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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Death toll from Israeli strikes in northeast Lebanon rises from 8 to 24, Lebanese news agency says
Deir al-Balah, Nov 1: Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 24 people in northeastern Lebanon, the country's news agency said, raising the death toll from eight there.
It was the latest deadly toll in the area since the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated last month.
Israel's military has said that its operation in Lebanon is targeting Hezbollah's military infrastructure.
Lebanon's state National news Agency reported four airstrikes in different villages across country's northeast, saying rescuers were still searching for survivors in Younine, a town in the Bekaa Valley, from the rubble of a targeted house.
Hussein Haj Hassan, a Lebanese lawmaker representing the region in Baalbek-Hermel region, said that 60,000 people have already fled their homes in the area due to Israeli bombardment.
