Mounesh Vishwakarma
Pics: Kishore Peraje
Daijiworld Media Network - Bantwal (SP)

Bantwal, May 27: Road users here, who had been accustomed to traffic snarls and jams since long, got some reprieve on Tuesday may 26, as the circle near BC Road bypass was cleared, and the new railway overbridge was opened for traffic on experimental basis.

Dakshina Kannada district deputy commissioner, A B Ibrahim, had visited the town on Saturday and examined the situation. After holding consultations with officials of highway, PWD, revenue and police departments on Sunday, he had drafted a plan that would best suit the interests of the general public.

As a fallout of this initiative, the bypass circle at BC Road was removed, and traffic was temporarily allowed to move on the newly laid railway overbridge. The vehicles moving on Bengaluru highway from Mangaluru are now allowed to move on flyover. Dividers have been removed, and vehicles have been allowed to move to Dharmasthala and Panemangalore old town. After these moves were made, BC Road was devoid of traffic jam on Tuesday.

District in-charge minister, B Ramanath Rai, said that a meeting will shortly be convened after observing the response to this changed traffic movement system.

However, the overbridge is still incomplete, and protective sidewalls and some minor works remain to be undertaken.