The Trivandrum Chamber of Commerce and Industry has written to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan that dumping vehicles involved in road accidents and vehicles impounded by the police for various reasons in front of police stations in the city is not only an eyesore but has a negative impact on tourism as well as public safety.
Accident-damaged vehicles as well as vehicles in police custody are dumped in the open in front of various police stations across the city and remain there for long periods, occupying pedestrian space and often ending up as scrap.
The accumulation of these damaged vehicles along the roads affects the aesthetics of the city and also creates a bad impression on the tourists visiting the city.
Being the capital of the state and an important center of tourism, the city regularly receives a large number of domestic and foreign tourists and this eyesore on the road does not paint the image of a clean and organized city.
Also, these vehicles, which remain in the open for a long time and often encroach on public roads, pose a serious safety risk and inconvenience to pedestrians. Some of these vehicles left unattended become breeding grounds for insects, rodents and snakes, posing a risk to everyone.
The House also attached pictures of vehicle dumps near the museum police station on the main road that stretches to RKV Street behind Nishagandhi along with the letter as examples.
He appealed to the CM to invoke Sections 55 and 56 of the Kerala Police Act to move these vehicles to properly marked poramboke properties held by the government.
It suggested that the vehicles may be shifted to the SAP Camp site, which has 30 acres of land at Oolampara, Peroorkada, where two acres may be allotted for parking of these vehicles.
This would preserve the aesthetic impression of the capital, it said.
Published – March 2, 2026 7:47 PM IST
