Had intimated road’s bad condition to higher-ups: Engineers tell Kerala HC

KOCHI: The PWD engineers who appeared in person told the Kerala High Court on Monday that though they had intimated the bad condition of the Aluva-Perumbavoor stretch to their superiors, they were instructed not to act because a proposal had been made to transfer the control of the road to the Kerala Road Fund Board. The court had directed them to appear in person following the death of a 74-year-old man after his scooter fell into a pothole on the road. The condition of the road worsened with the heavy rain from May, the engineers said.