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The stretch of Arthunkal-Thoppumpady road in a bad state at South Chellanam. The road has been declared as a State Highway by the Government. Photo: H. Vibhu
KOCHI, JUNE 9. The Government has included the Arthunkal-Chellanam-Thoppumpady road among the seven State Highways identified across the State. The stretch is the second road, along with the Vypeen-Pallipuram road, from the district to feature in the list. The improvement of the 52.23 km-long road would speed up the development activities in the West Kochi region, said the Mattanchery MLA, V.K. Ibrahim Kunju. The work would start only after the project is included in the budget and funds are allotted. The State Highway project has been announced along with the approval for the construction of a quality road from Fort Kochi Customs jetty to Chellanam. The work along this road would start once the administrative and technical sanctions were given, Mr. Kunju said. A survey was conducted along the coastal road six months back. About five kilometres of the road near Kandakadavu region remain in bad shape now. But the residents of the Chellanam panchayat is more concerned with the problem of the sea breaking the wall erected on the western side during monsoon. Most of the roads were flooded during the sea erosion caused by a low pressure that formed in the Arabian Sea recently. As the monsoon set in, many parts of the sea wall along South Chellanam have already been broken and sea remains threateningly close to habitation. "We have requested the State Government to increase the height of the road along with the widening process," said V.B. Raghu, vice president, Chellanam panchayat, adding that the road could bring in more traffic along the panchayat and thereby bring in more development. The Pallithode portion of the road, which falls in Alappuzha district, should be widened in accordance with the width of the remaining part, he said. At the same time, Kumbalanghi panchayat, which lies along the coastal road, could avail the benefit of the highway status only if the Keltron bridge, which is about three kilometres east of Kandakadavu, was built. We have been told that the bridge was also included in the project, but the request should be made by the Chellanam panchayat, said the Kumbalanghi panchayat president, M.P. Sivadathan. The completion of this bridge and also the Ezhupunna bridge could connect the proposed State Highway to National Highway-47. However, doubts were raised on whether increased traffic arising out of improved road would affect the prospects of the model tourism village project, first of its kind launched at Kumbalanghi by the Department of Tourism. Other major district roads included in the State Highway project under the Kerala Highway Protection Act, 1999 are the Guruvayoor-Althara-Ponnani road (28.6 km), the Varkala-Parippally-Madathara road (44.59 km), the Parappanangadi-Aruacode road (42.5 km), the Mannarakalanji-Pamba road (60 km) and the Kappad-Thusharagiri-Adivaram road (67 km).
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