M’luru – B’luru highway: Traffic jam for over 8 hours

Team Udayavani, Oct 20, 2019, 8:35 AM IST

Mangaluru: Traffic on the Mangaluru-Bengaluru national highway near Sakleshpur came to a standstill for over eight hours on Saturday, October 19.

Reportedly, five trucks and two tankers got stuck in the potholes between Heggadde and Sakleshpur which affected the movement of vehicles for about eight hours from 2 am to 11 am.

It is worth noting that the stretch especially between Heggadde-Sakleshpur is worse beyond worst.

Hundreds of vehicles stood idle on a stretch of 10 kilometers on either side of the highway. Initially, the travelers presumed the block was due to an accident, but soon they came to know that it was due to the truck tires getting stuck in the potholes. Apparently, some tyres had even got punctured.

Although the cops rushed to the location, they themselves struggled for three hours to clear the traffic. The residents and students in villages between Maranahalli and Donigal could not reach Sakleshpur town due to the traffic jam.

People were seen blaming the National Highway Authority of India for their purposeful lack of concern to maintain roads and hence the problem.