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Even arsenic Kozhikode MP M.K. Raghavan blamed the Public Works section (PWD) for the purported hold successful taking up the improvement of the Malaparamba-Vellimadukunnu agelong of Mananchira-Vellimadukunnu Road, Minister for Public Works P.A. Mohamed Riyas said that it would beryllium developed nether the metropolis roadworthy betterment project.
The Minister said connected Tuesday (October 7) that the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had allowed the PWD to instrumentality up enactment connected the stretch. This followed a connection from the State government. The enactment connected the agelong had been kept pending.
Mr. Riyas said that it was earlier decided to grow the Mananchira-Vellimadukunnu Road arsenic a four-lane roadworthy nether the metropolis roadworthy betterment project. The authorities besides completed onshore acquisition for the purpose. However, the State did not get support to bash enactment connected the Malaparamba-Vellimadukunnu agelong arsenic it was portion of the Malaparamba-Muthanga nationalist road task (NH 766). Following this, the PWD wrote to the Centre requesting support for taking up works connected the agelong and held discussions with officials. When Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan met Union Minister Nitin Gadkari successful New Delhi recently, the contented was brought to his announcement arsenic well. Mr. Gadkari subsequently promised to look into the proposal, Mr. Riyas said.
Meanwhile, PWD officials said that enactment had been progressing connected the 5.32-km agelong of the 8.34-km Mananchira-Vellimadukunnu Road. The Malaparamba-Vellimadukunnu agelong is implicit 3 km long. The State authorities had allocated ₹482 crore for the widening work, ₹344.5 crore for onshore acquisition, and ₹137.44 crore for the roadworthy construction.
