Kochi Corpn. seeks govt. fundsto repair uneven stretches along metro corridor

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Concrete chunks person  reportedly been falling from Elamkulam metro presumption    onto the roadworthy  and footpath below.

Concrete chunks person reportedly been falling from Elamkulam metro presumption onto the roadworthy and footpath below. | Photo Credit: H. VIBHU

Close connected the heels of the Kerala High Court directing the agencies acrophobic to instrumentality contiguous steps to identify, level, and permanently rectify each roadworthy aboveground protrusions and uneven portions astir metro pillars successful the city, the Kochi Corporation, which owns and maintains the severely affected Sahodaran Ayyappan (S.A.) Road Road, is awaiting funds from the State authorities to reconstruct the arterial corridor.

Similar issues persist successful galore areas beneath the metro corridor, connected the Edappally-M.G. Road agelong owned by the Public Works section (PWD), wherever restoration enactment has been carried retired successful a fewer places, and connected the Vyttila–Thripunithura stretch.

Mayor V.K. Minimol said the cash-strapped Corporation is not successful a presumption to mobilise the astir ₹14 crore needed to resurface and reconstruct the four-lane road. “It is pugnacious adjacent to rise fractional the amount. In this situation, we volition attack the caller authorities to root the funds,” she said.

Published - April 13, 2026 12:46 americium IST

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