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When National Highway Authority of India began widening of NH 66, it planned open drains for the corridor, an error for which it will be regretting. Soon after the construction of drains on either sides of the main carriageway, several miscreants found it as an ideal spot to dump waste.
Ever since construction of drain was completed in the national highway from Kazhakoottam to Mukkola, NHAI is troubled by the frequent dumping of waste, including poultry waste into the drain. The illegal dumping of waste is the major reason behind water logging of several stretches in the national highway, prominently at Chackai and Enchakkal.
During the recent rains, NHAI had to remove several truck-loads of waste from the drain as part of its efforts to clear waterlogging from the site. One of the major issues is lack of proper measures to dispose the waste. Though NHAI was planning to buy some land of lease to shift the waste cleared from the road, that too didn’t materialise due to public protest.
The NHAI is in a catch 22 situation with neither government nor city corporation offering any concrete solution to the issue. Diversion of sewage water from nearby apratment to the drain and encroachment by private parties to the national highway too are reasons for waterlogging in several points in NH during rains.
TrivandrumLife.com
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