Bantwal, 12 May 2015: A huge tree uprooted on the railway tracks between Mangaluru – Bengaluru at Kuppila in B Mooda village, near here owing to rains coupled with heavy gales, on Monday May 11 evening.
The locals informed the station master at B C Road railway station about the uprooted tree as a train service between Mangaluru to Subramanya was due on the same track in a few minutes. It was held up at B C Road station, when the locals worked on clearing the branches and twinges. The train assumed the onward journey once the tree was cleared from the tracks.