Watch: Tourists Drive On Karnataka Cable Bridge, Locals Force Them Back
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Karnataka: The locals confronted the tourists and forced them to remove the car immediately as the weight could affect the structural integrity of the narrow cable bridge.
Some tourists took a car on a small suspension bridge over a river in Karnataka, just two days after a cable bridge in Gujarat snapped due to a huge rush of people. The locals confronted the tourists and forced them to remove the car immediately as the weight could affect the structural integrity of the narrow cable bridge.
A video of the incident shows the tourists, oblivious to the danger, arguing with the protesting locals that they would still drive the car, a Maruti Suzuki 800.
Eventually, two men pushed the car slowly towards one of the two exits of the bridge. The structure sways as the men moved slowly. A large group of people are also seen on the bridge, standing behind the car.
The structure, called Shivapura hanging bridge, is at a popular tourist hotspot in Yellapura town in Karnataka's Uttara Kannada district. The locals said the tourists were from Maharashtra.
