Shivamogga: No vehicular movement on Agumbe Ghat road till May 15


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Shivamogga, Apr 30: Deputy commissioner of the district, K A Dayanand, through an order, has extended total ban on movement of vehicles on Agumbe Ghat road till May 15. The road had been closed between March 1 and 31 for road repairs including permanent repair work at places where the hillock has suffered landslides.

During the period of the ban, light vehicles like buses, jeeps, vans, light commercial vehicles, two-wheelers etc have to take Thirthahalli- Koppa -Sringeri-Mala Ghat-Karkala-Udupi road (NH 169). Heavy vehicles like luxury buses, Volvo and private luxury buses, bullet tankers, ship cargo containers and long chassis vehicles have to move via Thirthahalli- Mastikatte-Hosangady-Siddapur and Kundapur route.


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The ban will be in force either till the completion of repair works or till May 15 whichever is earlier. The deputy commissioner has ordered setting up of boards to see that the road works are not hampered during the ban period. For the convenience of students of government school and SVS school at Agumbe, mini buses have been allowed to be run via Thirthahalli-Agumbe-Bidaragodu and Sringeri and ordinary buses via Thirthahalli-Kalmane-Heggodu-Ramakrishnapur-Kammaradi and Sringeri route.

  

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Bangaluru

    Tue, Apr 30 2019

    The road repair work is inevitable.

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  • Sanjay, Hebri

    Tue, Apr 30 2019

    16 tonn passing vehicles are now allowed, with mSand...the total load is around 25 tonn..if these vehicles are going at the edge of every hairpin turn, ghat is bound to collapse. A weigh bridge should be installed and vehicles above 10 tonne should be prevented from using ghat, otherwise this ghat will soon fully collapse.

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  • Augustine Daniel DSouza, Udupi Mumbai STATE OF KUWAIT.

    Tue, Apr 30 2019

    Excellent move to stop vehicles at Agumbe Ghat.
    Good step taken Deputy Commissioner K.A. Dayanand.

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  • Evans C. Sumitra, Udupi/New York, USA.

    Tue, Apr 30 2019

    My hats off to Deputy Commissioner of the district, K A Dayanand for his sensible order the total ban of vehicles on Agumbe Ghat road till May, 15, 2019. Safety is first.

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  • Sanjay, Hebri

    Tue, Apr 30 2019

    DC sitting in AC cabin, can't come to agumbe and see what work they did in 30 days?So many people have been effected, hotels are forced to close. Work is going on in snail pace. They could have easily finished entire work in 20 days, but for their slow work, people are paying.

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  • Cynthia, Kirem

    Tue, Apr 30 2019

    Same like punpwell, thokkottu fly overs

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  • Arun ???, ????????

    Wed, May 01 2019

    The delay is to be blamed for forest department and their restrictions imposed on NHAI

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