Centre puts 14.64-km Edappally-Aroor elevated highway on hold

The Story in Brief

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has put Kerala’s 14.64-km Edappally-Aroor six-lane elevated highway on hold, The New Indian Express reports. Minister Nitin Gadkari told the Lok Sabha that the National Highways Authority of India will instead pursue the 49.5-km Angamaly-Aroor bypass to ease traffic on the Angamaly-Edappally-Kundannoor stretch of NH 66.

The greenfield bypass, with port connectivity, will avoid major urban hubs and link Angamaly near Kochi airport to the Aroor-Thuravoor elevated corridor. Its alignment was approved in June, while a fresh land acquisition notification is expected in August. The elevated project faced land constraints, an abandoned detailed project report and possible clashes with the Kochi Metro at Palarivattom and Vyttila.

The Indian Opinion

The easy narrative is that the Centre has abandoned Kochi’s congestion problem, while the opposite claim is that a new bypass will quickly solve it. Neither is established. The existing corridor remains crowded, and the bypass still needs land acquisition and detailed planning. The useful test is whether the 49.5-km project moves from notification to construction without fresh alignment delays, and whether traffic on the Edappally-Aroor stretch falls after it opens.

Source: newindianexpress.com

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