Two tunnel roads mooted to decongest ghat road

Kozhikode | Thursday | 4th January, 2018

Summary:

The distance of the proposed Anakkampoyil- Kalladi-Meppadi tunnel road will be 6 km while the Maruthilavu-Vythiri-Kalpetta road will be 13 km. Besides, the ghat road would be widened after acquiring 0.92 hectares of forest land. The meeting also decided to complete the patch works as well as concreting and tarring on the ghat road within a month. more-inThe district administration has decided to strengthen the ongoing measures and has come up with fresh proposals, including construction of two tunnel roads, in a bid to de-congest the Thamarassery ghat road that connects Kozhikode to Wayanad. A review meeting held at the district collectorate here on Wednesday wanted to put in place a permanent solution to ease the vehicular movement on the 12-km-long stretch of ghat road..