Chikmagaluru: Traffic movement suspended on SK Border-Nemmar road
Mangaluru, June 14: As the Tunga river is overflowing on the SK Border and Nemmar road which connects Mangaluru and Chikmagaluru, the traffic movement on the road was suspended on Thursday.
More than 50 vehicles including buses were stuck on the road due to overflowing of water on the road on Thursday afternoon. A private bus heading towards Mangaluru from Davangere also stuck on the road.
When information was sought in media and police WhatsApp group, Chikmagaluru SP Annamalai confirmed that the bus stuck in between SK Border and Nemmar and informed that all passengers were safe. Moreover, the SP also made food arrangement for the passengers through local police and tahsildar.
Meanwhile, the traffic movement on Sringeri road 169 was also disrupted near Muruvinakombe due to landslide. Tunga river water reached steps of the Sringeri temple. But as of now, the situation is under control, said SP Annamalai.
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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.
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