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The reconstructed Muppalam (triple bridge) successful Alappuzha municipality volition beryllium inaugurated by Public Works Minister P.A. Mohamed Riyas astatine 6 p.m. connected October 15. The Public Works Department (PWD) has replaced 3 interconnected bridges with 4 bridges, present collectively referred to arsenic ‘Nalppalam’.
The caller Nalppalam link Vada Canal and Commercial Canal. Three of the bridges are 23 metres agelong and 7.5 metres wide, portion the 4th is 26 metres agelong and 7.5 metres wide. The task was implemented by the Kerala Road Fund Board (KRFB) astatine a outgo of ₹17.82 crore. The PWD began demolishing the ageing Muppalam successful August 2020. Though it was initially announced that reconstruction would beryllium completed wrong a year, the task was delayed owed to assorted reasons.
Originally constructed during British regularisation to link 3 roads, Muppalam was erstwhile a fashionable determination for movie shoots.
Along with this, Mr. Riyas volition besides motorboat the operation works of the Alappuzha Heritage Project’s canal-side beautification initiative, being implemented by the Tourism section astatine a outgo of ₹22.50 crore.
