Work on Thammanam-Pullepady road stuck in procedural tangles

KOCHI: The widening work on the Thammanam-Pullepady road has been on the backburner for more than 25 years when it was first proposed by the Kochi Corporation to ease traffic congestion in the city. The widening of the particular stretch was included by the state government as part of a district infrastructure development project in 2015 which also didn’t come to fruition.

So far, the widening work by the corporation has been completed only in a small portion from Kathrikadavu junction to Karanakodam bridge. It was done five months back. In some places, land was acquired by the corporation several years back through free surrender.