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.
Protest against cycle track
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The demarcation of space on the busy Park Avenue Road for a cycle track does not augur well for commuters on the corridor, the Ernakulam Vikasana Samithi has said.
K.S. Dileep Kumar, chairman of the samithi, said that over 90% of the land on either side of the stretch was owned by government agencies. A dedicated cycle track could have been created by acquiring a portion of the land. The ongoing work by CSML to carve out a cycle track was aimed at “hoodwinking” members of a Central team which would arrive in the city later this month, he said.