Perumbalam bridge

Perumbalam bridges project

 The residents of Perumbalam Island in Vembanad Lake are awaiting administrative sanction to the Rs.160-crore project, proposed by the Public Works Department (PWD), for a series of bridges connecting the island with Poothotta in Ernakulam district and Panavally in Alappuzha district.
The PWD conducted a survey in January for the proposed bridges that will provide road connection to the island with the main land. The Assistant Executive Engineer (Roads Subdivision), PWD, who conducted the survey, submitted the report to the Government. If the proposal gets administrative sanction, the long wait of the residents of this island for better road connectivity is bound to end.
The project includes a 225-metre-long bridge from Pathrakkadavu at Poothotta Jetty to Vattavayalthuruthu, an island near Perumbalam Island; a 750 m bridge from Vattavayal island to Vattukadu in Perumbalam Island and a 1,600 m bridge connecting Perumbalam Jetty to Panavally Jetty in Alappuzha district.
The report has pointed out that the length of the main bridge could be reduced from 1,600 m to 600 m if a 1,000 m road were built along the western side of Perumbalam Island. The PWD has submitted the report giving both estimates.
Making the 400-m-long existing road from Panavally Jetty to Panavally Junction more traffic-worthy is a major component of the project. Already Rs.3 lakhs has been sanctioned from the MP fund for this road, according to K.B. Rajesh, convener of Perumbalam Boat Passengers Association, which has been campaigning for the bridge for long.
Another newly constructed road from Vattukadu Jetty to Perumbalam Jetty in the island is traffic-worthy and needs no maintenance, the report has pointed out. This 1,075-m-long road was built under the Prime Minister's Gram Sadak Rozgar Yojana.
The association had submitted the demand for these bridges to the Chief Minister's Public Grievance Redressal Cell and also to the Chief Minister's website. The memorandum was submitted to the Public Works Minister also, using e-mail. The residents have been demanding the construction of the two bridges connecting the island to Poothotta and Panavally, on the model of the Goshree bridges on a build, operate and transfer (BOT) basis.
A survey conducted during a ten-day camp conducted by the N.S.S. College, Cherthala, had highlighted the need for the bridge as the only long-lasting solution to the travel woes of the residents. Right now, the boat service operated by the State Water Transport Department and some private agencies are the only means of transport to the mainland from Perumbalam.
thanks to THE HINDU :-Friday, Feb 10, 2006

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