Title - Underpass work to begin soon: Mayor

It will ease traffic congestion at Chinnakada

Even as there are reports that the Chinnakada underpass project is in limbo, Mayor Prasanna Earnest dismissed such fears and said that a meeting of officers concerned convened by the City Corporation took the decision to commence the work at the earliest. The meeting discussed in detail the technical problems likely to crop up during the construction phase.The underpass is being mooted as a project, which on becoming a reality, will considerably ease the traffic congestion not only at Chinnakada but in many other parts of the city. The main hurdle to the project was getting about 21 cents of land in the possession of the Railways to construct the approach road for the underpass.The Mayor said the hurdle has been overcome. The meeting was attended by officials from the BSNL, the KSEB, the Public Works Department and the National Highway department. Once construction starts the Chinnakada overbridge will have to be closed for traffic.

The meeting discussed in detail the traffic problems which will crop up as a result of this and probed the practical alternatives. The Mayor called for the cooperation of the people to realise the project.


Main hurdle was getting 21 cents of land from Railways