Nandi Hills (Chikkaballapur Regency): Bengalureans’s favorite picnic place, Nandi hills outside the boundary after 250 feet of rocky hills under the effect of last night’s rain, filling the only path of approaches with large stones and tree branches early on Wednesday .
Large stones knock down a lot of electric poles, yell at the power supply to the hill station and surrounding villages.
A PWD official said the hill crashed because the land below was relaxed due to rain.
Tourists who lived in Nandi Cottages were stuck for a few hours before the exit was carved through debris later.
The Forestry Department has suspended into Hills Nandi, about 60 km from Bengaluru, until the road is repaired.
Hillock faces Ramappa circle, about 1 km from Checkpost Nandi, collapses as a result of 10cm rain in the area for more than six hours on Tuesday night.
In addition to the path of approach from Devanahalli, the culverts and aluminum barricades have been damaged in the incident.
There is no loss of life from the uninhabited hill.
According to an official of the forest department, there was no checkpost who heard something unusual during a storm night.
The accident was revealed after the vehicle on both sides of the affected site ran to the debris of the land and large stones and could not continue.
Gopal, Special Officer, Nandi Hills, said he was told by the police Wednesday morning about the collapse of the hill – the first in the region.
When he rushed to the place, all he could see was a road covered with mud, stone, and tree branches.
Tourists camped in Hilltop Cottages stranded and 12 of their cars had no way to get out.
PWD workers shocked debris and let the tourists pass through it, the word gopal.
B Thimmarayappa, Executive Engineer, PWD, Chikkaballapur, said Hillock fell when the land below him loosened the rain.
He said 30 meters from the road had been completely broken.
The district government has decided to build a permanent bridge in the culverts and this will take around 15-20 days, he said.
Vijayakumar, Deputy Range Forest Officer, Nandi Hills, said dozens of large trees have been removed in the incident and the forest department and public work work together to clean the debris on the approach of the approach.