NEW DELHI: With continued' blockade of inter-state roads by neighbouring Karanataka "affecting" movement of essential commodities, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday shot off a second letter in two days to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention.

The Chief Minister also called Modi over the phone and apprised him about the matter following which the later assigned Home Minister Amit Shah to deal with the matter, the Chief Minister's Office said. Shah, later held a detailed telephonic discussion with Vijayan and assured him that he will talk to Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa, it added.