The development of the Karamana-Vellarada road will be undertaken in two phases, Public Works Minister G. Sudhakaran informed the Assembly on Wednesday.
In order to speed up the work, which involves the widening of this road, the first 20 km will be taken up in phase I.
The remaining stretch up to 35.50 km will be developed in the second phase, the Minister informed the Assembly in a written reply.
The decision to organise the work in two phases was taken at a June 6 meeting in Thiruvananthapuram which was presided over by I.B. Satheesh, MLA.
The Special Tahsildar (Land Acquisition) was also instructed to complete the acquisition of the required land on time, the minister said.
The government has provided administrative sanction of ₹21.44 crore for this road project which is being implemented by government company Road Infrastructure Company, Kerala Ltd (RICK).
The design wing of the PWD is preparing the detailed project report. A joint PWD-Revenue Department survey for identifying land has been completed in 17.5 km. The Revenue Department is conducting a social impact assessment for the first 5.5 kms, the Public Works Minister said.
Land acquisition for the four-laning work on the remaining stretch of the Vazhuthacaud-Thycaud road was nearing completion, Mr Sudhakaran said in reply to a question by V.S. Sivakumar. The State government had earmarked ₹20 crore for this work in the 2019-20 budget.
The government has also given the nod for developing the Killipalam-Attakulangara road by including it in the Smart Road scheme of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, he said.
