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The Kerala Road Safety Authority’s (KRSA) ₹1.50-crore task to redevelop Vyttila Junction and decongest it was launched connected Sunday (June 21).
Although Vyttila is the biggest junction successful Kerala, the junction and the roads converging determination person remained bottlenecked contempt a six-lane flyover being commissioned successful 2021. Multiple projects announced by the past State government, including 1 to trim the grade of the monolithic medians and the roundabout beneath the flyover, did not materialise.
“With postulation congestion worsening by the day, I met the past Transport Minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar seeking funds to redevelop the junction and region bottlenecks. Subsequently, Hibi Eden, MP, besides conducted a tract visit, and it was decided to instrumentality a task readied by the City Traffic police. The funds were frankincense sourced from the KRSA,” said Uma Thomas, MLA, successful whose constituency Vyttila is located, successful a property release.
Despite the hold successful commencing the works, the contractor has agreed to implicit the junction’s redevelopment successful a time-bound manner, she added. The works that commenced connected Sunday see reducing a important information of the medians beneath the flyover that impede creaseless postulation flow.
Apart from Ms. Thomas, those contiguous astatine the motorboat of the redevelopment task included Mayor V.K. Minimol, ACP, Edappally Traffic Police, Sherif S., NHAI officials, councillors, traders and members of the public.
