The long wait for residents of Kurumbanmoozhy and Arayanjilimon, which get isolated for weeks on end during the monsoons, is finally over with the authorities all set to commence works on the iron foot bridges across the Pampa.
According to Pramod Narayan, MLA, the State government has accorded the final sanction for constructing iron foot bridges that will connect the settlements here to the world outside during the rainy seasons. An expert team from the Steel Industrials Kerala Limited, a State-owned PSU, visited these locations and prepared the estimates earlier last year.
The 104-meter-long bridge at Kurumbanmoozhy, to be constructed at a cost of ₹3.97 crore, will be 90-meters wide. The bridge at Arayanjilimon, to be constructed by the Public Works Department at a cost of ₹2.7 crore, will be 83-meter long and 1.30-meter wide.
