Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The work on the much-awaited widening of the National Highway(NH) stretch at Attingal town is fast nearing completion. Attingal municipality officials said that the four-lane road will be inaugurated in the second half of August. The widening of the road from Poovampara to Moonnumukku had to face several hurdles, which led to inordinate delay in completion of the work.
The widening of the stretch began two-and-a-half years ago. Unlike other road projects, widening of the 3 km stretch into a four-lane road is a model project as it has been taken up by the Attingal municipality voluntarily with the help of traders and local residents. The traders and local people gave up their land free of cost for the widening work, which could provide a lasting solution to the seemingly never ending traffic congestion on the highway connecting Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam.