were present.
The road was developed at a cost of Rs 74 crore. In order to develop the road, the traffic movement was banned on this road since January. As the road is inaugurated today, the motorists would enjoy the driving on the road.
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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
