Summary:
By Express News ServiceKOCHI: With the state government strongly opposing load test on the Palarivattom flyover which has been closed following construction flaws, experts in the construction sector said that load test would help ascertain the strength of the flyover before its demolition. Supratic said that he inspected the Palarivattom flyover and found that the work was satisfactory. “If the actual deflection is more than 10 per cent, the load test will be stopped. Load test is conducted to check flexural capacity by analysing the deflection,” he said. Varghese Kannampilly, president of Kerala Government Contractors Association, said in the case of the Palarivattom flyover, the victim was made the culprit..