There is a growing demand for greenfield alternative road corridors to the Infopark in Kochi

A section of the IMG Junction-Infopark road without pavement where a private bus fatally hit a pedestrian recently. | Photo credit: H. VIBHU

After the decision to widen the roads around the collectorate and convert the IMG Junction-Infopark road into a one-way corridor, IT professionals and others demanded alternative greenfield road corridors to reach the Infopark.

Approximately one million IT workers and countless others now commute on mostly congested roads to get to the IT hub. Pratidhwani, a social organization of IT professionals that spearheaded the demand for better road connectivity and public transport to Infopark, highlighted the safety concerns of narrow, potholed roads and reckless driving of buses in Kochi and its suburbs.

This comes after a young woman killed herself after a speeding private bus ran into her on a narrow stretch without a footpath on Infopark road on Wednesday (November 4, 2026).

‘troubling time’

“It is high time that the Thrikkakara Municipality, Public Works Department, Kerala Road Fund Board, Traffic Police and other concerned agencies wake up from their slumber as IT professionals and others have been going through a harrowing period for the last decade due to narrow roads and traffic snarls. This is especially true at the Collectorate Junction-Infopark junction and the Pallikkara-Athani road where traffic is acute on both sides of the road, parallel roads should be constructed across vacant land This will help convert many existing roads into one-way corridors.Furthermore, IMG Junction needs to be redesigned and a roundabout constructed, which would also require minimal land acquisition or flyovers to bypass the narrow junctions,” said Jidheesh Rajan of Pratidhwan.

The aim is to attract like-minded people and organizations in this matter. Apart from going to court, the follow-up will be in the form of campaigns, he added.

Urgent intervention was sought

Sajan John, former chief operating officer of Kochi Water Metro Limited, sought urgent intervention by government agencies to deal with traffic congestion and chaos on the 1.50 km long IMG Junction-Infopark Carnival Junction corridor, which is used by tens of thousands of people daily, including about 1,000 Infopark employees. Similar is the situation on Kakkanad-Pallikara road and Athani Junction. In both corridors, large free areas are available behind the buildings facing the road, and two-lane roads can be built parallel to the existing ones.

Mr. John welcomed the proposal to convert the roads around the collectorate building into one-way corridors and called for a comprehensive traffic re-arrangement plan in the IMG Junction-Signal Junction-Padamugal-NGO Quarters-Olimugal Junction corridor.

Published – 10 Nov 2026 06:20 IST