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Munnar-Bodimettu stretch emerging as a major road tourism destination in Idukki

Idukki's Munnar-Bodimettu NH stretch is a popular road tourism destination, with tea plantations, hairpin bends, misty climate, and Anayirankal dam catchment area. NHAI and DTPC are taking steps to arrange tourist amenities, including a toilet complex and parking facilities. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate the stretch on Nov 6.

The Hindu · Oct 26, 2023

More NGOs join stir demanding proper drains, service roads on Edappally-Muthakunnam highway

Agitators demand publication of project's DPR, site inspection to be done next week. Cheranallor Pouravali allege NHAI mute spectator as firm constructing drains obstructing access to houses, shops. NH Samara Samiti, Cheranallor Janakeeya Samiti, Cheranaloor Dev. Committee agitating for wide underpasses, service roads at same level as plots. NHAI facing…

The Hindu · Oct 20, 2023

National Highways Authority of India to renovate 17-km Container Road in Kochi at a cost of ₹129 crore

NHAI to renovate 17-km Container Road in Kochi, Kerala with ₹129.5-crore project. Works include resurfacing, repair of bridges, installation of street lights, crash barriers, sign boards, bollards and beautification of Bolgatty Junction. 30,000 passenger car units use the corridor daily, with toll collection.

The Hindu · Oct 10, 2023

Sewage dumping spells doom for Kottooli wetland

Kottooli wetland polluted by sewage, restaurant waste; residents' associations, health squad, police struggle to prevent illegal activity; NH widening work may have shifted dumping to less inhabited location; health wing reconstitutes night squad, plans CCTV cameras. #Kozhikode #Kottooli #Wetland #Sewage #Restaurant #Waste #Residents #Police #NH #CCTV #Cameras

The Hindu · Sep 12, 2023

Gap road stretch: farmers to begin indefinite day-and-night protest seeking compensation

A report submitted by former Munnar special tahsildar to Idukki District Collector says unscientific widening works on the Gap Road stretch of the Kochi-Dhanushkodi NH has resulted in repeated landslips in the region

The Hindu · Aug 13, 2023

State to seek exemption for GST, royalty for NH projects

The cash-strapped Kerala government will request the Centre to explore the possibility of exempting royalty on earth/boulders and reimbursement of the State Goods and Services Tax component on the National Highway projects — Ernakullam Bypass and Kollam-Shenkottai NH — in the State

The Hindu · Aug 2, 2023

NHAI awards tender for DPR on elevated highway project

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has awarded the tender to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for constructing an elevated highway on the 16-km Edappally-Aroor NH Bypass.

The Hindu · Jul 30, 2023

NHAI awaiting nod to ready DPR for Edappally-Aroor elevated highway

Even as a 15-km elevated highway is being built in the Aroor-Thuravur NH 66 corridor, and a six-lane highway is being built in the Edappally-Muthakunnam NH 66 stretch, uncertainty prevails over the plight of an elevated highway that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) proposed on the Edappally-Aroor NH…

The Hindu · Jul 6, 2023

NHAI gearing up to install street lights on Container Road in Kochi

After having dilly-dallied for four years in installing lights on Container Road (NH 966A) that links Bolgatty Island and Kalamassery, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is getting ready to light up the highly accident-prone corridor.

The Hindu · Jun 23, 2023

Centre might bear entire land acquisition cost of Kundannoor-Angamaly NH Bypass

The long-overdue Kundannoor-Angamaly NH Bypass (named Ernakulam Bypass) has got a shot in the arm, with a tentative decision being taken to construct the stretch using Central funds, it is reliably learnt. Once ready, the greenfield NH that would begin south of the NH 66 Bypass at Kundannoor and end…

The Hindu · Jun 15, 2023