E Sreedharan to visit Moolampilly on April 19

KOCHI: Former chairman of Delhi Metro Rail  Corporation (DMRC) E Sreedharan will visit Moolampilly-Chathanad area for looking into the proposal for constructing three bridges on Moolampilly Chathanad four-lane road. E Sreedharan has informed that he would visit the place on April 19, said District Collector P I Sheik Pareeth.The project for a four-lane road connecting the islands of Moolampilly, Pizhala, Valiya Kadamakkudi and Chathand was approved at a meeting of the Goshree Islands Development Authority (GIDA) in January.The GIDA had requested the DMRC to take over the construction of the bridges. Following this, a high-level team of DMRC visited the proposed site last month.The Moolampilly-Pizhala bridge (180 metres), Pizhala- Valiya Kadamakkudi (230 metres) and Valiya Kadamakkudi-Chathanad bridge(350 metres) are the three major bridges to be constructed on the 4.5 km-long and 22-m wide Moolampilly-Chathanad four-lane road.The estimated total cost of the project is Rs 97.2 crore.Once completed, the road will open a new connectivity between Chathanad and Vallarpadom Container Terminal Road.The residents of Kadamakkudi panchayat will be the main beneficiaries of the project as they can travel to Ernakulam via Container Road.