25 accidents reported on Bikarnakatte -Sanoor stretch of NH 169 this year

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A presumption    of 35-km agelong  long  betwixt  Bikarnakatte successful  Mangaluru and Sanur (Karkala) successful  Udupi territory  of NH-169 which has witnessed 25 accidents truthful  acold   this year.

A presumption of 35-km agelong long betwixt Bikarnakatte successful Mangaluru and Sanur (Karkala) successful Udupi territory of NH-169 which has witnessed 25 accidents truthful acold this year. | Photo Credit: H. S. Manjunath

In airy of 25 accidents, including 11 fatal ones, reported connected the Bikarnakatte (Mangaluru) -Sanur (Karkala) agelong of NH-169 truthful acold till May 21 during this year, the Mangaluru City constabulary person suggested to NHAI measures for reducing accidents connected the agelong wherever road widening task is on.

The suggestions were made aft Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime and Traffic) K. Ravi Shankar drove connected Wednesday done the 35-km agelong long from Kudupu Katte successful Mangaluru to Barady Cross, adjacent Karkala successful Udupi district, to inspect the places, much truthful the ones wherever much than 2 accidents were reported. Among the officials who accompanied him included NHAI Mangaluru bureau task manager Abdulla Javed Azmi and PWD enforcement technologist Raghavendra Nayak.

Mr. Shankar told The Hindu connected Thursday that helium has suggested closure of medians astatine immoderate places. He besides asked NHAI to velocity up the enactment and implicit work roads astatine immoderate stretches, which volition forestall motorists successful the country from entering the National Highway. He has besides suggested rumble strips, installation of thoroughfare lights and different postulation information measures. “The NHAI officials person assured of incorporating the suggestions wrong a month,” Mr. Shankar said.

Published - May 21, 2026 09:01 p.m. IST

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