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Monday, Aug 11, 2025
PWD officials said that the trees were cut down to make way for road development.
While 81 per cent of the road projects sanctioned in the three editions of the scheme have been completed, only 26 per cent of the bridges have been finished.
The other important project is Ernakulam bypass (the Angamaly-Kundannoor Bypass), which will connect Karayamparambu on NH 544 to Kundannoor on NH 66.
The practice of toll collection on the state’s roads began to be gradually phased out during the tenure of the Oommen Chandy- led government. Subsequently, former PWD minister G Sudhakaran completely phased out toll collection on state roads during the first Pinarayi government.
The boulder had slid around 200 metres downhill before falling off.
The road's poor condition has been a source of public protest.
In a letter to the centre, the Greens cited that there was a deliberate misrepresentation of facts in the application submitted for getting first-level clearance for the project.
Dileep Buildcon Limited, a Hyderabad-based infrastructure development recently won the bid for the project at a cost of Rs 1,341 crores.
The Janakiya Samithi has planned a protest by blocking the works on Thursday.
Under normal circumstances, no potholes/ damages shall occur in the entire reach of the road work during the defect liability period, according to the order issued by the government.
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