Oil oozing out of manhole throws two-wheelers off road in Mangaluru

Mangaluru: After potholes and neglected manholes in the city posing life threats to two-wheeler users in specific, on Monday evening as many as four bike riders were injured due to skidding mysteriously near Jyoti circle in the city.

When the injured bikers and locals probed, it was found that oily substance ozzing from a manhole nearby had greased the road throwing the two-wheeler users off guard.

A chaotic situation followed and traffic in the city was disturbed. Traffic came to halt all the way till Pumpwell circle and other roads joining Jyoti circle.

Some locals were seen blaming a couple of hotels functioning in the vicinity for releasing the kitchen waste into the manhole!

Mayor Kavitha Sanil and MCC officials were seen at the spot.