
The project’s environmental impact assessment (EIA) is also underway. Since a substantial chunk of the route includes forest territory. The forest region covers around 27 hectares of land of which 12 hectares is in Thiruvananthapuram district.
Once the Kollam-Shenkottai stretch becomes operational, people from Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam can directly reach Tirunelveli and get easy connectivity to the NH-44 corridor.