Deccan Chronicle 15.06.2013
Flyover projects aim for JNNURM funds
Kochi: The corporation will submit detailed reports of the proposed flyover projects at Kundannoor, Vyttila and Palarivattom to the Union Government for getting additional funds under JNNURM (Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission).
As per the revised JNNURM guidelines, additional funds would be provided to those projects, which would be submitted before July end with the DPR. The only stipulation is that the state government and civic body should bear the cost for land acquisition.
A resolution passed by the corporation council meeting here on Friday recommended that the proposal for three flyovers worth Rs 238 crore should be submitted to the Central Government to get the benefit of additional funds under JNNURM.
“The design and DPR for three flyovers have already been finalised by the National Highway Authority of India. If the proposals are submitted in time, the Union Government will provide the project cost, which is 50 per cent of the total expense.
The council will ask the state government to bear the cost of land acquisition, as the corporation is not in a position to provide the amount”, said mayor Tony Chammany at the meeting. As per the DPR, the Vyttila flyover will cost Rs 93 cr, while the estimated expense for Kundannoor and Palarivattom has been put at Rs 78 cr and Rs 67 cr respectively. The civic body is also planning to include in JNNURM, the new Kalamassery flyover project, of which the design and DPR are yet to be prepared.
