The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has agreed to build a new road parallel to the national highway at Pachakkil in the city in place of the one that has been blocked as part of the NH widening process. M.K. Raghavan, MP, and MLA Thottathil Raveendran met NHAI project director Ashuthosh Sinha on Saturday to find a solution to the issue that troubled the residents at Pachakkil Junction.
The issue arose when the small lane from Pachakkil Junction, which is the only way to go out for members of 12 houses in the locality, was blocked when the ground was raised for the approach road to the national highway as part of the ongoing widening process.
“These 12 houses were completely cut off as a 10-foot high wall was built in front of them,” said M.N. Praveen, councillor of the Civil Station ward of the Corporation.
