The Hindu    28.08.2012

Funds sanctioned for road repair

The government has granted administrative clearance for executing road development works costing Rs.8 crore in the Aranmula Assembly segment, K.Sivadasan Nair, MLA, has said.

In a statement here on Monday, he said Rs.57 lakh had been sanctioned for the repair and development of 11 roads in the Pathanamthitta municipal limits and Rs.7.03 crore for the repair, maintenance, and development of the other roads in the constituency.

Mr. Nair said the road works would be completed before the beginning of the 41-day Mandalam pilgrim season. A sum of Rs.1.32 crore had been sanctioned for the repair, including concreting, of the Thiruvalla-Kumbazha road.

He said the repair of the footbridge attached to the bridge across the Pampa at Kozhencherry would be carried out in the next few months. A sum of Rs.25 lakh had been sanctioned for the work.He said Rs.25 lakh had been sanctioned for the protection walls along the Pathanamthitta- Kaipattoor road and Rs.15 lakh for providing drainage along the Pathanamthitta- Thazhoorkadavu road.