Mysuru, June 29 -- Dust clouds on dry days; muddy, waterlogged stretch during rains

A severely damaged stretch of road connecting the Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) area to the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) Main Road in the Mysuru Industrial Area is causing hardship to motorists and disrupting the movement of industrial traffic.

Star of Mysore reader Vijay Kumar has said that years of neglect have left the road in a deplorable condition, with a large portion of the carriageway becoming unusable due to extensive damage.

He claimed that the narrow motorable portion of the road forces trucks, employee buses and two-wheelers to negotiate the stretch in a single file, resulting in frequent traffic bottlenecks, par...