Traffic on Goa-Karnataka highway hit as Kali river bridge collapses
Panaji (PTI): A bridge on the Kali river collapsed in the wee hours of Wednesday, resulting in heavy traffic on national highway no. 66 connecting Goa to Karnataka, officials said.
A truck crossing the bridge at the time fell into the water. Local fishermen later rescued its driver, a police official from Karwar in neighbouring Karnataka told PTI.
An old bridge on the Kali river at Sadashivgad in Karnataka collapsed at around 1 am, he said.
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The bridge was used for Goa-bound traffic after the construction of a new one a decade back, the official said.
Traffic on the new bridge was stopped for some time in the wee hours of Wednesday following the incident. Later, vehicles, except heavy ones, were allowed to pass through, the Karwar police said.
Traffic movement on the new bridge was restricted as the Karnataka authorities were checking its stability after the collapse of the old bridge, Goa's Canacona police station in-charge Harish Raut Desai said.
The Goa police were coordinating with their counterparts in Karwar to monitor the situation on the highway, he said.
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Lokayukta Police in Koppal arrest two constables for demanding bribe to help get bail
Koppal: Two constables of the Civil Rights Enforcement Directorate Police Station here were held by the Lokayukta officials while taking a bribe, allegedly to help a man connected with a caste abuse case get bail.
The arrested constables are identified as Maruthi Byali and Chandalinga, who are said to have demanded Rs 60,000 to ensure that the accused in the caste abuse case, Mehboob Pasha, is granted bail. Pasha reportedly approached the Lokayukta, who registered a case and, after probing the matter, arrested the constable duo while they were accepting the bribe from Pasha.
The arrested constables are learned to have preferred digital payment rather than taking hard cash. While Chandalinga asked Pasha to transfer Rs 15,000 to a third party’s account, Byali asked for Rs 3,000 to be credited to a ‘paan’ shop owner’s account.
Lokayukta Deputy Superintendent of Police Lokesh reportedly led the operation; inspectors Sunil, Chandrappa and Shaila Pyatishettar and constables raided the police station and held the accused duo.
Further investigation is underway.
