Kerala Water Authority is stepping up measures against Pipeline Road encroachments

An illegal construction is being removed at the Vazhayila intersection. | Photo credit: Special arrangement

The Kerala Water Authority (KWA) has launched a major drive to clear the pipeline road on the Peroorkada-Aruvikkara stretch of encroachments and unauthorized constructions. The water company said on Saturday that it had stepped up measures against trespassers.

As part of the drive, illegal constructions at Vazhayila junction were removed on Friday. Efforts will continue in the coming weeks, KWA said on Saturday. “These measures are being taken to protect the Pipeline Road and associated KWA assets and to ensure access for repairs and maintenance,” KWA said.

Pipeline Road is important to KWA as the main line carrying water from Aruvikkara to the capital passes through it.

The water company asked the trespassers to leave the premises voluntarily to avoid action. KWA officials are also serving notices to squatters under the provisions of KWA (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupation and Removal of Unauthorized Constructions) Regulations, 2014.

If the encroachers do not vacate the premises within the time specified in the notice, the concerned Executive Engineer shall issue a final order to vacate. Failure to vacate within the 30-day period prescribed in this order will require police-assisted eviction action, according to the KWA.

In August this year, the KWA ordered that all permanent, semi-permanent and other encroachments be removed from Pipeline Road in Kochi. The raid in Kochi took place as part of the preliminary arrangements for laying a pipeline into the city from the proposed 190 ml water treatment plant.

Published – 07 Nov 2026 22:04 IST