Motorcyclist injured after deer darts across his path
The airport extension of SeaportAirport Road has got impetus with the Naval Armament Depot (NAD) deciding to hand over 2.50 hectares, Minister for Industries P. Rajeeve said on Thursday.
Roads and Bridges Development Corporation of Kerala (RBDCK) would hand over ₹23.06 crore to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) as the cost of acquiring land, whose handing over was being awaited for two decades. RBDCK would also rebuild the HMTNAD Road at a width of 5.50 metres, according to the agreement with NAD.
The State government was in constant touch with the MoD, seeking speedy handing over of the land, he added.
Board of officials
A board of officials will shortly be constituted to measure the land needed for the airport extension and to speed up followup work. Utility posts and transformers on the stretch will be relocated, while traffic signal islands will be set up.
The Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) had recently sanctioned ₹722 crore for developing the NADMahilalayam stretch of the airport extension. Steps have been taken to speed up acquisition of land owned by HMT by seeking the Supreme Court’s permission to deposit ₹16.35 crore in bank.
Fourlaning
The fourlaning of the Bharata Mata CollegeIrumpanam reach of SeaportAirport Road too was being pursued, the Minister said.
Two days after an autorickshaw driver was killed and three passengers injured after colliding with a sambar deer that sped across their path near Kothamangalam, a motorcyclist was injured in a similar accident in the region on Wednesday night.
The injured is Basil, 45, of Vadattupara. He ended up with an injured shoulder bone after a sambar deer reportedly arrowed across his path on the BhoothathankettuVadattupara route on Wednesday around 11 p.m. Basil, a
A sambar deer reportedly arrowed across his path on BhoothathankettuVadattupara route
conductor with the KSRTC on temporary basis, remains admitted at the Kottayam Medical College Hospital.
Vigil P.N., 41, of Elamblassery in Kuttampuzha panchayat had died after his autorickshaw collided with a sambar deer and turned turtle at Kadapara on the PunnekkadThattekkad Road at Keerampara in Kothamangalam on Monday night.