Wayanad(Kerala), Nov 19 (PTI) Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has informed Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra that steps have been taken to implement long and short-term remedial measures to resolve the landslide problems at the Thamarassery pass, the party said in a statement.

Priyanka had written to Gadkari about the issue after landslides had disrupted traffic on the pass, a major route connecting Wayanad with the nearby Kozhikode district, for several days in August.

She had sought a study by an expert committee to find a permanent solution to the problem, the party statement said.

In his letter to the Congress MP, the Union Minister said that an expert committee appointed by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had visited the pass in October and submitted its report.

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