KOCHI: The Kochi
corporation is planning to issue the preliminary notification for land
acquisition for widening the Thammanam-Pullepady Road in a month. Excise
and ports minister K Babu has issued directions to the revenue
department to speed up procedures to evoke the urgency clause required
to issue a preliminary or 4 (1) notification.

According to
corporation officials, about 20 acres of land will have to be acquired
for for road widening and rehabilitation. While 10 acres will be used
for widening activities, the remaining 10 acres will be utilized for the
rehabilitation process.

The local body requires Rs 171 crore
for land acquisition alone. “This amount is likely to go up to Rs 200
crore as land owners will take into account the land value approved by
the Kochi Metro Rail Ltd
(KMRL),” said a corporation official. He also said the state government
had provided Rs 25 crore for the project. Meanwhile, the Greater Cochin Development Authority
(GCDA) maintained that they have not received any instruction from the
state government regarding the implementation of the Transfer of
Development Right (TDR) for developing the Thammanam-Pullepady Road. The
authority was entrusted with the job of implementing TDR. An
in-principle approval was given to execute the road development project
under TDR. “The state governmentdid not provide further clarification on
procedures to be followed for executing TDR,” GCDA chairman N Venugopal
said.

Kochi: If all goes well, the Kochi corporation would
issue the preliminary notification for land acquisition for widening
Thammanam-Pullepady road within one month. Excise and ports minister K
Babu has issued directions revenue department to speed up procedures to
get an urgency clause required to issue a preliminary or 4 (1)
notification.

According to the corporation’s officials they
require about 20 acres of land for road widening and rehabilitation.
While 10 acres of land would be used for widening activities, the
remaining 10 acres would be need for rehabilitation process. The local
body requires Rs 171 crore for land acquisition alone. “This amount is
likely to go up to Rs 200 crore as land owners will take into account
the land value approved by Kochi Metro Rail Ltd,” said a corporation
official. He also said that the state government has provided Rs 25
crore for the project.

Meanwhile, the Greater Cochin
Development Authority (GCDA) maintained that they did not get any
instructions from the state government regarding implementation of
Transfer of Development Right (TDR) for development of
Thammanam-Pullepady road. The Authority was entrusted with the job of
implementing TDR. An in-principle approval was given to execute the road
development project under TDR. “The state government did not provide
further clarification on the procedures to be followed for executing
TDR,” said N Venugopal, chairman, GCDA.