PWD calendar to expedite NH 66 work
A calendar would be brought in to expedite the NH 66 work from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram.
Thiruvananthapuram: The Cabinet has approved the public works department's policy for the year 2018 with the slogan, 'new era, new construction'.
A calendar would be brought in to expedite the NH 66 work from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram.
But experts feel that while the other states have joined North-South Corridor, East-West Corridor and Golden Quadrilateral, Kerala is decades behind in the NH development.
The PWD policy released by the minister G. Sudhakaran vows to complete Mannuthy-Vadakkencherry NH road development in time.
The second stage of the Pravachambalam - Balaramapuram route on the four-lane Karamana - Kaliyikkavila stretch will be kicked off soon using Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board funds. There have been numerous instances where the National Highway Authority of India and PWD officials passing the buck for the inordinate delay in completing the projects. Kerala Government Contractors Association welcomed the decision not to entertain foreign consultancies."UP has got several expressways to its credit. But sadly, Kerala is limping behind, and due to the inordinate delay, the cost has escalated by five times. Government's words sound hollow," said Varghese Kannampally, president of KGCA.
The decision to ban foreign consultancies has been welcomed by the PWD officials as well. They claim that the Indian standards are way ahead of other countries. All the government buildings will comply with the National Building Code and National Building Rule.