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The Kerala State Water Transport department’s catamaran rider boat, introduced to run betwixt Parassinikadavu and Mattool successful Kannur district, has curtailed its work up to Valapattanam jetty aft encountering clearance issues beneath the Valapattanam railway bridge.
The precocious information of the vessel reportedly strikes the underside of the bridge, making it unsafe to proceed further. The authorities said lone low-height boats tin walk done this stretch, and the way had earlier been served exclusively by specified vessels.
The work was launched a fewer months agone pursuing a submission raised successful the Assembly by Azhikode MLA K.V. Sumesh, prompting Transport Minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar to authorisation 2 boats for the Parassinikadavu-Mattool and Azhikkal-Mattool routes. Though the motorboat was welcomed locally, the work faced disruption from the outset owed to span clearance constraints.
