THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Roads blocks for the years-long proposal to widen the Vazhayila-Nedumangad stretch – that is part of Thiruvananthapuram-Tenkashi inter-state highway – are slowly moving away. The state government has decided to constitute a six-member committee to fix a new alignment and to resolve the dispute from land owners, based on the Social Impact Assessment (SIA) study conducted recently.
Widening the 11.8-km stretch from Vazhayila to Pazhakutti would reduce the travel time and ease traffic congestion from the city to Nedumangad considerably. The SIA report submitted to the government said the alignment shall be re-examined due to the impact on the land owners who will lose their property. The government will move forward with land acquisition proceedings after the new committee examines the report.
