The High Court in Kerala ordered to establish a committee to create a provisional operation management plan for an overloaded Edapally-Thrissur NH 544 corridor, especially near the Paliyekkar toll Square.
Such a monitoring mechanism was essential to ensure the smooth movement of vehicles, especially with regard to the 12 -hour traffic in the hallway, the divisional bench of justice A. Muhammed Mustaqu and justice Harisanka V. Menon considered petitions concerning acute operation on the corridor.
Before completing any plan, the committee must listen to the opinion of deputies, MLA and local authorities. This should consider whether it would be possible to reduce the movement of heavy vehicles during the day, at least from 9:00 to 18:00, and their redirecting alternative roads.
The High Court, which held India, the National Motorway Bureau of India (Nhai) responsible for the traffic growl, which became the norm in the busy corridor, issued an agency for four weeks at the beginning of this month at the command to stop the toll collection on Paliyekka Plaza for four weeks.
The court also ordered the center to take the relevant decisions in this time to deal with the concerns and complaints of motorists and other publics who have a harrowing time in the corridor owned by Ernacula and Thrissur.
It reminded that the Supreme Court ruled that the right to safe and well -maintained roads was recognized as part of the right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution and is the responsibility of the state to develop and maintain such roads, he said.
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Published – August 21, 2025 20:55
