Finally Sullia-Bandadka inter-state road to be opened

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Apr 12, 2016: The state government had released Rs 3 crores under 50-54 road scheme. The road work picked up after the controversial forest land was allowed for road-laying. Due to the efforts and protests by people of Karnataka and Kerala, the inter-state road has been completed. Along with the road work, bridge and drain  work also has been completed.   The road, a stretch of 2 km, comes under  Kerala and Karnataka border is set to be inaugurated on April 18.

For this inter-state road-laying of 1.8km, the forest department had handed over 1.35 hectres of land to Public Works Department. It also permitted to cut trees for the same.

But the Revenue department gave 3.30 acres of government land near Amara Padnoor village in Sullia to compensate land given by the forest department. As a compensation for cutting of trees for the road work, Public Works Department paid Rs 18,18,450 to forest department.

Trees were cut and the land was handed over for road-laying. Now the work of 4m width road and drainage work also has been completed. It was a long pending demand of the residents in the area to make Sullia-Kolchar-Kanakkur-Bandadka as an inter-state road.

From Sullia to Kolchar, a stretch of 12km road was developed earlier. At the other end, the road which falls under Kerala border was also developed. In between, a stretch of 1.8km was in pathetic condition.

After several attempts, people from the area managed to get the nod from the forest department. The road is expected to be inaugurated on April 18.  People from Sullia and Kerala will benefit from this Sullia-Bandadka road. In Kerala’s Bandadka there are more Kannadigas who mostly depended on Sullia for education, business and other requirements. Even though the road existed for long its pathetic condition made it useless. Now with the completion of the much-awaited road it will be good for people.