Kochi | Roads, Bridges, Flyovers & Highways

[mohammedirshad06]

Originally Posted by DileepKS

The big arteries in the city are pretty good. The problem is with the roads that are classified small, but carry major traffic. Eg DH Road, St. Benedict road etc. Those are thin paved, and naturally are broken down easily.

My comment on the SUV was more about the southbound highway from Aroor.

I would say, its partly because of improper, more better usage should be ridiculous traffic pattern of the city.

Most of the small roads, say DH, Chitoor, Convent junction road, hospital road etc were designed during Royal days, mainly to cater only handful royal and government vehicles. Things have rapidly changed to 2011 with these roads patronized by lorries, Volvo buses, city buses and scores of medium sized vehicles, while the road size and to extend even the specifications of road design remains that of 1920s.

What a ridiculous idea is allow Chittoor road for city bus services, KSRTC still using Rajaji facility and many other faults in traffic design.

[mohammedirshad06]

The road repair MAHAMAHAM started with entire relaying of Rajaji Road conducted under direct supervision of Kochi Mayor- Tony Chammany

















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[mohammedirshad06]

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Maradu side of NH Highway

[vu3nnn]

What a ridiculous idea is allow Chittoor road for city bus services, KSRTC still using Rajaji facility and many other faults in traffic design.

then what is the alternative? City busses use Chittoor Road and KSRTC use Rajaji facility for a simple reason that people need these routes and overwhelmingly patronize them.

Chittoor Road (Kacheripady-Valanjambalam can till be widened with ease, with not a single major structure having to be pulled down or a single person displaced (except for a couple of illegal wayside petty shops)

Again, Kacheripady - Rajaji Road Jn stretch of Chittoor Road is in pretty OK shape in spite of the busses. The problem of moon crater potholes is between Rajaji Road and South, which makes it pretty clear that the only problem is with the contractor, not with the road or the planning per se.

Blaming the vehicles instead of blaming the road construction is IMO perverted logic, and will only strengthen the hands of the contractor-mafia.

[mohammedirshad06]

Originally Posted by vu3nnn

then what is the alternative? City busses use Chittoor Road and KSRTC use Rajaji facility for a simple reason that people need these routes and overwhelmingly patronize them.

Chittoor Road (Kacheripady-Valanjambalam can till be widened with ease, with not a single major structure having to be pulled down or a single person displaced (except for a couple of illegal wayside petty shops)

Again, Kacheripady - Rajaji Road Jn stretch of Chittoor Road is in pretty OK shape in spite of the busses. The problem of moon crater potholes is between Rajaji Road and South, which makes it pretty clear that the only problem is with the contractor, not with the road or the planning per se.

Blaming the vehicles instead of blaming the road construction is IMO perverted logic, and will only strengthen the hands of the contractor-mafia.

I fail to understand small stretch of road like Chitoor road from Iyattil Junction to Valanjambalam be used for Tripunithara bound buses? This stretch is already a major road with several small vehicles plying and buses adds more woes to it.

Rather roads with less traffic can be used to bus traffic. For example Foreshore road-Pallimukku stretch is used, it can reduced congestion both in MG Road as well as Chitoor road. Tripunithara buses can ply from Marine drive, go straight from General hospital area, instead of taking left to foreshore road and drive straight to South ROB via Pallimukku. Fort Kochi Buses also can ply in same route and take diversion to Electronics street and proceed untill Atlantis Junction before getting back to MG Road.

Foreshore road is currently holds less traffic, even in case of private vehicles. Thus pressure of roads will get reduced. Lot of scope of widening exists in Church Landing road, like the vacant plot in front of church. Most of the houses in that area are not on edge of the road, hence LA wouldn't affect much. Even without LA, the roads are okay to accomodate Bus traffic.

KSRTC Buses bound to KSRTC bus stand from Alapuzha side, must avoid entering into city, by diverting to Maradu and to VMH. City buses can ply in the previous route.

This way chitoor road, DH etc can be saved from excessive traffic and less pressure and the city roads can relieved from traffic to some extent.

The problem is it may find objections from public, as many stops will be cut down. People want stops on every 100 meters. The best example- GHSS stop in South and within 100 meters, we have Valanjambalam stop....

Public will patronize... You don't need to stick up with 1960s kind of traffic planning in today's context.

[Malayaali]

Underpass to be built along Vytilla ROB


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[vu3nnn]

I fail to understand small stretch of road like Chitoor road from Iyattil Junction to Valanjambalam be used for Tripunithara bound buses? This stretch is already a major road with several small vehicles plying and buses adds more woes to it.

The only alternative is the even more congested MG Road.

Rather roads with less traffic can be used to bus traffic. For example Foreshore road-Pallimukku stretch is used, it can reduced congestion both in MG Road as well as Chitoor road. Tripunithara buses can ply from Marine drive, go straight from General hospital area, instead of taking left to foreshore road and drive straight to South ROB via Pallimukku.

Fort Kochi Buses also can ply in same route and take diversion to Electronics street and proceed untill Atlantis Junction before getting back to MG Road.

I guess you are not aware of the actual road layout in these places. Google Earth / Wikimapia will tell you this is possible, but a drive through this road will convince you this is not possible. This road is already being used by South to North city busses and is in no condition whatsoever to support even LMV in the return direction.

Foreshore road is currently holds less traffic, even in case of private vehicles. Thus pressure of roads will get reduced. Lot of scope of widening exists in Church Landing road, like the vacant plot in front of church. Most of the houses in that area are not on edge of the road, hence LA wouldn't affect much. Even without LA, the roads are okay to accomodate Bus traffic.

Foreshore Road is OK. It is the Church landing Road that is a problem. True, widening is easily possible without any displacement (except for people who have no business to be there), as it is with Chittoor Road, and in fact the proposal exist for both these roads on paper. But when that will happen in anyone's guess.

KSRTC Buses bound to KSRTC bus stand from Alapuzha side, must avoid entering into city, by diverting to Maradu and to VMH. City buses can ply in the previous route.

While I personally do not have a problem with this idea, the KSRTC-Sahodaran Ayyapan Road - Maradu - Arur route was proposed (and I think even implemented for a few days - I am not sure) when the Gammon bridge came into existence, to save on toll, but stiff opposition from the people of West Kochi forced KSRTC to abandon this move. Nothing has changed since then, so it will be a while and take some doing to shift long distance KSRTC busses shift to VMH..... and in any case without the flyovers at NH47, such a move would serve no purpose... as things stand the congestion in Vytilla and other junctions means that coming via the city or via NH bye pass does not make much of a difference! In fact taking the Thoppumpady route and exiting via the container road may actually save time than going via the ByePass and entering VMH as it exists now!

The problem is it may find objections from public, as many stops will be cut down. People want stops on every 100 meters. The best example- GHSS stop in South and within 100 meters, we have Valanjambalam stop....

The stop at Valanjambalam no longer exists officially for the last 15 years at least. But busses do stop if anyone stretch out their hand, as they do elsewhere.

[DileepKS]

City buses should be plied on the Edakochi route. The residents can not expect the long distance buses to waste all the time and fuel to serve them!! They got used to the convenience of all night service. That is the problem.

[mohammedirshad06]

Originally Posted by vu3nnn

I guess you are not aware of the actual road layout in these places. Google Earth / Wikimapia will tell you this is possible, but a drive through this road will convince you this is not possible. This road is already being used by South to North city busses and is in no condition whatsoever to support even LMV in the return direction.

I am well aware of the road, as I stay very close to this stretch and during my vacations, Foreshore road to Park is my regular morning walk stretch.

I agree that current road condition is worse, primarily due to bad condition of road. When I said about alternate roads, it is to reduce pressures on road. Pressure on road is also one of the several factors for its breakdown. Ofcourse the main villain is poor quality of laying. But even if its well laid, heavy pressure will reduce the durability.

Foreshore Road is OK. It is the Church landing Road that is a problem. True, widening is easily possible without any displacement (except for people who have no business to be there), as it is with Chittoor Road, and in fact the proposal exist for both these roads on paper. But when that will happen in anyone's guess.

Church Land road is the only problem area. But there are enough vacant plots and many plots are not easy to sell. Example, NSS Karayogam tried several times to sell Rudra Vilasom school premises, which didn't work out. The center plot is vacant for centuries, owing to some mysterious reasons. The Palaces of Cochin Royals on other sides have enough frontage to acquire for a 4 meter wide road. And some structures near to Church Landing road are even unauthorized constructions.

The side road near to Shipyard also able to expand, as most of the land is completely underutilized and laid with forests. Acquisition is possible, being a govt entity and not much of land, as we require just 4 to 5 meters of width, to make it proper road, enough for buses to operate. Once acquired, it must be enforced as priority road for Buses, not LMV.

This is not case of Chitoor road. Though the plan is there to acquire land, it will be always opposed due to pressures of business lobby. In Kochi, we require some Jayalalitha kind of leader, if dare to go beyond business lobbies. Rather wasting time dealing much with business units, its more easy for practical land acquisitions. Once Atlantis ROB comes up, even we can prohibit buses plying thro' South, hence it takes off pressure on Chitoor and MG Road to great extend.

While I personally do not have a problem with this idea, the KSRTC-Sahodaran Ayyapan Road - Maradu - Arur route was proposed (and I think even implemented for a few days - I am not sure) when the Gammon bridge came into existence, to save on toll, but stiff opposition from the people of West Kochi forced KSRTC to abandon this move. Nothing has changed since then, so it will be a while and take some doing to shift long distance KSRTC busses shift to VMH..... and in any case without the flyovers at NH47, such a move would serve no purpose... as things stand the congestion in Vytilla and other junctions means that coming via the city or via NH bye pass does not make much of a difference! In fact taking the Thoppumpady route and exiting via the container road may actually save time than going via the ByePass and entering VMH as it exists now!

I am not saying KSRTC Buses to use NH road bypassing Edakochi side. I am saying they can use current road, but instead of entering into City at Venduruthy, they can divert the buses to Kundanoor side and enter into NH Byepass and reach VMH.

Atleast half of private buses that ply on Aluva-Fort Kochi route, must be diverted via NH Byepass and enter Thoppumpady via Kundanoor.

Ofcourse there are congestion at Vytilla. But surely there are strong plans to develop 4 grade separators and the road is more wide and professionally designed to hold more traffic.

The stop at Valanjambalam no longer exists officially for the last 15 years at least. But buses do stop if anyone stretch out their hand, as they do elsewhere.

There are many like that and slowly they emerge as official stops. Unless traffic authorities stops it, it will worsen it...

The traffic police must bring in more professionals, to see which all stretches can be used or not... To say, current traffic pattern is only to worsen the road usage and adds more pressure woes.

Traffic patterns are usages are created by Humans and our police must use their powers to redesign the usage, rather following age old practice considering ground reality.

[vu3nnn]

Pressure on road is also one of the several factors for its breakdown. Ofcourse the main villain is poor quality of laying. But even if its well laid, heavy pressure will reduce the durability.

What I don’t understand is that why can’t they simply lay all the roads as done at MG Road, SA Road, Banerjee Road, and Kaloor Kadavanthara Road, all which in spite of heavy traffic is performing remarkably well for years now. This proves that all excuses such as heavy rains, increased traffic etc are hollow. True, cost will be high, but it would be one time investment rather than repairing the roads every six months.

All fingers point to the contractor-mafia as they would be out of work if this happens.

Acquisition is possible, being a govt entity and not much of land, as we require just 4 to 5 meters of width, to make it proper road, enough for buses to operate. Once acquired, it must be enforced as priority road for Buses, not LMV.

In this we have another example of lack of foresight or bureaucratic-political will. Shipyard demolished and rebuild the boundary wall about 6-7 years ago (there’s a road on the other side of the wall also). At that time the government could have expanded the Madhavan Nair Road easily to eliminate the congestion at Pallimukku….. but making it a priority road for busses won’t work as the road is basically a residential area on the other side.

This is not case of Chitoor road. Though the plan is there to acquire land, it will be always opposed due to pressures of business lobby.

In Chittoor Road, no one will loose their plots or building. All the landowners would loose is a few meters of the frontage, which they anyway have to leave vacant as per building regulations. In return they would get cash / extra FAR which they would welcome…and a wider road ultimately benefits them most.

The only casualties would be a few diapiliated shops at Pulleppady Jn and near Iyyatil Jn, but from what I understand some of them are actually illegal constructions, and many others are tenents who are not paying market rent to the landlords, so the landlords would be glad to use road widening as an excuse to evict them…. ….

But what is needed is a political will and leadership to see these things through

I am not saying KSRTC Buses to use NH road bypassing Edakochi side. I am saying they can use current road, but instead of entering into City at Venduruthy, they can divert the buses to Kundanoor side and enter into NH Byepass and reach VMH.

While this is one option, another option is to continue to the Venduruthy bridge and take the Madhavan Nair Road - Church landing Road (after widening) - Foreshore Road - Park Avenue - Marine Drive to the Container Road rather than use the MG Road and the present KSRTC stand. The busses can halt at the old KSRTC stand at Boat Jetty, which has enough facilities for passing busses, or at the site earmarked for a new bus stand near the Goshree bridge.

The advantage of this route over the existing MG Road - Banerjee Road or even the Bye Pass is not having to cross any major signals or junctions, and still passing through the city center and bang in front of Maharajas College, Law College, Revenue Tower, St Thresas, Old Collectorate, General Hospital, Market, Broadway, Marine Drive, High Court, Vallarpadom Container Terminal etc. People can get down and walk to these places without depending on secondary transport such as city busses or autos, thereby eliminating more vehicles on the road rather than merely reducing vehicles on the road, or replacing long distance busses with city busses or autos as VMH will achieve.

Atleast half of private buses that ply on Aluva-Fort Kochi route, must be diverted via NH Byepass and enter Thoppumpady via Kundanoor.

This should be accompanied by more boat services between Fort Kochi / Mattancherry and Ernakulam to compensate for the reduced connectivity between the city center and west Kochi

Another option would be to divert half of the Alwaye busses via the Container Road. The major source of congestion in the city is the North and South ROB, and putting the container road to good use would ease congestions greatly.

The traffic police must bring in more professionals, to see which all stretches can be used or not... To say, current traffic pattern is only to worsen the road usage and adds more pressure woes.

Traffic patterns are usages are created by Humans and our police must use their powers to redesign the usage, rather following age old practice considering ground reality.

Experience shows that whenever the traffic police have intervened to impose restrictions on the natural flow it has invariably created a big mess. The senseless array of blinking traffic lights atop the South ROB is a standing testimony to this fact.

A few years ago the police prevented U turns at MG Road. The result was the entire city coming to a standstill for hours together. Then they tried to reserve the Banerjee Road and the main portion of the North ROB for busses only (which incidentally they propose to do again when North ROB is pulled down). Matters escalated to the level of a mini civil-war between the car owners and representatives of PBOA/traffic police......

Compare this with removal of the one way for LMV on Chittoor Road and C P Ummer Road. This has reduced the congestion at MG Road to a marginal extent while not increasing congestion in Chittoor Road / CP Ummer Road. This points to an interesting observation that atleast in the CBD, greater the restrictions, greater the troubles, and lesser the restrictions on the natural flow, more freely the traffic will flow.

[mohammedirshad06]

Work yet to begin on proposed flyovers and ring road

While private buses plying on select routes calling at the Vytilla bus terminal-cum-mobility hub from Wednesday has been widely welcomed, the absence of flyovers at Vytilla Junction and the inadequate road infrastructure around the hub pose bottlenecks for the free movement of traffic.

Though it has been over five years since the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) proposed to build flyovers at the largest traffic intersection in the State, the agency is yet to begin even preliminary work on them. Thus, motorists from all four directions have to wait for multiple signal changes before they can cross over to the other side of the junction.

Vehicles from Kaniyampuzha Road too are unable to gain direct access to the junction.

Roads around the junction too have not been developed, despite funds being earmarked in the State budget for the proposed ring road around the junction.

The result was evident on Wednesday, which was observed as Bus Day, when buses were rerouted through the service roads on the northern side of the junction.

The narrow roads, and the even narrower underpass beneath the Vytilla bridge, were made one way.

Residents, schoolchildren and those who frequented the roads daily were caught unawares by the buses speeding through the narrow service road, which has slushy and ill-maintained road shoulders.

Motorists from the north-eastern side of the bypass had to drive all the way to the junction and wait in the long queue for the signal to cross over to the north-western side.

Road widening

To ensure the safety of pedestrians and to enable vehicular traffic in either direction, there is widespread demand from residents and others that a wider area of the service roads be tarred.

A long-pending proposal to link the unused and un-tarred underpass located on the northern side of the tarred underpass, with adjacent roads is pending. This would enable vehicular movement in both directions till the flyovers are built.

NHAI's Kochi Project Director C.T. Abraham said that the unused underpass could be developed if the Vytilla Mobility Hub Society handed over funds for the same.

“We had submitted to them an estimate worth over Rs.1 crore.”

There is also a proposal to widen the narrow stretch from the Ponnurunni temple to the tarred underpass. This can be done if a few cents of land is acquired on either side.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (Edapally Traffic) Baby Vinod said that motorists and pedestrians were finding it easier to travel through Vytilla after vendors were removed from the junction and side roads.

“A few more vendors and encroachers on the service road have to be removed and notices have been issued to them. There is also a proposal to make the traffic signal lights on the northern side of Vytilla junction functional.”

The Ring Road around Vytilla can be built by widening a few roads beside the national highway bypass and by making optimal use of the service roads and underpasses around the junction.

Ring road

“The ring road will serve the purpose of a clover-leaf structure, which cannot be accommodated in the limited space at the junction. The idea is to enable a good share of vehicles to avoid Vytilla Junction once the bus terminal is fully commissioned. The ring road will also come in handy when it will be necessary to divert the vehicles for the piling and allied works for the flyovers proposed at Vytilla Junction,” said S. Gopakumar, president, Better Kochi Response Group that proposed the ring-road project.

[mohammedirshad06]

As if a journey through Kochi was not enough of a nightmare, the city will turn into a real hell for motorists from Saturday. Say thanks to the authorities who have decided to impose traffic regulations prior to the re-construction of the North Railway Overbridge without completing the pre-requisites.

Had the authorities taken some measures to coordinate various infrastructure projects in the city, the hardship caused to the public would have been minimal.

The proper functioning of the Vyttila Mobility Hub, widening of the Thammanam-Pulleppady Road and repair of various approach roads would have diverted a major chunk of traffic from Banerji Road. But the authorities failed to ensure proper coordination between various agencies associated with these infrastructure projects and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), the nodal agency for implementing the Kochi Metro Rail Project.

The Vyttila Mobility Hub, a project envisaged as a solution to the traffic bottlenecks in the city, had never been taken into consideration while shaping the plans for allied projects of Kochi Metro Rail. If the Vyttila Mobility Hub had been functioning properly, it could have taken a lot of traffic out of the city.

“Earlier, there was little effort to link the Vyttila Mobility Hub project with the Metro Rail project. But last week, Tom Jose, the nodal officer for Kochi Metro Rail project, convened a coordination meeting. At the meeting, he asked us to expedite measures to see to it that the first phase of the mobility hub is in full swing,” said M Beena, managing director, Vyttila Mobility Hub Society.

The previous LDF government had appointed a special officer to coordinate various infrastructure projects in the city.

“It is to coordinate various development projects like the Vyttila Mobility Hub, JNNURM projects and KSUDP projects that I have been appointed. But the Kochi Metro Rail Project is not under my purview,” said T K Jose, the official who was appointed by the previous government to coordinate the infrastructure projects in Kochi.

“The DMRC had approached us when they had some problems in securing the sanction of the PWD to reconstruct the North ROB. Barring this, the DMRC had never approached us for any help,” Jose said.

Jose said he had submitted a detailed town planning scheme which would have ensured hassle-free land acquisition for the Thammanam-Pulleppady road. “I had submitted the report before the Assembly elections. But, it is yet to get the nod from the state government,” he said.

Using the provision of transfer of development rights (TDR) in the scheme, the land for widening the road connecting Chakkaraparambu on NH Bypass and Padma Junction could have been undertaken easily.

Various approach roads in the city which can be used as alternative routes are not in good condition. The Kochi Corporation could not repair these roads owing to shortage of funds.

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[vu3nnn]

Showcases the total incompetence of our administration. The bare minimum they can do is ensure all roads are pot-hole free (and that is not a favor)... and that they live up to the promise of removing toll on Pulleppady ROB...... if they cannot ensure even these basic requirements, on what grounds are they enjoying life at the taxpayers expense?

Sad to say, but the change of guard in the Corporation does not seem to have made any difference.

[mohammedirshad06]

PWD listed 12 roads for major repairs, planned to start end of this month. The works will be completed in September itself if rains donot affect.

The major roads are Hospital road, Pottakuzhi Road, Sreekandattu Road, Azad Road, Kalathil Velayuthan Road, Durbar Hall Road, Karshaka Road, Market Road, Rameswaram Canal Road, Palluruthy 40 feet road, Thoppumpaddy Kochupilly Road,

The roads will be relaid in modern means and maintenance will be done by PWD itself. As the traditional 20mm Chipping is not enough, considering the density on the road and pressure, the PWD decided to go with 40mm chipping . The total expenses are expected to be more than 2 Crore.

[mohammedirshad06]

Surely, its high time Govt to dissolve Kochi Corporation and make administrative rule in the city. Make some person with spine, like V.J Kurien or Sibi Mathew as City Administrator, so that city will improve, rather than current rulers

[vu3nnn]

today I happened to go through Rajaji Road, the very road our mayor has made it a point to personally supervise and bow beat in his facebook page..... work is still going on, but mark my words, the way they are laying it, it will return to its former glory within three months!

[mohammedirshad06]

[mohammedirshad06]

With the count-down having begun for the trial traffic diversion in preparation for the North Railway Overbridge (ROB) re-construction, the authorities concerned are running helter-skelter to finish the patchwork and tarring of some of the major roads in the city.

According to the plan, only heavy vehicles will ply through the North ROB and the light vehicles will be diverted through other roads, especially those running parallel to the Banerjee Road and those around the north ROB. Considering the humongous traffic flow expected (more so, owing to Ramzan and Onam), the rate at which road repair is taking place is alarmingly slow.
However, the official dilemma is such that, after declaring the trial run to last for a week, the word now is that traffic regulations will be enforced on Thursday night and Saturday.

The Roads and Bridges Development Corporation of Kerala Limited (RBDCK) has begun the repair work on the Thammanam-Pulleppady road. “Pothole-filling has been completed in the 600 metre stretch from the Pulleppady ROB till the Chittoor road, including the C P Ummer road. Owing to the heavy rain on Tuesday, work was disrupted on Wednesday. Anyhow, we expect the work to be finished within this week,” said M Beena, Managing Director of RBDCK.

Meanwhile, the Kochi Corporation commenced the tarring work on Chittoor Road the other day but has been held up because of overnight rain. “The entire stretch from Valanjambalam to Vaduthala will be repaired. But the work is being disrupted by the frequent rain. We have begun the work from Valanjambalam and have laid metal till SRV High School. If the weather is favourable, we will finish the work soon,” said Soumini Jain, the chairperson of the corporation’s Works Standing Committee.

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[mohammedirshad06]

Hardly days remaining for the trial run in connection with the demolition of the Ernakulam Town rail overbridge (ROB) to commence, various agencies are at loggerheads over the preparations to handle the chaos ahead.

Reflecting the difference of opinion among these agencies, the one-week trial run has been reduced to a one-day event.

According to the police, the traffic diversions suggested is not feasible. “First of all, the time they have selected for the trial run is not appropriate. During Onam, the traffic will be at its peak in the city. How can they expect to conduct the trial run, especially as most of the roads on to which the traffic will be diverted are not in proper condition? a top police official said. “We have submitted a request to the City Police Commissioner seeking a change in the date. The Commissioner is expected to bring it to the notice of the Collector,” he said.

Police official said the work on the Chittoor Road has begun and similar works on the other roads would be completed after Onam. “So, rescheduling the trial run for the second week of September will be a better option,” the official said.

Even the Kochi Corporation is dead against the decision to conduct the trial run this week. Mayor Tony Chammany said: “We had made our stand clear to the Chief Minister concerning our disapproval. Even he had agreed that the perfect time to conduct the trial would be after Onam.”

The Mayor pointed out that the Corporation should be consulted while taking decisions affecting the city. Government officials alone cannot take a decision on such issues, he said.

“The whole purpose of conducting a trial run on this particular day is to regulate traffic during the worst possible situation. With the extra traffic in the wake of Onam, we agree it will be extremely difficult to control the traffic,” Kochi Metro Rail Nodal Officer Tom Jose said. He said it is the only scientific way to assess the impact of the diversion.

“We cannot simply theorise everything on paper without doing a trial run. If the public has been travelling through the bad roads for so many months, I think a one-day trial run is not going to affect them much,” he said.

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[mohammedirshad06]

Kochi Collector reassures that Traffic diversion only happen ONLY AFTER ONAM. The current activity is only restrictions/curbs just for ONE DAY to make a primary study.