SHIRADI GHAT: PWD minister HD Revanna inaugurated the 12.4km concrete road stretch from Addaholey to Kempuholey at the Dakshina Kannada district border and declared it open for traffic on Sunday afternoon but added a caveat: don’t transcend 50kmph “for the time being”. The road is a an important hyperlink, connecting the coast with the hinterland.
Revanna directed DK district deputy commissioner Sasikanth Senthil S and district SP BR Ravikanthegowda to test the feasibility of the road to be used of vehicles before Monday morning and arrive at a conclusion whether it could be deemed are compatible to be used by way of vehicles – particularly heavy-duty ones. “The maximum being concerned level is that the concretised road seems to be so inviting that enthusiastic drivers, blind to the stipulations, can lead to the gorge,” an legitimate mentioned. This, coupled with the heavy downpour, has further rendered travelling at the road a risky affair.
Revanna admitted as a lot, saying, “the pending works may take 15 days to a month. I beg travellers not to drive beyond 50kmph for the time being.” Addressing the gang at Kempuholey, he mentioned the four-lane challenge from Gundya to BC Road could be completed in a few years. Revanna mentioned there was once huge pressure at the executive to open the Shiradi Ghat for vehicles. The 3 other connecting hyperlinks to Bengaluru – by means of Charmady, Sampaje and Agumbe ghats – have already been giving vacationers nightmares because of heavy vehicular traffic and landslides.
The newly inaugurated concrete road is unfinished on the shoulders and the parts are filled with sponge-soft gravel, dotting no less than two-thirds of the stretch. Added to that, the absence of signboards could be risky for travellers, particularly at nights.
Long-pending tunnel road could quickly be a fact
An extended-pending proposal for a tunnel road at the Shiradi Ghat could quickly be a fact.
The 22km tunnel challenge from Maranahalli to Gundya, first mooted in 2007 all over minister H D Revanna’s previous stint because the PWD minister, is more likely to take form now at a price of Rs 12,000 crore.
After inaugurating the newly built rigid pavement construction at Kempuhole on Sunday, Revanna mentioned the challenge will be realised through Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and that a detailed challenge record had been readied.
Seeking lend a hand of the central executive, Revanna recommended MP Nalin Kumar Kateel to push for the challenge with minister of road shipping and highways Nitin Gadkari and assured all imaginable toughen from the state executive to make the challenge a fact.
Recalling his previous stint, Revanna mentioned he drew inspiration for the challenge from China. “In 2007, I had observed a tunnel challenge for an eight-lane stretching 40km. I used to be so enamoured by way of it that I tried enforcing it right here as soon as I used to be again. However, the challenge fell in doldrums because of a few technical system faults. We are running towards enforcing it now,” he mentioned.
Revanna directed DK district deputy commissioner Sasikanth Senthil S and district SP BR Ravikanthegowda to test the feasibility of the road to be used of vehicles before Monday morning and arrive at a conclusion whether it could be deemed are compatible to be used by way of vehicles – particularly heavy-duty ones. “The maximum being concerned level is that the concretised road seems to be so inviting that enthusiastic drivers, blind to the stipulations, can lead to the gorge,” an legitimate mentioned. This, coupled with the heavy downpour, has further rendered travelling at the road a risky affair.
Revanna admitted as a lot, saying, “the pending works may take 15 days to a month. I beg travellers not to drive beyond 50kmph for the time being.” Addressing the gang at Kempuholey, he mentioned the four-lane challenge from Gundya to BC Road could be completed in a few years. Revanna mentioned there was once huge pressure at the executive to open the Shiradi Ghat for vehicles. The 3 other connecting hyperlinks to Bengaluru – by means of Charmady, Sampaje and Agumbe ghats – have already been giving vacationers nightmares because of heavy vehicular traffic and landslides.
The newly inaugurated concrete road is unfinished on the shoulders and the parts are filled with sponge-soft gravel, dotting no less than two-thirds of the stretch. Added to that, the absence of signboards could be risky for travellers, particularly at nights.
Long-pending tunnel road could quickly be a fact
An extended-pending proposal for a tunnel road at the Shiradi Ghat could quickly be a fact.
The 22km tunnel challenge from Maranahalli to Gundya, first mooted in 2007 all over minister H D Revanna’s previous stint because the PWD minister, is more likely to take form now at a price of Rs 12,000 crore.
After inaugurating the newly built rigid pavement construction at Kempuhole on Sunday, Revanna mentioned the challenge will be realised through Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and that a detailed challenge record had been readied.
Seeking lend a hand of the central executive, Revanna recommended MP Nalin Kumar Kateel to push for the challenge with minister of road shipping and highways Nitin Gadkari and assured all imaginable toughen from the state executive to make the challenge a fact.
Recalling his previous stint, Revanna mentioned he drew inspiration for the challenge from China. “In 2007, I had observed a tunnel challenge for an eight-lane stretching 40km. I used to be so enamoured by way of it that I tried enforcing it right here as soon as I used to be again. However, the challenge fell in doldrums because of a few technical system faults. We are running towards enforcing it now,” he mentioned.
Minister opens Shiradi Ghat, advises caution
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