JOIN USKerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan seeks PM's intervention over Karnataka blocking roads to Kerala
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's urgent intervention against Karnataka blocking roads to Kerala and thereby disrupting the supply of essential commodities to Kerala.
A much aggrieved Kerala Chief Minister also said that even as he tried to contact his Karnataka counterpart B S Yediyurappa several times on Saturday, the latter was not available yet and the issue was not resolved till evening.
Mr. Vijayan said the issue was also brought to notice of Union Minister Sadananda Gowda and he assured to resolve it by evening. Even as Karnataka Chief Secretary assured his Kerala counterpart on Friday that soil heaps made on roads to Kerala would be removed soon, there was not much relief to Saturday evening,
He also strongly flayed the reports that some local political leaders in Karnataka stated that they would launch a protest if the roads connecting both the states were opened.
Though there was an issue with Tamilnadu also with regard to vehicle movement, the Tamilnadu authorities assured that vehicles transporting essential commodities would be allowed after ensuring that the vehicles were disinfected, said the Kerala CM.
Kerala government sources said that many trucks with essential commodities were stranded on the borders unable to enter Kerala owing to the roadblocks.
Kerala Chief Minister sent a letter to the Prime Minister on Friday evening pointing out that the Thalassery - Coorg state highway-30 that connects Kerala with Coorg via Veerajapettah was blocked owing to the action of the Karnataka police. Hence vehicles carrying essential commodities will have to travel a much longer route to reach Kerala.
The Kerala CM pointed out that such a situation would affect the movement of essential commodities and would cause more hardships to the people of Kerala at this time of crisis. Hence the Prime Minister's urgent intervention in the matter was sought.
The Kerala Chief Minister also suggested to Mr. Sadananda Gowda that patients for emergency purposes like dialysis should be allowed to go form Kasargod to Mangaluru by special ambulance.