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The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has reopened the collapsed agelong of National Highway (NH) 66 astatine Kooriyad adjacent Tirurangadi aft replacing the damaged elevated conception with viaducts.
Around 200 metres of the under-construction road had caved successful connected May 19, 2025, aft the eight-metre embankment gave mode nether rainwater pressure.
Following the collapse, the NHAI blacklisted contractor KNRCL and directed it to rebuild the damaged information utilizing viaducts. Reconstruction began successful September past twelvemonth and was completed connected May 13.
The 377-metre viaduct has 26 pillars. The agelong was partially opened connected May 10 and afloat opened 3 days later.
The illness had near wide cracks connected the work roadworthy beneath arsenic the instauration sank. A ample conception of the embankment had heaved up, forming a ridge of displaced world and exposing a large engineering nonaccomplishment successful the highway’s design.
Passengers travelling successful 3 cars connected the work roadworthy beneath escaped with insignificant injuries erstwhile the embankment collapsed.
The incidental triggered wide protests and governmental controversy, with some the CPI(M) and the BJP, which had earlier claimed recognition for the project, distancing themselves from it aft the collapse.
With the reopening of the Kooriyad stretch, Malappuram present has a 77-km uninterrupted agelong of the six-lane highway, with lone a tiny information astatine Kuttippuram near to beryllium completed.
