The maintenance of major roads leading to Sabarimala will be completed in a time-bound manner ahead of the two-month-long annual pilgrimage to the Lord Ayyappa temple, Public Works Department Minister P.A. Mohammed Riyas has said.
Addressing the media after a review meeting at Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday, the Minister said the department had identified 19 roads and classified them into various categories to carry out the maintenance works.
The work on each road that was assigned to various officials in the department would be completed before October 15. The Minister would take a road trip on October 19 and 20 to assess the quality of the works conducted. If the condition of the roads was found not satisfactory, strict action would be initiated against the officials responsible for the upkeep of the roads, said Mr. Riyas.
