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Thiruvananthapuram: After years of deadlock, the hurdle for acquisition of land belonging to the Tranvancore Devaswom Board (TDB) for the works of City roads improvement project (CRIP) has been cleared. The Kerala Road Fund Board (KRFB) and TBD have reached a consensus on the compensation for handing over the 18 cents in possession of TDB. The KRFB will give 19 cents near Vikas Bhavan in lieu of 18 cents acquired from the board from various locations in the city.
Road widening was stalled at several places due to the delay in handing over TDB land at places, including land of Hanuman temple at PMG, Kammattam Maha Ganapathy temple near Eye Hospital Palayam, Devi Temple Shanghumukham and a stretch opposite to Ayurveda College. KRFB general manager N Sudharshan Pillai said the state cabinet has approved the decision to give 19 cents near Vikash Bhavan as compensation. Now, it is the district collector who must initiate actions, he said.
The officials of Thiruvananthapuram Road Development Company Limited (TRDCL), concessionaire of Crip, said they could continue the road widening works at small stretches at Shanghumugham and MG Road once the land was handed over to them.
The office-bearers of TDB too have confirmed the decision. “The board will take further decision on the land,” said TDB secretary Balachandran Nair.
Issues prevail: Though the KRFB claims to sort out most of the land acquisition issues, displacement of traders at East Fort still remains a major hurdle. The TRDCL has stopped the development of MG Road till Overbridge. If the stalemate over the land acquisition continues, the TRDCL will drop the widening of Overbridge-Attakulangara stretch. “The project is envisaged so as to bring a lasting solution to the flooding at East Fort,” TRDCL vice president Anil Kumar Pandala said.
Development of East Fort, one of the most crowded areas in the city, assumes more significance due to the rising popularity of Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple. A group of traders at Pazhavangadi-East Fort stretch have raised protest against displacement, which has been delaying the project for the past seven years.
Thiruvananthapuram: After years of deadlock, the hurdle for acquisition of land belonging to the Tranvancore Devaswom Board (TDB) for the works of City roads improvement project (CRIP) has been cleared. The Kerala Road Fund Board (KRFB) and TBD have reached a consensus on the compensation for handing over the 18 cents in possession of TDB. The KRFB will give 19 cents near Vikas Bhavan in lieu of 18 cents acquired from the board from various locations in the city.
Road widening was stalled at several places due to the delay in handing over TDB land at places, including land of Hanuman temple at PMG, Kammattam Maha Ganapathy temple near Eye Hospital Palayam, Devi Temple Shanghumukham and a stretch opposite to Ayurveda College. KRFB general manager N Sudharshan Pillai said the state cabinet has approved the decision to give 19 cents near Vikash Bhavan as compensation. Now, it is the district collector who must initiate actions, he said.
The officials of Thiruvananthapuram Road Development Company Limited (TRDCL), concessionaire of Crip, said they could continue the road widening works at small stretches at Shanghumugham and MG Road once the land was handed over to them.
The office-bearers of TDB too have confirmed the decision. “The board will take further decision on the land,” said TDB secretary Balachandran Nair.
Issues prevail: Though the KRFB claims to sort out most of the land acquisition issues, displacement of traders at East Fort still remains a major hurdle. The TRDCL has stopped the development of MG Road till Overbridge. If the stalemate over the land acquisition continues, the TRDCL will drop the widening of Overbridge-Attakulangara stretch. “The project is envisaged so as to bring a lasting solution to the flooding at East Fort,” TRDCL vice president Anil Kumar Pandala said.
Development of East Fort, one of the most crowded areas in the city, assumes more significance due to the rising popularity of Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple. A group of traders at Pazhavangadi-East Fort stretch have raised protest against displacement, which has been delaying the project for the past seven years.
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