With landslides at Shiradi and Sampaje Ghats almost snapping the connectivity between Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts and Bengaluru, particularly through buses, people and passenger associations have urged the Railways to run special trains, augment coaches on and increase frequency of existing trains.
Following intermittent landslips at Donigal in Sakleshpur taluk of Hassan district on Bengaluru-Mangaluru National Highway 75, the Hassan district administration has banned movement of all heavy vehicles via Donigal. It has suggested alternative routes circumventing the affected stretch only for light motor vehicles.
While vehicles up to 16 tonnes were allowed to ply through Sampaje (Sullia-Madikeri, NH 275) and Charmadi (Belthangady-Mudigere, NH 73), since July 17, Kodagu police restricted the movement of multi-axle buses via Sampaje Ghat while Charmadi Ghat could not accommodate multi-axle buses at all. The two Ghats become chock-a-block with other diverted vehicles thereby affecting movement of normal buses too.
