SHRC orders NHAI to ready underpass near Edappally in two months
The Kerala State Human Rights Commission has ordered the National Highways Authority of India to complete a pedestrian underpass near Edappally within two months. The order follows reports that current construction has rendered existing pedestrian infrastructure unusable.
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This highlights local government oversight and the protection of public infrastructure and pedestrian safety.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) must complete work on the pedestrian underpass between Marottichodu and Edappally Market (on NH 66) within two months, Kerala State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) Chairperson Alexander Thomas has ordered.
He sought a report from the NHAI’s project director and the District Police Chief, among others, in this regard. The Commission had registered a suo motu case based on news reports that the foot overbridge and pedestrian lines at the said place had become largely unusable due to the construction work on the underpass (near the upcoming flyover on the southern side of Edappally Junction).
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