<p class="title">The inter-state highway connecting Karnataka and Kerala at Vatekolli on Perumbadi-Makutta road caved in on Monday owing to incessant rains in Kodagu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The movement of vehicles on Perumbadi checkpost-Makutta check post road has been banned. The vehicles from Kodagu bound to Kerala are travelling on an alternative route - Gonikoppa-Ponnampet-Kutta.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kodagu Deputy Commissioner Annies Kanmani Joy said that the an embankment of sacs filled with manufactured sand would be put up on the road to facilitate movement of vehicles.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Makutta state highway had caved in during heavy rain last year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lakhs of rupees were spent to repair the road and to construct a protective wall. But, the repaired road too, is damaged due to incessant rain from the last two days, the local residents said and blamed poor quality work for the damage.</p>
<p class="title">The inter-state highway connecting Karnataka and Kerala at Vatekolli on Perumbadi-Makutta road caved in on Monday owing to incessant rains in Kodagu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The movement of vehicles on Perumbadi checkpost-Makutta check post road has been banned. The vehicles from Kodagu bound to Kerala are travelling on an alternative route - Gonikoppa-Ponnampet-Kutta.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kodagu Deputy Commissioner Annies Kanmani Joy said that the an embankment of sacs filled with manufactured sand would be put up on the road to facilitate movement of vehicles.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Makutta state highway had caved in during heavy rain last year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lakhs of rupees were spent to repair the road and to construct a protective wall. But, the repaired road too, is damaged due to incessant rain from the last two days, the local residents said and blamed poor quality work for the damage.</p>
