6.8-km-long Alappuzha bypass, with fascinating view of Arabian Sea, inaugurated in Kerala
A four-decade-old promise came to fruition on Thursday when the 6.8 km-long Alappuzha bypass on NH 66 in Kerala was thrown open to the public.
The two-lane bypass, which will allow commuters travelling from Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram to skirt the town of Alappuzha on their journey, was jointly inaugurated by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari through video-conferencing.
Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, Union MoS VK Singh and V Muraleedharan, state PWD minister G Sudhakaran, finance minister TM Thomas Isaac and Alappuzha MP AM Ariff were present at the function.
