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The recently appointed consultancy by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for the widening and modernization of the Chengannur–Mundakkayam agelong of National Highway 183 volition commence its survey successful January
K. Francis George, MP, said Union Minister for Road Transport Nitin Gadkari confirmed this during discussions connected addressing the terrible postulation congestion connected KK Road and MC Road successful Kottayam. The consultancy volition besides survey the projected caller bypass starting from Mulankuzha.
The survey volition beryllium conducted successful 3 phases with archetypal signifier from Chengannur to Aida Junction successful Kottayam, the 2nd signifier from Aida Junction to Chengal Church connected K K Road and the 3rd signifier from Chengal Church to Mundakayam.
Given the congestion successful the conception from Aida Junction to Chengal Church and the challenges of roadworthy widening successful places including Kottayam town, the survey volition besides see an appraisal of a projected bypass from Mulankuzha successful Nattakam and ending astatine Mannathipara.
According to the MP, the Minister has assured that a clip bounds volition beryllium acceptable for the recently appointed consultancy to implicit the work.
Earlier successful August this year, the NHAI had terminated a erstwhile consultancy owed to delays successful completing the survey and assigned a caller bureau to behaviour the study. The erstwhile consultancy lone conducted survey activities and developed plans for the 2nd phase, leaving the archetypal and 3rd phases unaddressed. Tender procedures were besides initiated to name a caller consultancy to behaviour the survey for the archetypal and 3rd parts. Cancelling each these decisions, a azygous consultancy was assigned to implicit the proceedings for the full stretch.
Meanwhile, the MP has informed that Mr. Gadkari besides spoke astir the plans by the Central Surface Transport Department to behaviour survey for the operation of a caller elevated road connecting Kottayam to Thripunithura via Kumarakom and Vaikom by linking National Highways 183 and 66 .
The projected alignment of the road begins astatine Mulankuzha successful Kottayam and volition extremity astatine the Ernakulam bypass successful Thripunithura.
