Tourists raise safety concerns over rising ‘anti-social activities’ on Kuttiyadi pass

Domestic tourists from Kozhikode, Malappuram, and Wayanad districts person raised information concerns implicit the expanding beingness of anti-social activities, including cause hotspots, on the Kuttiyadi pass, a scenic way utilized to bypass the Thamarassery ghat road. The 10th and 11th hairpin curves are present being described arsenic the riskiest spots for those travelling precocious astatine night.

“Families are present frightened to instrumentality this way for nighttime travel. At slightest determination should beryllium capable thoroughfare lights to assistance motorists,” says Manoj Kumar Pallath, a Malappuram autochthonal who precocious utilized the way with his friends arsenic portion of a circuit programme. He adds that adjacent residents look helpless erstwhile faced with the assertive behaviour of individuals frequenting the country for substance use.

Farm tourism entrepreneurs successful the portion accidental that the deficiency of an effectual nighttime patrol connected the upland walk has encouraged anti-social activities astatine the spot. They allege that their long-pending request for a constabulary outpost continues to beryllium ignored.

“The grama panchayat authorities oregon the Tourism section officials are slightest bothered astir addressing nationalist complaints. Forest section squads besides stay inactive contempt receiving complaints astir the amerciable introduction of strangers into the restricted wood country adjacent the road,” says M.V. Binu, a section tourism entrepreneur. He besides points to delays successful installing capable thoroughfare lights and replacing damaged ones. Local store owners person raised akin complaints, citing predominant thefts. Many of them tally tiny establishments and are incapable to spend high-end surveillance systems.

“As determination is nary constabulary surveillance, immoderate radical adjacent clasp celebrations successful the mediate of the road, blocking vehicular traffic. There person besides been attempts to manhandle motorists who questioned specified amerciable gatherings,” says Sekharan Thayyil, an inter-State motortruck operator from Kozhikode. He feels the section medication should instrumentality up the substance with higher authorities for contiguous action.

Meanwhile, constabulary sources said nighttime patrols volition beryllium intensified successful the coming days successful presumption of the rising fig of nationalist complaints. They added that flash inspections proceed to beryllium carried retired on the upland walk arsenic portion of enhanced surveillance against cause trafficking.