{"id":26901,"date":"2016-08-19T11:48:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T06:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/?p=26901"},"modified":"2016-08-19T11:48:32","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T06:18:32","slug":"kazhakuttam-mukkola-nh-66-bypass-by-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/kazhakuttam-mukkola-nh-66-bypass-by-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"First Phase of Kazhakuttam-Mukkola NH-66 Bypass to be completed by September 2017!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first phase of the four-laning of the 26.7-km Kazhakuttam-Mukkola stretch of the NH 66 bypass from Kazhakuttam to Karode will be completed by September 2017, says NHAI.<\/p>\n<p>The second phase, from Mukkola to Karode, which will have a cement concrete pavement, is to be completed in two years. The 16.3 km stretch will become Kerala&#8217;s first concrete highway. The assurance was given by the NHAI officials to Shashi Tharoor, MP, who reviewed the works.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The second phase, from Mukkola to Karode, which will have a cement concrete pavement, is to be completed in two years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, the delay in taking a decision on the airport ramp is affecting the work on the 2-km stretch from Chakka. The NHAI officials briefed Mr. Tharoor on the confusion over providing approach from the NH bypass corridor to the international airport.<\/p>\n<p>The approach ramp at Chakkai leading to the gate of Trivandrum International Airport is a hindrance to the development of the NH bypass. The experts had come to the conclusion that the bypass road could be widened only after demolishing the ramp. The final decision will be taken on August 19.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The experts had come to the conclusion that the bypass road could be widened only after demolishing the ramp. The final decision will be taken on August 19.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hyderabad-based KNR Constructions Ltd (KNCL) is the EPC contractor for the first reach and L&amp;T for the second reach. The 43-km stretch is part of the 212-km NH 66 bypass project of the NHAI from Thuravur, the work on which started in 1974.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first phase of the four-laning of the 26.7-km Kazhakuttam-Mukkola stretch of the NH 66 bypass from Kazhakuttam to Karode will be completed by September 2017, says NHAI. The second phase, from Mukkola to Karode, which will have a cement concrete pavement, is to be completed in two years. The 16.3 km stretch will become [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":26902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,4],"tags":[452],"class_list":["post-26901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-news","category-general","tag-trivandrum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26901"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26904,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26901\/revisions\/26904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}