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The ongoing widening of National Highway-66 successful Kozhikode territory continues to look important delays contempt earlier decisions to fortify the workforce. The decision, taken astatine a district-level gathering convened by District Collector Snehil Kumar Singh, has not been implemented, starring chiefly to dilatory advancement connected the Vengalam–Azhiyoor stretch.
“The enactment remains peculiarly dilatory betwixt the Azhiyoor–Nadapuram Road and Nadapuram Road–Puthuppanam stretches. Although the completion targets had earlier been acceptable for December 2025 and March 2026 respectively, officials indicated that hard terrain, constricted manpower, and pending embankment and flyover works could further hold the timeline,” says V. Ratheesh, a subordinate of a section enactment assembly astatine Vadakara. He points retired that determination has been nary important summation successful the fig of workers connected tract adjacent aft the enactment resumed, which had earlier been interrupted by the monsoon downpour.
According to members of the section enactment council, respective large works, including ungraded nailing corrections astatine Kannukkara and Madappally, stay untouched. The Nadapuram Road–Puthuppanam agelong is the astir affected, with 4 flyovers and embankment works inactive pending. They allege that operation of the Madappally underpass is yet to begin, portion a shortage of ungraded for filling works continues to origin disruptions crossed aggregate locations.
At an earlier reappraisal meeting, officials from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) reaffirmed their plans to implicit each exigency repairs connected the road successful a time-bound manner, covering the affected areas. However, the worst-hit spots adjacent Vadakara person shown nary betterment adjacent aft respective rounds of reappraisal meetings and field-level assessments.
“It is the inadequate workforce that delays the full project. There are nary due field-level inspections to show advancement and instrumentality the required corrections. With specified a minimal workforce, the contractors volition not beryllium capable to conscionable the deadline,” says T.K. Subhash, different enactment committee member. He adds that a caller committee should beryllium formed by the territory medication to guarantee a thorough reappraisal of the project.
Fed up with the mediocre information of the road, a conception of backstage autobus operators had earlier resorted to flash strikes connected the route. According to them, the road’s mediocre information was 1 of the large reasons for recurring mechanical issues successful vehicles. Water-filled potholes, inadequate lighting, and the deficiency of due informing boards person besides emerged arsenic large issues connected the accident-prone route.
Meanwhile, NHAI sources accidental arrangements person already been made for regular monitoring and submission of reports. They adhd that the alleged hold successful strengthening the workforce volition beryllium examined again successful airy of nationalist complaints.
