Trenching of resurfaced road in Kochi draws flak
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The trenching that is being done in front of the Kochi Corporation office on the recently resurfaced Park Avenue Road is an example of public funds being wasted, Ernakulam Vikasana Samiti has alleged.
“It is apparently being done to lay cable duct alongside the road. It could have been readied before the resurfacing was done. Trenching for duct construction after resurfacing will weaken the road. What is shocking is that it is being done right in front of the corporation office,” said K.S. Dileep Kumar, president of the Samiti. He exhorted Cochin Smart Mission Limited (CSML), which resurfaced the road, to adopt scientific construction methods and fast-track work.
Smart Mission seeking to complete road works by October
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‘Delay encountered in relocating posts, underground utilities’
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‘Delay encountered in relocating posts, underground utilities’
All pending works of Cochin Smart Mission Limited (CSML) in the city will be completed by October, ahead of the December deadline. They include completion of pending works on smart roads and other roads that are being renovated, sources in the agency said.
They attributed delay in completing many works to the pandemic, and delay encountered in relocating posts and underground utilities. Every effort is being made to speed up works, despite such hurdles. “For example, ₹1.20 crore was spent from our funds to lay new telephone cables in the place of old ones that had to be relocated for our works, when the telecom firm cited funds paucity. Similarly, implementable suggestions of councillors and other people’s representatives are taken into account while