The Hindu 24.11.2009
18 roads in Kollam to have reduced span
Staff Reporter
| Corporation decides to change master plan figures |
— Photo: C. Suresh Kumar 
MORE HURDLES?: The width of the Asramam-Kappalandimuku four-lane road in Kollam, under construction, has been reduced from 25 m to 20 m.
KOLLAM: The city Corporation Council, at a meeting on Monday, decided to reduce the width of 18 important roads from that shown in the draft master plan for the city. The decision will bring down the land area to be acquired for the purpose.
The width of the much-publicised Asramam-Kappalandimukku four-lane road, under construction, has also been reduced.
The proposal in the master plan listed the width of the Asramam-Kappalandumukku road as 25 m. The council has now decided to reduce it to 20 m.
The width of the Link Road that joins the four-lane road at Asramam has been reduced from 25 m to 20 m.
The width of the road from Congress Bhavan to Mulankadakam via Benziger Hospital Junction, A.J. Hall Junction and Cutcherymukku was 18 m in the master plan. It has now been reduced to 15 m.
The width of the road from Cuthcherrymukku to the Civil Station has been lessened from 20 m to 18 m.
The 22-m-wide DSP Office-Kochupilamoodu road in the master plan has been reduced to 20 m. The width of the coastal road from Eravipuram to Shakthikulangara has been reduced from 20 m to 18 m and of the Altharamoodu-Tangasseri Road from 20 m to 15 m.
The width of the Mundalumoodu-Thirumullavaram road, shown as 18 m in the master plan, has been reduced to 15 m. The width of the Mamoottilkadavu-Kankathumukku road has been decreased from 18 m to 15 m, of the District Hospital road from 18 m to 15 m and of the road from S.N. College to Mundakal from 15 m to 12 m.
The width of the road from Thumbara to Amrithkulam has been reduced from 15 m to 12 m, of the AYK Auditorium-Uliyakovil road from 12 m to 10 m, of the Nair’s Hospital-Uliyakovil road from 15 m to 12 m, of the Randamkutty-Uliyakovil Road from 15 m to 12 m, of the Elankathu Junction-Ozhukuthodu road from 15 m to 12 m, of the Goplikada-Cheppallimuku road from 12 m to 1 m and of the District Industries Centre-Sankar’s Hospital road from 15 m to 12 m.
No green strip
The master plan shows the Kattaayal-Vattakayal area as a green strip. However, the council has decided to maintain it as a public and residential zone. The decision is likely to meet with strong protests from environmental activists.
