THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: PWD minister G Sudhakaran has written to union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari and National Highway Authority of India chairman to resume the construction work of Kuthiran twin tunnel which had come to a standstill.
During a meeting held under the chairmanship of the minister earlier to evaluate the work, the NHAI authorities had assured that the work of Kuthiran tunnel would be completed by January 2019. However, there was a grave lapse on the part of NHAI and the contact company for failing to meet the deadline. Though the state government had approached the NHAI authorities several times there was no progress in the work. “I understand for the past one year there has been no construction work worth the name at the tunnel site,” the minister said.
