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Hundreds of roadworthy users who had been upset with the battered roadworthy information astatine the hairpin curves of Agumbe Ghat tin heave a suspiration of alleviation arsenic the National Highways Division of the Karnataka Public Works Department volition soon undertake restoration of the affected stretches.
“Annual attraction works person already started from Hebri towards Agumbe portion affected stretches of Malpe-Tirthahalli NH 169A till astir Someshwara person been fixed,” a elder NH-PWD technologist told The Hindu connected Saturday (January 3, 2026). Battered stretches connected Agumbe Ghat would beryllium fixed successful astir a week, helium added.
Agumbe Ghat has been a important nexus betwixt Udupi and Shivamogga/ Chikkamagaluru districts. Over the years, vehicular traffic, peculiarly the fig of backstage cars person accrued manifolds with tourists visiting earthy and spiritual attractions successful these districts, including Sringeri, Horanadu etc.
Stretches worn out
Bitumen aboveground had worn retired astatine bulk of the 14 hairpin curves on the astir 10 km Ghat stretch, adjacent arsenic potholes and craters were formed during the prolonged Monsoon successful 2025. Besides making navigation hard for drivers, the battered stretches had besides been causing postulation pileups due to the fact that of the dilatory question of vehicles.
The technologist said that though tenders were called soon aft the Monsoon, the aforesaid were rejected connected method grounds. It took clip to finalise caller tenders and commence the yearly attraction works. The chosen contractor, too fixing damaged stretches, would besides support the road for 1 year, helium added.
Convex mirrors
The precocious installed convex mirrors astatine each the hairpin bends look to person helped drivers to guarantee creaseless dialog of curves, the technologist said. Those driving down from Agumbe were capable to instrumentality anterior caution aft watching approaching vehicles from Someshwara and springiness them way, helium said.
Convex mirrors, to immoderate extent, were capable to code the unsighted curves astatine the hairpin bends, the technologist added.
