Karnataka bandh may cost Belagavi a delivery day

Cane farmers call a Karnataka bandh after their highway gathering is barred

South · Belagavi and the Pune–Bengaluru highway (NH-48), and the rest of Karnataka

Amber · Medium cost of delay · Medium confidence

Chunappa Pujeri of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha, the state farmers' union, called the bandh on Friday, after prohibitory orders stopped the farmers' gathering at the Hattargi toll plaza, Deccan Chronicle reports¹. He asked transport operators and drivers to join too. Will they? Thursday's meeting with the Chief Minister in Belagavi ended without a decision⁴, so nothing has been offered to call it off.

• Belagavi and the Pune–Bengaluru highway at Hattargi South · +1 day The orders bar the gathering, not the bandh, and a bandh well kept stops trucks on the road too. I'd expect Pune–Bengaluru trucks and Belagavi's vans to be held today, and the city's deliveries to run a day late into Monday.

Taptapani ghat reopens, but a washed-out bridge cuts off inland Ganjam

East, South · Gajapati and inland Ganjam behind Brahmapur; the Andhra–Odisha border at Ichchapuram

Amber · High cost of delay · High confidence

Taptapani ghat reopened on Friday, but the flood took the Palashpur bridge in Ganjam and stopped all traffic between Digapahandi and Asika, Odisha Bytes reports⁵. So is south Odisha open for Diwali? Half of it, actually: the door into Gajapati is open again, while the one into inland Ganjam is not.

• Taptapani ghat (NH-326), Brahmapur to Gajapati East · +1 day Highway staff patched a 20-foot collapse near Belagada by Friday morning, with debris still being cleared, Dharitri reports⁶. I'd expect Gajapati's vans to run a day behind while the stuck loads clear.
• Asika and Digapahandi, inland Ganjam East · +2 to +3 days Parts of Asika still stood under six to seven feet of water on Friday⁷, and the road between the two towns has no bridge. I'd expect orders for both to wait at Brahmapur into next week.
• Kolkata–Chennai highway (NH-16) at Ichchapuram South · +0 days The highway reopened on Friday morning after a day under floodwater, and the Howrah–Chennai railway runs on both tracks again, slowly⁸. I'd expect the east-coast trucks that waited to arrive by Sunday.

What next: IMD expects a new Bay depression to bring heavy rain in places to Odisha on Monday and to coastal Andhra on 2 and 3 Nov⁹. Patched ghat roads are the first to slip again.