Mud being eliminated following a landslip on the Mangaluru-Madikeri-Mysuru nationwide freeway at Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district of coastal Karnataka, on August 3, 2024.
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The Assistant Commissioner of Puttur sub-division has quickly banned motion of autos on Puttur bypass highway, on the Mangaluru-Madikeri-Mysuru NH 275, between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Assistant Commissioner Jubin Mohapatra stated that visitors will probably be diverted through Puttur city from 8 p.m. to six a.m.
Motion of autos on the bypass has been banned at night time as a precautionary measure as rains haven’t stopped. This order was issued in view of the potential of additional landslips at Bappalige on the bypass highway.
Site visitors on the bypass highway got here to a halt on August 2 following a landslip at Bappalige. Autos have been allowed later after clearing the landslip.
Karnataka has been receiving heavy rains up to now few days, resulting in reservoirs overflowing, floods and landslips in lots of locations. Rivers in Dakshina Kannada district are overflowing following heavy rains.
