Vehicular traffic remained disrupted on the Tirumala ghat road on Tuesday owing to a massive landslide about a kilometre from here. Huge boulders and mounds of soil along with the uprooted tress blocked the road leaving no space for the vehicles to move.
Fortunately no casualties were reported. The TTD's engineering officials, who immediately swung into action, at first diverted the vehicular traffic onto the link road connecting both the Tirumala ghat roads and engaged themselves in the restoration work.
Earth movers were pressed into service and trucks were deployed to clear the debris. Officials attributed the reason to the loosening of the soil owing to the intermittent rains that lashed the town in the last couple of weeks.
TTD Executive Officer D. Sambasiva rao along with his deputy K.S. Srinivasa Raju, who rushed to the spot, personally monitored the operation. When the officials brought to the notice of Mr. Rao that the spot was more vulnerable for further landslips, he ordered the officials not to take any chance and ensure that the place was free of any expected mishaps.
The officials were also directed to identify other potential points if any on the ghat road and plug them on a war-footing. With an intention to enable carrying out ceaseless restoration work the area was completely snapped off from any kind of vehicular movement and the traffic remained diverted on to the link road till in the evening.
