Road connecting Ankara, Istanbul remains closed due to landslide

Road connecting Ankara, Istanbul remains closed due to landslide

Heavy rains that induced flooding throughout northern Türkiye negatively impacted visitors on a number of routes with difficult circumstances skilled on the D-100 freeway within the space of Bolu, the place the highway was closed in a single day because of a landslide.

According to the newest native media stories the works on opening the highway connecting the capital Ankara and Istanbul, which was closed to transportation within the route of Istanbul on account of the landslide on the exit of the Bolu Mountain Tunnel, commenced early within the morning.

Efforts to reopen the highway have begun, with freeway groups deployed to clear the particles constituting soil and wooden items and restore entry to the highway.

Meanwhile, in response to Anadolu Agency (AA) stories, the congestion on the route is seen because of an elevated variety of drivers being diverted from Abant junction to the D-100 freeway.

Meanwhile, close by Düzce province has additionally skilled extreme flooding, forcing the evacuation of roughly a thousand automobiles as a result of overflow of Melen Stream.

As the rain persists, the Turkish State Meteorological Services (TSMS) has issued alerts for additional showers and thunderstorms in a number of areas together with the Black Sea area, southern and japanese components of the Central Anatolian area, interior components of the Eastern Mediterranean, north and west of Eastern Anatolia and cities of Bingöl, Muş and Bitlis.

Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, minister of Transport and Infrastructure chatting with AA famous that water discharge and cleansing works have been began within the Bolu Mountain Tunnel within the early hours of the morning and proceed uninterruptedly to make sure the continuation of transportation.

“Highways teams, working around the clock will clean up the debris accumulated due to the landslide and make the route suitable for transportation,” he stated.

Teams are tirelessly working to mitigate the affect and restore normalcy in different flood-affected areas, the minister famous.

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