Monsoons - Road Condition Update

[hvkumar]

Please see the following messages:

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/934995-post52.html (Goa route queries.)
Bombay-Goa NH17 is badly affected by rains, may be closed in some sections

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/934755-post51.html (Goa route queries.)
Goa-Karwar NH17 is also badly affected, closed

A friend who returned by rain from Goa yesterday reported heavy rains all over. Local TV reports heav flooding in many of the towns in coastal Maharashtra.

Any updates welcome

[hvkumar]

NH48: Bangalore-Mangalore

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/935058-post2.html (The art of travelling between Bangalore - Mangalore/Udupi)
Link reports that Shirady Ghat between Sakleshpur and B C Road (Bangalore-Managlore road) is badly damaged by rains.

[hvkumar]

Mumbai-Pune Expressway

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/935451-post5.html (Mumbai Pune Expressway Condition)

Heavy rains caused landslides in tthe Mumbai-Pune expressway. Although there were widespread rumours that it was closed, traffic is moving. The above link assures you that road is clear now, but exercise caution and do some homework before driving on this road since it continues to rain all over the Bombay region.

[jagan0677]

Originally Posted by hvkumar

Please see the following messages:

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/934995-post52.html (Goa route queries.)
Bombay-Goa NH17 is badly affected by rains, may be closed in some sections

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/934755-post51.html (Goa route queries.)
Goa-Karwar NH17 is also badly affected, closed

A friend who returned by rain from Goa yesterday reported heavy rains all over. Local TV reports heav flooding in many of the towns in coastal Maharashtra.

Any updates welcome

There was some news about the Karwar approach to Goa being closed down after the rains, in today's HINDU.

[hvkumar]

Andhra Floods

Some reports in rediff.com:

Guntur is among the ten districts, which have been affected by the heavy rains and floods over the last three days

The situation was equally bad in the Ranga Reddy district neighbouring Hyderabad.

Half of Khammam city was under water. Water had also entered the Eluru town of West Godavari district.

Warangal was also in the spate of massive floods as the rivulets and tanks were overflowing.

Road traffic had come to a standstill in the districts of Guntur, Krishna, West Godavari.

An specific updates on NH9, NH5?

[hvkumar]

Kodagu Region

Reported in Deccan Herald:
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/...8081083859.asp

Kodagu-Kerala road dilapidated
Virajpet, DHNS:

The Perumbadri-Makutta road State Highway in the border area of Kodagu-Kerala is completely spoilt. The heavy rains that has been lashing over the district has further deteriorated the state of the road, making movement of heavy vehicles difficult.


Due to this, the Kerala State Road Transportation Corporation buses have been stopped and hence the passengers travelling from Kodagu to Kerala and vice-versa are facing problems.

Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation has been given inter-state license for over 15 buses but due to the bad condition of the roads, only 4 buses have been plying here. Now Kerala State Road Transport Corporation is planning to stop even these four buses.


The private buses plying from Kannur, Talachery to Kodagu and from Kodlipete, Virajpet to Kerala have been temporarily halted. Many more private bus owners are planning to hand over the inter-state license temporarily as they have to pay the license amount unnecessarily till the roads are repaired.

[hvkumar]

Andhra Floods

Reported in Deccan Chronicle/ Hindu:

Rail and road connectivity was cut off between Vijayawada and Hyderabad. Trains and buses were diverted via Guntur. The Munneru inundated the Vijayawada-Hyderabad highway at Keesara, forcing traffic diversion through Guntur.

698 km of roads damaged and water overflowed on roads at 161 places

[hvkumar]

Andhra Floods

The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Eluru News : Flood hits traffic movement

Reported in The Hindu newspaper:

ELURU: Flood hit the traffic movement hard in several parts of West Godavari district on Sunday. The APSRTC suspended its services on the Eluru-Narsapur route. The movement of buses in the Kovvuru-Eluru section on the State highway was affected since the road near Nallajarla was badly damaged by the flooding Yarrakalva.
The traffic was diverted through the Kolkatta-Chennai National Highway-5, bypassing the affected Nallajarla-Devarapalli section, according to SP B. Balakrishna. The people of Kasigudem were put to hardship following the loss of transport facility as the Pedapadu-Kasigudem road turned into a huge of puddle of water, thanks to the flooding Ramileru. People were seen wading through knee-deep waters.


Similarly, several habitations under Sanivarapupet gram panchayat such as Satavahana Nagar, Katta Subbaraotohota, Sriram Nagar and several villages on the Nuziveed road were cut off from transport link as the causeway on the Eluru-Nuzvid road near Ameenapet was flooded by the Tammileru. Traffic was diverted via Vidyanagar and TTD Kalyana Mantapam.

Another causeway near Sriparru was also submerged, leading to suspension of RTC services bound for Narsapur.

As the road leading to Eluru remained water-logged, the people of Ponangi faced hardship for want of transport.

[hvkumar]

Andhra Floods

The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Karimnagar News : Incessant rain over three days wreak havoc

Karimnagar - Jagtial road was cut off following incessant rains at Poduru village in Kodimial mandal. Main link between Devarakonda and Nalgonda was washed away in Kanagal vaagu in Nalgonda district on Sunday.

[hvkumar]

Hyderabad-Vijayawada NH9

The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Vijayawada News : Traffic comes to a halt near Keesara bridge


VIJAYAWADA: Floodwater overflowed National Highway-9 near Keesara bridge in Krishna district, bringing traffic on both sides between Hyderabad and Vijayawada to a standstill since 5 a.m. on Sunday. Traffic from Vijayawada was diverted at Ibrahimpatnam and that from Hyderabad at Suryapet.


The situation worsened with the Munneru rivulet unrelentingly in spate following heavy inflows from the upper reaches in Khammam district and also due to breaches to the tank at Nawabpet and other places on account of heavy rain. The officials of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Nandigama police stopped traffic on either side right from early morning to prevent any mishap.

They said on Sunday afternoon that there was no scope for the traffic to be restored in the next 24 hours, as floods were unlikely to recede by then. Floodwater overflowing the NH-9 reached three to four feet by 3 p.m. on Sunday, and it was expected to go up a little higher as per the forecast.

Tens of hundreds of lorries and other vehicles were stranded for over 1 km on either side of the overflowing NH-9 at the spot. Floodwater kept overflowing the highway for a distance of 600 to 700 metres, even as officials did not allow even pedestrians who tried to cross the stream with the help of ropes.

This is the fourth time that traffic is disrupted at Aitavaram between Keesara bridge and Ambarupet, since the completion of the highway five years ago. NH-9 Operations and Maintenance (O&M) engineer V. Ravi Kiran, who came to the spot along with his staff, said they stopped traffic immediately after noticing the overflowing water.

[hvkumar]

Gulbarga District, Karnataka

The Hindu : Karnataka / Gulbarga News : Floods in the Kagina river cut off inter-State traffic
Reported in The Hindu newspaper

GULBARGA: Flash floods in the Kagina river cut off the vehicular traffic between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh on Gulbarga-Ripponpalli inter-State highway for more than seven hours after the flood water submerged a bridge near Malkhed in Sedam taluk of Gulbarga district.

According to the reports received here on Sunday, the floods had also submerged another bridge at Dandoti cutting off movement of vehicles between Gulbarga and Chitapur taluk, and traffic had not resumed on this route till late in the evening. However, the flood waters started receding after 2 p.m., and the traffic resumed. The flood water had also entered agricultural fields on banks of the river in Sedam and Chitapur taluks.

[hvkumar]

Kodagu Disrict, Karnataka

The Hindu : Karnataka / Madikeri News : Rainfall intensifies in Kodagu
Reported in The Hindu

Madikeri: The Cauvery and the Lakshmanateertha are overflowing and road links in several parts of Madikeri and Virajpet taluks are cut off following heavy rainfall in Kodagu on Sunday, according to reports received here.

The Cauvery water has submerged the Bhagamandala-Madikeri road and the Bhagamandala-Aiyyangeri road at the Sangama in Bhagamandala town. In Virajpet taluk, the Nittur-Balele road has been submerged in the Lakshmanateertha water.
Many parts of Kodagu, including Madikeri, remained without electricity on Sunday as power lines snapped owing to tree fall on the Madikeri-Sunticoppa road.

[Fenomenon]

just back from south coorg. the roads till kutta and from kutta into kerala are very motorable, just patchy in parts.

[hvkumar]

Goa Floods


Reported in Times of India, Aug 11

Vehicular movement from Maharashtra to Goa came to a halt after authorities in Sindhudurg district closed traffic on National Highway 17 due to water logging at Banda and Kudal.

Road traffic on the Margao-Quepem road was paralyzed as a flooded Kushavati river at Quepem submerged low-lying areas at Paroda. Traffic on the Curchorem-Chandor-Margao route was also affected as part of the road at Assolda came under waist deep water.

Around fifty trees have been uprooted at different places due to which roads were blocked at Amona, Sanquelim, Virdi, Bicholim, Sal, Nanora and Sanquelim.

Naik said the Goa-Belgaum road, which was washed off early on Saturday morning is being restored on a war footing.

[kutlee]

thanks a lot hv,,,,,,,