Govt steps in after NH stretch remains dug up for months

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Realising the fallout of a busy stretch of the National Highway (NH) lying dug up for many months, the government has asked the Public Works Department (PWD) to stop the ongoing widening work near Attingal and to make the stretch motorable at the earliest. Works Minister G Sudhakaran said the government was kept in the dark about the actual work being carried out on the NH stretch and also about the diversion of vehicles, including heavy vehicles, through narrow roads along the Thiruvananthapuram- Kollam stretch.