| Railway overbridges at Vengalam and Vengali opened for traffic by nikhilndls on 29 November, 2012 - 12:00 PM | ||
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 nikhilndls | Railway overbridges at Vengalam and Vengali opened for traffic on 29 November, 2012 - 12:00 PM | |
KOZHIKODE: The national highway authorities, on Wednesday, threw open the railway overbridges at Vengalam and Vengali for vehicular traffic. The decision was taken, considering the hardships faced by commuters owing to the repair work.The works on the ROBs in the Kozhikode-Kannur route had started over a month ago following complaints that the potholes on them were causing hardships to commuters. While the repair works on the Vengali ROB was completed a few days ago, the Vengalam ROB was thrown open before the completion of the tarring work of the approach road, considering the traffic woes."The work on the approach road of the Vengalam ROB was to be completed a couple of days ago. However, the process could not be completed as the natives obstructed the work of the tar-mixing unit at Kunnamangalam citing the issue of environmental pollution," said district collector K Mohankumar. "The remaining work would start along with the work of Chengottukavu bridge," he added.Though the highway wing of the public works department had asked for a month's time to complete the work and had demanded a traffic ban on the route till the completion of the work, the road safety authority fixed the deadline as November 14. The decision to complete the work on a war footing was taken considering the fact that large number of buses and other vehicles plying on the Kozhikode-Kannur route would be affected if the road was to be blocked for a long period. | ||