Kerala High Court directs Kochi Corporation to widen drain at Kathrukadvu

The court also ordered that after widening the drain on the southern side of the Shenoy crossroad to the required depth, it should be covered with slabs.

The Kerala High Court has directed the Kochi Corporation to widen the drain on the southern side of the Shenoy crossroad at Kathrukadvu through the private land of five residents to prevent flooding in the area during monsoon. Justice Devan Ramachandran ordered that widening be done in a month. The order came on a petition filed by some of the residents in the areas. They pointed out that the drain had no sufficient width at the stretch of the road and as a result, the flow of storm and drain water was restricted at this stretch of the drain. When the petition came up for hearing, counsel for the owners of private land submitted that they had absolutely no objection to widening the drain. However, it should be done from both sides, ie. from the western and the eastern side of the existing one and not merely from their properties.