
Road closed
The Hindu
Shivamogga Deputy Commissioner K.B. Shivakumar has issued an order stopping the movement of vehicles on Thirthahalli-Kundapura State Highway 52 as concrete pavement work has been taken up at Balebare
Shivamogga Deputy Commissioner K.B. Shivakumar has issued an order stopping the movement of vehicles on Thirthahalli-Kundapura State Highway 52 as concrete pavement work has been taken up at Balebare Ghat. The road will be closed for vehicles between April 22 and June 5. In a communiqué issued on Wednesday, the Deputy Commissioner said light motor vehicle heading towards Kundapura from Thirthahalli have to take an alternative route via Kanagodu-Nagara-Kollur-Kundapura Road. The heavy vehicles travelling to Kundapura from Shivamogga and Sagar have to take Battemallappa-Sagar-Gerusoppa-Honnavara-Kundapura Road.
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