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Public Works and Tourism Minister P.A. Mohamed Riyas has said the ambitious Canal City task successful Kozhikode volition beryllium developed connected the Paris model, transforming the Conolly Canal into a hub for rider transport, cargo movement, and tourism.
Inaugurating a caller span astatine Puthiyapalam crossed the Conolly Canal connected Friday, Mr. Riyas said that ₹73.21 crore had been sanctioned for the archetypal signifier improvement of the Canal City project.
“Development initiatives are nether mode to alteration Calicut into a New Calicut. The State authorities has sanctioned ₹1,312.67 crore for the improvement of 12 roads successful Kozhikode city. The authorities has fixed unparalleled attraction to the city’s development. Although the people was to conception 100 bridges successful Kerala wrong 5 years, much than 150 person been completed,” Mr. Riyas said, adding that the caller span astatine Puthiyapalam would payment the full city.
The caller span connects Puthiyapalam with Meenchanda Mini Bypass. The enactment began aft ₹60 crore was sanctioned done the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) successful 2022.
The bowstring arch bridge, constructed astatine a outgo of ₹16.53 crore, is 195 metres agelong and 11 metres wide. Approach roads person besides been built connected some sides. An magnitude of ₹40 crore was spent connected onshore acquisition. The operation was carried retired by the Kerala Road Fund Board (KRFB).
With the opening of the caller bridge, entree to the railway station, Palayam, Thali and Kallai has go easier. As the Conolly Canal is portion of the National Waterway, the span has been designed with the required vertical clearance.
Ahamed Devarkovil, MLA, presided.
