Madikeri: The proposal to impose a night traffic ban on Thithimathi-Hunsur highway is a ploy by pseudo-environmentalists and some Forest Officers, alleged Virajpet MLA and former Assembly Speaker K.G. Bopaiah. He said that the move will not be considered at any cost.
The Kallahalla Range of Nagarahole National Park has been handed over by the Centre to the Tiger Zone under the Nagarahole Tiger Reserve. As such, the Anechowkur Gate that connects Mysuru and Bengaluru to South Kodagu will come under the Protected Zone where night traffic is likely to be banned from 6 pm to 6 am. Such rule exists in other gates of the Tiger Reserve at Kutta where the night traffic rule has been imposed. The Anechowkur Gate is critical junction and the road is taken by travellers who move between Mysuru, Kodagu and Kerala. People of South Kodagu depend on this road to reach Mysuru. If this road is closed, people have to take a 16-kilometre-long route via Gonikoppal, Pollibetta, Hundi, Holamaala, Maldare and Periyapatna.
