<p class="title">National Highway 275 connecting Madikeri with Mangaluru has developed a crack owing to heavy rain at Katakeri on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A small crack was found on the road near Katakeri village recently. On Thursday, the soil caved in, increasing the gap.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The road was severed during heavy rains last year and sandbags were placed as a temporary measure to check further caving in of the road. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Currently, light vehicles are plying on the road. The deputy commissioner had issued an order in June, imposing a ban on the movement of goods transport vehicles on the road till August 8.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, public transportation, school and college buses, milk container vehicles, fuel tankers and LPG transportation vehicles are exempted from the ban.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But if the situation turns worse, there are possibilities of banning the movement of heavy vehicles altogether.</p>.<p class="bodytext">MLA Appachu Ranjan, MLA K G Bopaiah, Zilla Panchayat President B A Harish, Deputy Commissioner Annies Kanmani Joy and other officials visited the site on Friday morning.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Barricades have been placed near Katekeri junction and vehicular movement has been facilitated on one side of the road.</p>.<p class="bodytext">MLA Appachu Ranjan has directed the engineers concerned to ensure the safety of the road.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also alleged that unscientific work is responsible for the caving in of the road.</p>.<p class="bodytext">If the highway caves in, people will face problems to reach Mangaluru. Mysuru-Kushalnagar-Somwarpet-Sakaleshpur route or Mysuru-Hunasur-Gonikoppa-Virajpet-Kerala-Sullia route or Bengaluru-Hassan-Shiradi route cannot be used to reach Mangaluru if a cave-in occurs.</p>
<p class="title">National Highway 275 connecting Madikeri with Mangaluru has developed a crack owing to heavy rain at Katakeri on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A small crack was found on the road near Katakeri village recently. On Thursday, the soil caved in, increasing the gap.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The road was severed during heavy rains last year and sandbags were placed as a temporary measure to check further caving in of the road. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Currently, light vehicles are plying on the road. The deputy commissioner had issued an order in June, imposing a ban on the movement of goods transport vehicles on the road till August 8.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, public transportation, school and college buses, milk container vehicles, fuel tankers and LPG transportation vehicles are exempted from the ban.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But if the situation turns worse, there are possibilities of banning the movement of heavy vehicles altogether.</p>.<p class="bodytext">MLA Appachu Ranjan, MLA K G Bopaiah, Zilla Panchayat President B A Harish, Deputy Commissioner Annies Kanmani Joy and other officials visited the site on Friday morning.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Barricades have been placed near Katekeri junction and vehicular movement has been facilitated on one side of the road.</p>.<p class="bodytext">MLA Appachu Ranjan has directed the engineers concerned to ensure the safety of the road.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also alleged that unscientific work is responsible for the caving in of the road.</p>.<p class="bodytext">If the highway caves in, people will face problems to reach Mangaluru. Mysuru-Kushalnagar-Somwarpet-Sakaleshpur route or Mysuru-Hunasur-Gonikoppa-Virajpet-Kerala-Sullia route or Bengaluru-Hassan-Shiradi route cannot be used to reach Mangaluru if a cave-in occurs.</p>
