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As the road-widening enactment connected the Kochi-Dhanushkodi National Highway continues to origin hours-long postulation blocks connected the way to Munnar, Idukki District Collector Dineshan Cheruvatt has issued a impermanent prohibition connected the road-widening works.
The order, issued nether the Disaster Management Act, states that the medication received aggregate reports of terrible postulation blockages. “Road-widening activities involving dense machinery, occurring alongside the question of tourer vehicles, airs a large menace to travellers. Consequently, each widening enactment indispensable beryllium suspended until further notice,” said the order.
The Collector besides directed the Idukki District Police Chief, the Devikulam Sub-Collector, and the Devikulam Tehsildar to show the concern and study connected actions taken by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
According to officials, the Pallivasal-Munnar agelong witnessed monolithic congestion during the Christmas holidays, leaving tourists trapped successful their vehicles for 3 to 4 hours. Following these repeated postulation snarls, tourism stakeholders urged the territory medication to instrumentality contiguous enactment to resoluteness the gridlock.
The abrupt surge successful visitors follows an aboriginal onset of wintertime successful Munnar. On December 20, the elevation presumption recorded sub-zero temperatures, drafting tourists from crossed the globe to acquisition the chilly weather. This inflow yet led to the existent postulation crisis.
