In protest against the failure in fulfilling the promise given by the Indian National Highway (NHAI) to launch repairs in a corridor filled with the NH 544 pothole in Muringoor since Thursday night, the left democratic front, led by the local bodies of Melur, Kadukutta and Koratty, threatened to start on Saturday.
On Friday, who addressed Mediaperonsons, they said that local body leaders said that the harassment of Nhai was a direct challenge for people. “Right from the start of the work they never followed their promises. They still fool people. Construction work has been carried out many without planning. If they do not start to work tonight, we will start from Saturday morning,” they said.
On Thursday evening, Chalakuda witnessed high drama as local body representatives, led by Presidents Panchayat, locked up engineer Nhai on the spot A. Amal in a PWD rest room and protested against a serious traffic jam at the National Highway 544.
The protest broke out after the project director Ansil Hasan, who previously promised to attend a meeting, did not appear.
The protesters said the engineer would not be released unless the immediate measures were notified to alleviate travel suffering. At one point, the tempeers expanded when the police tried to force the locked door and triggered a scuffle with LDF leaders who had organized sit-in in front of the room.
When stand-off escalated, more elected representatives and leaders of LDF joined the protest, while other staff was hurried to the site. After the tense negotiations, the police were allowed to send the car to the interviews.
At first, the engineer on the web insisted that she could not start immediately due to the lack of a nearby race, but after consultation with higher Nhai officials, he assured that Tarring in Muringoor, the worst section, will start at the same night.
He also mediated the assurance of the project director that all urgent problems would be addressed and that he himself would visit the place and organize a meeting with representatives the next day.
Only after the protesters agreed that the protesters would release the engineer.
Meanwhile, the High Court in Kerala was the Provisional Transport Committee, which included a collector, Chief of the District Police and RTO, which dealt with deteriorating overload in the Mannha – Edapply corridor in NH 544.
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Published – August 22 2025 20:49
