NHAI hastens Edappally-Aroor road corridor in Kerala
The Edappally-Vyttila stretch is largely four-lane, although it carries around one lakh passenger car units daily, traffic that requires minimum eight-lane width without which there has been congestion and accidents. The Vyttila-Aroor stretch has a few six-lane portions due to widening of the carriageway and new bridges built over a decade ago. The NH Bypass caters for intra-city, inter/intra-State vehicles, which include national permit, container, tipper, and tanker Lorries. The NHAI has already mooted ₹1,300 crore for an elevated six-lane highway on the 15-km Aroor-Thuravoor NH corridor, which forms part of the 220-km Ramanattukara (Kozhikode)-Thuravur (Alappuzha) stretch.