KOCHI: The road relaying works at Vyttila and on adjacent service roads were partly resumed with the rain subsiding considerably in the city, on Friday.PWD officials stated that they would finish the road maintenance work as soon as possible.“We have almost finished tile-laying works at Vyttila Junction and on the stretch to Vyttila Mobility Hub. The tilelaying works at Kundannoor service roads are also progressing,” said an official with PWD NH wing.However, the work got affected in between due to unexpected showers. But officials are hopeful that they would be able to restore the condition of roads.Due to rain, PWD NH wing had failed to meet the deadline set to repair damaged roads for the fourth time in a row.“We were hopeful of completing the road maintenance works, including raising the height of service roads from Kundannoor Junction to Vyttila Junction at par with the national highways by July 12. Since the rain continued to play spoilsport, we had no other choice but to stop the work. We have completed 90% of road relaying works at Vyttila and Kundannoor as directed by the collector,” said an official with PWD NH wing.“But relaying of service roads needs to be completed. We can only carry out repair works at night in busy stretches like Vyttila. This is has resulted in inordinate delay,” said the official.To solve the never-ending traffic snarls due to potholed and muddy roads at Vyttila Junction, the district administration along with PWD NH wing had decided to relay roads by laying tiles and to increase the width of the service road on the Kundannoor-Vyttila stretch on a war footing.The decision was taken at a meeting held between district collector K Mohammed Y Safirulla and PWD principal secretary Kamala Vardhana Rao on June 16.

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