Unscientific construction along NH-66 caused landslide near Shirur, says Karnataka minister Krishna Byre Gowda | Bangalore News

Karnataka Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda has claimed that unscientific road construction along National Highway 66 was responsible for the landslide near the Shirur region of Ankola in the Uttara Kannada district on July 16. Seven people have died in the incident and several others are still missing. “In Karwar, near Ankola, a landslide has occurred on the national highway. While constructing the national highway, they have cut the hill in a steep manner, it is almost a vertical cut. When a hill is cut for an infrastructure project, a…