High-level panel gives in-principle nod for Anakkampoyil-Meppadi tunnel road DPR

Project expected to reduce distance between Kozhikode and Wayanad

A high-level committee entrusted with the supervision of multi-crore infrastructure development projects in the State has approved in-principle the detailed project report (DPR) of the proposed Anakkampoyil-Meppadi tunnel road project. After the completion of remaining technical works, the report will be submitted to the Centre for final clearance. According to officials entrusted with the implementation of the project, the civil works for the ₹2,000-crore tunnel road is likely to be launched on November 1, on the occasion of Kerala Piravi. The four-lane tunnel could be commissioned by April 2025 if all works were executed within the fixed time without any technical hurdles, they said. In the wake of the in-principle approval for the DPR, the local welfare committees have called for the speeding up of four-lane road construction works covering the Mukkam-Marippuzha stretch.