Balebare Ghat on NH 52 Connecting Udupi & Shivamogga District Closed For Traffic For Two Months

Udupi district Deputy Commissioner M. Kurma Rao has ordered closure of Balebare (Hulikal) Ghat on State Highway 52 connecting Udupi district with Shivamogga district for two months from February 5 to April 5, to facilitate concrete paving work on the road.

The Ghat stretch has been an important link between the coast, Shivamogga district and beyond. Trucks transporting essential commodities, including petroleum products from MRPL, made use of the Ghat to supply fuel in Shivamogga and surrounding districts. Many inter-district passenger buses too used to ply through the Ghat stretch between Hosangadi in Udupi district and Masthikatte in Shivamogga district.

During the closure of the Ghat stretch, heavy goods vehicles up to 16 tonnes of weight as well as other lighter vehicles may ply via Kollur Ghat, that is, Kundapura, Kollur, Nagara, Kanugod and Tirthahalli. Light motor vehicles may use Kundapura, Halady, Someshwara and Agumbe Ghat to reach Tirthahalli. Multi-axle and very heavy goods vehicles however are prohibited from taking these two alternative routes.