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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Barber held for beating man to death over 'bidi' in east Delhi
New Delhi (PTI): A 32-year-old barber was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly beating a man to death following an altercation over a 'bidi' in east Delhi's Pandav Nagar area, police said.
A call regarding the incident that occurred near the bus stand road in Shashi Garden was received at 1.24 am, they said.
The victim was identified as Deepak (28), while the accused was Manoj, he added.
According to the police, during an argument, the accused picked up a wooden stick lying nearby and struck the victim repeatedly on the head. Multiple injuries and bruise marks were also found on the victim's forehead.
"Deepak was taken to Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital, but doctors declared him brought dead," an officer said.
An FIR has been registered and further investigation is underway, the officer added.
