Shiradi Ghat not open to heavy vehicles, to allow work completion

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, July 17, 2018: DC Sasikanth Senthil S. on July 16,  Monday issued a notification banning heavy vehicles plying on the Shiradi Ghat stretch of Mangaluru-Bengaluru National Highway from 6 a.m. on Wednesday until further orders.

 

The ban applies to heavy commercial vehicles, two-axle trucks, multi-axle trucks, truck trailers, bullet tankers, ship cargo containers, all types of government and private buses.

However, light motor vehicles such as cars and vans and two-wheelers can use the highway, the notification said.

The ban has been imposed to complete the pending works.