On the National Motorway Kochi-Dhanushkodi on Aram Mile, near Valary, traffic to IDUKKI was disrupted after the tree fell on the road on Wednesday morning. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
The operation was disturbed to Aram Mile on Kochi-Dhanushkodi National Highway on Wednesday almost two hours after the tree fell on the road around 6:00 according to local people, the operation was restored after fire and rescue services.
Last week, the Kerala High Court issued an order limiting exceptions for increasing roads and felling of trees to 14.5 km Neriamangalam-Elara-adimaly Stretch in Kochi-Dhanushkodi National Highway after petition filed by Idukki, based in IDUKKI, based in IDUKKI.
The Dias Pullan, the Idukki Movement Conference, said that people in this area have created a National Motorway Protection Council to provide immediate assistance in clearing the traffic blocks caused by fallen trees and other problems. “Usually, when the group learns of fallen trees on the road, its members are immediately rushing to the place to clean the road. However, after the court order they refused to join the initiative and the operation on the section was disturbed for almost two hours on Wednesday.
Idukki Land Freedom Movement General Conferent Rasak Chooravel said that in June, after an order issued by the district collector Idukki, a team involving a forest to the left of Valara and the officials of the national highway official identified 682 trees and two bamboo groves at 14.5 km of passenger. About 240 trees on the section have already been ruined. However, after the Supreme Court’s order, trees verification initiatives faced. Repeated incidents of trees that fall in the section are the main threat to motorists on the section of Neriamangalam-Elara, ”said Mr. Chooravelil.
Meanwhile, the National Motorway Protection Council decided to remove a long march from the ARAM forest station into the office of Neriamangalam Forest Range 31.
According to the organizers, various groups of farmers and folk movements will join the protest march.
Published – 16 July 2025 17:50
