Mangalore : An LPG tanker overturned near Maranahalli in Shiradi Ghat in Sakaleshpur taluk, killing one person and leaking highly inflammable gas. Vehicular movement on the Bangalore-Mangalore highway was stalled for the whole of Sunday to avoid fires in the area. The stretch is expected to be closed for vehicles even on Monday, as the […]
Mangalore: Speeking at a crowded meeting full of MLAs, ministers and Govt. officers on Monday Dec.30, union labor and surface transport minister Oskar Fernandez of Udupi stated that an amount of Rs. 100 crores ( Rs.5 crores in the first stage and Rs.95 crores ion the second) had been sanctioned to take up urgent repairs […]
Mangalore : State Forest, Environment and D.K in-charge Minister B. Ramanath Rai speeking in a press meet on Saturday in his new office revealed that Rs.4 crores were granted by Central govt. to the state for urgent temporary repairs of the Shiradi Ghat National highway which was in a pathetic condition for the traffic to […]
Bangalore: Traffic on the Shiradi Ghat stretch of road was disrupted for hours together on the night of September 11, Tuesday after a tree fell on the road blocking traffic. According to latest reports the blocks are being cleared and traffic on the route is returning to normalcy. Almost most of the buses proceeding towards […]
Mangalore: Heavy rains that lashed the Shiradi Ghat area on Friday night made travel on the route absolutely nightmarish. With land slides reported from as many as ten places traffic came to a grinding halt on the Mangalore-Bangalore National Highway for several hours. Several trees have also been uprooted. Even the Kannur –Yeshwanthpur train service […]
Mangalore: Vehicular traffic on the Uppinangady-Kadaba-Subrahamanya Road was disrupted on Friday, July 28 after the Hosamutt Bridge submerged following rise in water level in Gundya River. Water in the bridge rose to six feet and police have been deployed to prevent entry of vehicles into the bridge. The overflowing Gundya river has led to inflow […]
Puttur: Heavy winds that led to uprooting of several trees on the Shiradi Ghat stretch of road between Mangalore and Bangalore, resulted in disruption of traffic for nearly eight bours in the wee hours of Sunday. The trees got uprooted at least in five places between Udane and Shirady. There was a serpentine queue of […]
Mangalore : The government has plans to build a tunnel across the 38 km Shiradi Ghat stretch of road in order to reduce the travel distance between Mangalore and Bangalore. Informing this at Bangalore, State Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani said such a tunnel would also benefit the Mangalore port to a great extent apart from […]