Experts visit site of Kundannoor bridge

TRIPUNITHURA: Experts, headed by Harbour chief engineer Mohankumar visited the proposed site of the Kundannoor-Nettoor parallel bridge on Tuesday.The bridge has been a longstanding demand of the people here as the only means of conveyance here is just a country boat service, operated by the Maradu municipality. Recently, a child died while trying to cross the river in a country boat along with its family.At the time of the completion of the KundannoorThevara bridge, there was a proposal to construct another bridge connecting Kundannoor with Nettoor which will help shift the building materials needed for the construction of the Kundannoor-Thevara bridge to a convenient place.But, according to the local people, several vested interests worked against the proposal.If the dream comes true, the bridge linking the Kundannoor-Thevara main bridge with Nettoor PWD road will be a boon to the people of the two densely populated areas.Moreover, to ease the traffic block at Kundannoor Junction, the parallel bridge will help vehicles take a deviation from Nettoor INTUC Junction to Kundannoor main bridge.It will also increase the possibilities of Nettoor to become part of the expanding Smart City as this area lies close to Kochi, Thevara, Kundannoor and Aroor.Chief engineer Mohankumar, assistant engineer Viji and Maradu municipal chairman T K Devarajan visited the site on Tuesday FAC