Hassan: Deputy Commissioner Sathyabhama C ordered a temporary closure of the Mangaluru-Bengaluru National Highway stretch in the district as a precautionary measure against mishaps, as a gas tanker overturned on the road in the Shiradi Ghat area on Wednesday, resulting in a gas leak too.
The tanker reportedly toppled as the driver failed to control the vehicle at a double turn in the road in Sakleshpur taluk. The fire brigade as well as the policemen were called and are working at prevention of any sort of fire mishap due to the gas leak.
The DC has issued the order closing the highway for vehicles till Wednesday midnight and the drivers on the Bengaluru-Hassan-Mangaluru stretch are being directed by police officers to use alternate routes.
The DC has said in her order that vehicles traveling from Sakleshpur to Mangaluru should take the Sakleshpur-Hanubalu-Moodigere route to reach Mangaluru. Vehicles traveling from Bengaluru to Mangaluru have to use the Hassan-Boovanahalli Cross-Belur route and people traveling from Mangaluru to Bengaluru should use the Sullia-Sampaje route, she has added.
