Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurates Vattiyurkavu junction development project

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Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan connected Sunday inaugurated the ₹506.48 crore Vattiyurkavu junction improvement project, which involves large roadworthy works wrong Thiruvananthapuram city. He besides launched a task for the rehabilitation of traders who gave up onshore for the project. Mr. Vijayan said that the State authorities has successful the past 10 years implemented projects worthy ₹1.16 lakh funded done Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) for betterment of basal infrastructure.

“The Vattiyurkavu junction improvement task volition springiness a fillip to the basal infrastructure improvement of the full superior city. The task is simply a effect of the government’s knowing that the allied regions should make on with the superior city. With this, a long-standing request of the residents of Vattiyurkavu and beyond volition go a reality. Similar developmental projects are ongoing each crossed Kerala,” helium said.

Mr. Vijayan lauded the respective traders who readily gave up their livelihood for the improvement project. He said that the authorities spent ₹89 crore to get 2.31 acre onshore for the rehabilitation of traders. The Vattiyurkavu country volition crook into a salient commercialized hub successful the superior erstwhile the junction improvement task is completed, helium said.

Vattiyurkavu MLA V.K. Prasanth, who presided implicit the function, presented the assorted elements of the rehabilitation project.

The Vattiyurkavu junction improvement task involves the improvement of the 10.8-km agelong from Sasthamangalam- Vattiyurkavu-Mannarakkonam-Peroorkada and from determination to Mukkola and Vazhayila. The roadworthy volition beryllium developed with a width of 18.5 m. The onshore acquisition proceedings person already been completed successful the archetypal scope from Sasthamangalam to Mannarakkonam and successful the 2nd scope from Mannarakkonam to Peroorkada.

An magnitude of ₹415.34 crore was spent connected onshore acquisition for the 2 stretches, portion an magnitude of ₹28.69 crore volition beryllium spent connected the renovation of the archetypal scope and an magnitude of ₹24.50 crore connected the renovation of the 2nd reach. The onshore acquisition proceedings for the 3rd scope from Mannarakkonam to Vazhayila is ongoing, for which ₹212.91 crore is expected to beryllium spent. An magnitude of ₹13.63 crore has been allocated for shifting the electric, drinking h2o and sewerage lines successful the existing road.

Published - February 22, 2026 09:05 p.m. IST

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