Kerala - Kochi   

Rs. 155-crore outlay for coastal highway

Staff Reporter

KOCHI: Top priority has been given for the Vypeen-Munambam coastal highway work, District Collector A.P.M. Mohammed Hanish has said. The outlay for the work is Rs. 155 crore.

In a press release recently, he said the work should be hastened, as vehicular traffic had increased after the opening of the Goshree bridges and would go up again on the commissioning of the Vallarpadom international container transshipment terminal.

He said survey had been completed for the 23-km-long and 30-metre-wide road. Chief Minister V.S. Achutanandan, who chairs the Goshree Islands Development Authority (GIDA), had evinced keen interest in the project.

Mr. Hanish said tenders would be called in July for widening roads in Mulavukad panchayat limits. The work was estimated at Rs 12.72 crore. Land owned by 759 people would be acquired. The width of the roads would be increased from 5.5 metres to 7 metres. Work was in progress to upgrade approach roads to Goshree bridges to National Highway standard.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Eviction along canal to continue
TECOM team visits Smart City site
Violation of CRZ norms rampant in backwater areas
33 suspected chikungunya cases in Ernakulam
Call for steps to protect Vembanad Lake
Rs. 155-crore outlay for coastal highway
Cruising the backwaters
Lalithakala Akademi awards presented
For corruption-free civil service
Akademi awards given
Pedestrians' plight
Around the City
In Kochi Today

Copyright © 2007, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu