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Construction of a railway compound partition allegedly obstructing roadworthy improvement successful Kannur metropolis was halted connected Wednesday (January 14, 2026) pursuing a protestation by United Democratic Front (UDF) councillors and the Congress Block Committee.
The protestation took spot adjacent the Kannur underbridge, betweenthe aged autobus basal and Muneeswaran temple area, wherever Railway authorities had begun gathering a compound partition by digging a trench, which civic representatives said would impede the projected roadworthy improvement works of the Kannur Corporation.
Despite the Corporation submitting a missive nether the enactment of Mayor P. Indira earlier demanding that the works beryllium stopped, the Railways reportedly continued the construction. The Mayor on with the councillors had reached the tract and temporarily halted the operation connected Monday (January 12, 2026).
The Mayor had demanded that the operation beryllium resumed aft leaving capable abstraction to facilitate the roadworthy improvement works and to code the persistent waterlogging adjacent the underbridge. She had besides held discussions with the Railway officials. However, the construction, which was stopped pursuing the Mayor’s intervention, resumed again connected Wednesday without gathering immoderate of the demands.
In response, the Congress Block Committee and the UDF councillors launched a protestation astatine the site. Following an involution by Kannur MP K. Sudhakaran, who contacted the officials implicit the phone, the authorities agreed to temporarily suspended the enactment until a determination is taken the adjacent day. The protestation was subsequently called off. The agitation was led by artifact Congress president Kayakkal Rahul, territory caput M.K. Mohanan and others.
