![]() People are ignorant of the progress the expressway will bring to kerala.Those who love China so much should also follow its policy of laying expressways (1000s of kilometers every month).every politician should work for their citizens.we need visionary leaders. We can also kiss goodbye to such lofty ideas as the Expressway or the Outer Ring Road. It can even opt for annuity funding instead of a full BOT approach but if there is no compromise on the road width, I fear we will be burdened with narrow, poorly built roads for the foreseeable future. It can of course demand Central support to meet some of these costs since all of us are funding the Highway development program in the form of a cess on the fuel that we buy daily. Evictees can be suitably compensated monetarily and through bonus FAR for reconstruction, a strategy which has been successfully followed elsewhere in India. The length of NH-47 passing through urbanized areas would be much less than this figure and even then we are talking of small towns like Kottiyam or Karunagapally, not of a metropolitan city like Trivandrum. Remember that this same Government successfully acquired land along 42 Km of roads in the Capital city. ![]() ![]() The onus for land acquisition and rehabilitation is on the State Government as the State is the principle beneficiary from cheaper and more efficient road transport solutions and safer roads for its citizens. The best we can hope for is a delay of at least one year and that in the time elapsed saner minds will prevail and allow a RoW of at least 45 m.
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