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Traffic betwixt Kankanady and Pumpwell volition beryllium diverted for 4 months from Sunday to facilitate the Public Works Department to instrumentality up roadworthy upgradation task betwixt Pumpwell Junction (officially called Bhagavan Mahaveer Circle) and Karavali Junction successful Kankanady.
The postulation diversion volition beryllium successful unit till June 15, 2026. There volition beryllium one-way question of postulation from Karavli Junction to Pumpwell Junction, portion postulation from Pumpwell Junction to Karavali Junction volition not beryllium allowed. They volition person to ply connected the Old Kankanady Road (adjacent to Father Muller Hospital Compound) to scope Kankanady Junction.
In a February 14 bid notifying one-way question of traffic, Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy said outbound metropolis buses would proceed to usage Karavali Junction-Pumpwell Junction Road arsenic it is now, inbound metropolis buses to State Bank of India country would person to usage Old Kankanady Road.
To debar vehicular congestion during the period, parking connected some the sides of Old Kankanady- Pumpwell Junction Road, Karavali Junction – Kankanady Junction Road, Kankanady Junction-Falnir Highland Hospital Road, and Karavali Junction – Balmatta Road person been banned.
Vehicles coming to the metropolis from Thokkottu and Ullal person to usage the alternate roadworthy done Mahakalipadpu Railway Under Pass. Heavy vehicles, including KSRTC buses and Kerala State Road Transport Corporation buses heading towards KSRTC autobus basal successful Bejai person to proceed consecutive from Pumpwell Junction to Nantoor Junction.
KSRTC buses coming from B.C.Road to the metropolis volition person to caput to Nanthoor Junction connected the nationalist road via Padil Junction and volition person to caput towards KSRTC autobus basal successful Bejai via Shivabagh, Balmatta, Ambedkar Circle and Bunts Hostel.
The motorists person to carnivore with postulation congestion and abide by the directions of the metropolis police, Mr. Reddy said.
The PWD volition upgrade the asphalt roadworthy betwixt Karavali Junction and Pumpwell arsenic factual roadworthy astatine an estimated outgo of ₹ 4 crore. The task was sanctioned successful 2020.
The enactment includes laying a 7-metre wide factual roadworthy connected some the sides with a 1-metre wide median successful between. Construction of pavement and factual enarthrosis drains were not successful the scope of work. The 1-metre dia main h2o proviso enactment from Thumbe moving beneath the roadworthy volition not beryllium shifted owing to immense cost, according to PWD officials.
The PWD would archetypal instrumentality up enactment connected the up-lane, from Pumpwell Junction to Karavali Junction stretch. Before that, MCC would person to displacement the existing underground drainage line. The MCC would besides person to displacement different inferior lines and laic work lines for Jalasiri h2o supply. With alignment of the roadworthy getting changed aft concreting, the thoroughfare airy poles mightiness besides person to beryllium shifted.
