The final stretch of the long-awaited Manarcaud–Pattithanam bypass, which is significant in easing the never-ending traffic chaos along the busiest stretch of Main Central (MC) Road in Central Travancore, will be thrown open to traffic on October 1.
Authorities have already completed surfacing works on the 1.8-km-long reach of the road that connects Pattithanam to Parekandam Junction along Ettumanur–Pala Road. Works on the reach have been completed at a cost of ₹12.6 crore.
Though alignment of the road had been finalised 38 years ago , the project received the administrative sanction only in 2012. The first reach of the road from Manarcaud to Poovathummood was completed three years later while the second section from Poovathummood to Parekandam on the Ettumanur-Poonjar State Highway was thrown open to traffic in 2019.
