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The Kerala authorities apprised Union minister of highway transport and highways Nitin Gadkari of the necessity to urgently reconstruct the collapsed part of the NH 66 at Kooriyad
A 360-metre-long viaduct can be constructed on the spot the place a bit of the elevated under-construction freeway caved in onto the service roads at Kooriyad on May 20. Several motorists had been injured within the incident. (HT photograph)
Riyas accompanied chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and different high officers at a gathering in Delhi with Gadkari on Wednesday within the backdrop of complaints of cracks and fissures in a number of reaches of the NH 66 and the fallout of the collapse of a bit at Kooriyad. Vijayan and Gadkari beforehand met in December final yr to guage the continued highway and freeway initiatives in Kerala.
At a press convention at Kerala House, Riyas stated, “The Union minister has promised the CM that steps will be taken to address all the current (construction-related) issues in the NH66 project and prevent any further mishaps. A 45-metre-wide six-lane NH 66 from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram is the dream of every Malayali. We know how the project at one stage was suspended and how it is being realised…the Union minister has informed us that the project can be completed by December this year. It will be a new year gift to the people of the state.”
The PWD minister stated a 360-metre-long viaduct can be constructed on the spot the place a bit of the elevated under-construction freeway caved in onto the service roads at Kooriyad on May 20. Several motorists had been injured within the incident.
“Those responsible for the collapse within the NHAI have been suspended. The contracting firm has been barred from taking part in future tender proceedings. The state has informed the Union ministry of the cracks and fissures in some of the other reaches of the NH 66. The NHAI is overseeing every aspect of the highway from alignment to construction,” the minister stated.
He added that the notification for the outer ring highway challenge in Thiruvananthapuram is predicted by July this yr.
Riyas underlined that the heft land acquisition prices in Kerala in comparison with different states in India continues to be an enormous problem for main infrastructure initiatives. “To give you an example, land acquisition for a kilometre of road in any other state is about ₹2 crore. In Kerala, it is ₹37 crore. That’s how wide the disparity is. We need to evaluate this aspect going forward in the future,” he added.
