THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Delay in land acquisition for a service road has hit commissioning of the second phase of NH66 bypass stretch from Mukkola, near Kovalam, to Karode, near Kerala-Tamil Nadu border. Though deadline of completion of the stretch was on May 31, this issue over compensating the landowners has again pushed the commissioning of the stretch by another three months. The residents of Thirupuram and Karode have raised apprehension over the dispensation of compensation for conceding their land to complete the construction of the pending 700 metres of the service road.
