Heavy rains: Landslides on road leading to Mullayanagiri
Tourists fear of closing their way back
Chikmagaluru, July 08: The heavy rains that has been lashing Chikmagaluru district for the last couple of days is causing inconveniences to vehicular movement on several roads and normal life of people. The road leading to Mullayanagiri, the hill station in the district, is facing the threat of closure of vehicular movement because of the landslides and falling of boulders on the road on Saturday evening.
The district has been receiving heavy rains for the last three days. Due to heavy rains, landslides happened in four places near the road and boulders and mud fell on the road causing inconvenience to the vehicular movement. As a result, hundreds of tourist vehicles stuck on the road as the road is blocked with boulders.
The only road leading to the tourist place from Chikmagaluru is too narrow. In spite of the boulders and mud on the road, tourists are making their way to reach the peak of the hill station. As the land sliding is still happening along the road due to heavy rains, tourists fear of losing their way back. Normally, during monsoon, the tourist place attracts more tourists from faraway places to enjoy the beauty of the nature. During week-ends, the number of tourists to the place is more. Now, the landslides and boulders may cause inconvenience to the vehicular movement on the road.
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J&K polls: Amit Shah arrives in Jammu ahead of Saturday's hectic campaigning
Jammu (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Jammu on Friday night ahead of the hectic day-long campaigning on Saturday during which he will address five public rallies in three districts of Jammu and Kashmir.
Shah arrived here from Delhi and drove straight to the State Guest house, a senior BJP leader said.
Shah will fly to Poonch early tomorrow morning and address the first of four rallies in Mendhar followed by Surankote in Poonch district, he added.
Shah is scheduled to address rallies in Thanamandi and Rajouri followed by Akhnoor in Jammu.
He is also expected to hold a rally in the Nowshera constituency in support of Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Sunday.
