THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the state budget ignoring major infrastructure projects proposed in the district, the future of the proposed Outer Ring Road (ORR) project, a mega project which could be a gamechanger for the development of the capital, appears bleak.
Though this project is touted to be one of the major infra projects in the state, both union and state budgets did not allocate a single penny for it.
The Rs 4,868-crore project had received in-principle approval from the Centre last year. But the land acquisition, which has to be carried out by the state government, has reached nowhere.
On Sunday, Kadakampally Surendran, the only minister from the capital, told reporters that the ORR project would be materialised soon. But he did not mention the fund approved for the project so far.
