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Corporation to seek Central aid

Staff Reporter

Project reports on roads presented





KOZHIKODE: Mayor M. Bhaskaran has said that the City Corporation will take steps to get funds from the Union Government to improve city roads.

The Mayor was addressing a meeting where the Kozhikode City Roads Improvement Project prepared by the Public Works Department and another project prepared by the Centre for Integrated Rural and Urban Studies (CIRUS) were presented on Friday.

Sabu K. Philip, consultant, Kozhikode City Roads Improvement Project, presenting the project said that 13 roads and two flyovers were proposed under phase I and II of this project at a total cost of Rs.400 crore. Consultancy study for the projects was carried out by a New Delhi firm. The third phase would cover work on seven roads. The entire project would be submitted for funding under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

The three roads under Phase I are the coastal road from West Hill Link (Butt Road) to Meenchanda, mini bypass from Meenchanda to West Hill, and the road from Mananchira to Vellimadukunnu. The flyovers are at Arayidathupalam and Eranhipalam.

The CIRUS report said that if the Corporation prepared a project for roads in the city, it could be submitted for Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns, which had a corpus fund of Rs.5000 crore.

The project report of the CIRUS, which did a study on widening of Palayam-Franscis Road as directed by the Calicut Development Authority, said the existing 12-metre road would be widened to 24 metres. The issue of 180 tenants and 85 owners of buildings and shops on both sides of the road have to be tackled.

It was totally unfair that Calicut was left out from JNNURM. Hope this will be rectified.