The ghat road and pedestrian trekking path to the hill park atop Kailasagiri will be closed for 10 days from Wednesday. However, during the 10 days, the Ropeway will function to facilitate tourist movement.
The closure is ordered for widening two narrow points on the ghat road so as facilitate easy and safe movement of vehicles.
The closure and widening of the road is being taken up to improve safety of tourists, according to Vice-Chairman of VUDA Kona Sasidhar. VUDA maintains the Kailasagiri Park. Since the trekking path to the top of the hill park passes through the road widening point, it is decided to close that also to avoid any inconvenience to tourists.
Another trekking path located on NH-5 at Hanumanthawaka junction was closed recently as it was used by very limited visitors.
The ghat road with a length of about 2 km has three curves among which the topmost one is very narrow.
Keeping the problems in negotiating the steep curves in view, Mr. Sasidhar has decided to order widening the ghat road from the toll gate to Aditya view point.
The execution strategy of the work has been decided upon after careful study, says an official release on Sunday.
Thousands of tourists visit Kailasagiri every day earning a revenue of Rs.25,000 to Rs.40,000 a day depending upon the season.
via The Hindu Newspaper http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/article3702344.ece
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