Bottlenecked junctions and stretches on the Civil Line Road-Infopark stretch must be widened, prior to commencement of piling for the viaduct of Kochi Metro’s 11.20-km Kakkanad extension, socio-cultural leaders and representatives of residents’ associations, traders, NGOs, and autorickshaw driver unions who arrayed under the banner of Thrikkakara Vikasana Samity, have said.
The demand gains significance as piling work began near CSEZ premises a week ago to construct the entry to one of the stations in the metro corridor. A total of 71 key stakeholder representatives attended the meeting, apart from the Chairperson of Thrikkakara Municipality and officials representing the Motor Vehicles department.
In neighbouring Thripunithura, residents, under the banner of TRURA, have been crying foul over junctions along the Pettah-SN Junction corridor not being adequately widened when the arterial road beneath the metro corridor was widened.
