DPR for M.G. Road-NH Bypass corridor ready

Report to be submitted to Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board for financial sanction

The proposal to extend Thammanam-Pullepady Road to M.G. Road and the NH Bypass and to widen the 4-km stretch into a four-lane one has got a shot in the arm, with the Public Works Department (PWD) readying a detailed project report (DPR) on the long-overdue project. The State government had handed over the implementation of the project to the Kerala Road Fund Board (KRFB), which carried out the preparatory work to kick-start the project. The DPR will be handed over to the KRFB in a couple of days. As expected, a bridge mooted at Kathrikadavu in the city in the early days of the KRFB taking over the work from the PWD does not find mention in the DPR. This could result in commuters having to wait at what could become a junction with traffic signal at Kathrikadavu, official sources said.