LPG tanker topples in Mangaluru, traffic hit on Shiradi Ghat for 3 hours

The vehicles bound to Bengaluru has been diverted through Mani-Mysuru stretch

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Traffic on Shiradi Ghat on NH 75 was affected for more than three hours after an LPG-laden tanker which was bound for Bengaluru from Mangaluru toppled near the second curve of the Shiradi Ghat on NH 75, on Friday.

The tanker had toppled at 10 am, according to DK SP B M Laxmi Prasad. Owing to the leakage, the traffic was suspended on the stretch at Gundya.

Following the mishap, the traffic was diverted via Sampaje-Madikeri and Belthangady-Charmadi road. However, the movement of vehicles on the stretch was restored at 2 pm.

The second curve of the Shiradi Ghat connects Mangaluru with Bengaluru and comes under the jurisdiction of Sakleshpura police.