Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Oct 20: There was a traffic jam for more than eight hours on Mangaluru-Bengaluru national highway, near Sakleshpur, on Saturday, October 19.
Five trucks and two tankers got stuck in the potholes between Heggadde and Sakleshpur which affected the movement of vehicles for about eight hours from 2 am to 11 am.
Heggadde-Sakleshpur road stretch is in a totally dilapidated condition.
Hundreds of vehicles were seen without any movement on a stretch of 10 kilometers on either side of the highway. Travellers thought that the traffic jam was due to an accident. But, later came to know that it was due to the truck tyres getting stuck in the potholes. Some tyres had even got punctured.
The police rushed to the spot and struggled for more than three hours to clear the traffic. The residents and students in villages between Maranahalli and Donigal could not reach Sakleshpur town due to the traffic jam.
People were seen blaming the National Highway Authority of India for the problem.