Trade activities hampered, KCCI rues over government inaction in maintaining NH 75

Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry(KCCI) has expressed displeasure over failure of the government to maintain national highway 75 which has hampered trade and commerce activities such as EXIM trade, movement of LPG, agricultural products etc.

KCCI in a letter to Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari said that Shiradi Ghat witnessed yet another landslide on a section of NH 75. Subsequently, the Hassan DC has issued an order barring of vehicular movements in the Shiradi Ghat stretch from 6pm to 6am and as a precaution, traffic from Maranahalli to Donigal- Heggade, about 20 km on NH 75, will move on a single lane from 6am to 6pm The traffic ban after dusk will stay until the rainfall subsides. This will severely affect the trade and commerce activities, particularly export-import trade.