Aluva - Alangad Road: Expropriation notified; Minister P. Rajeev said that the compensation will be made available quickly

 A notification has been issued for acquisition of land for Aluva-Alangad road widening project. The District Collector has issued a Section 11 (1) notification for acquisition of 0.81 hectares of land in various survey numbers of Aluva West and Kadungallur villages. Minister P. Rajeev said that the project, which was only on paper for a long time, is reaching the construction stage because the state government has intervened with willpower. P. Rajeev also said that those who give away land for road development will be provided compensation as per the rules. 

Angamaly P.W.D Land Acquisition Special Tehsildar is the Gold Valuation Officer. Complaints related to land acquisition should be submitted within 15 days. The social impact assessment under the Land Acquisition Act had already been completed and the expert committee had submitted its inspection report. The public hearing was last November. Those who participated in the public hearing expressed their approval of the plan and alignment prepared by the government. Industries Minister P Rajeev said that the remaining steps will be completed quickly to realize the long-term demand of road development.

The road will be 12 meters wide. A 12 meter wide road is envisaged along with seven meter wide tar road along with service road, drain cum footpath and cable duct. It was agreed to widen the road in a high-level meeting held in Thiruvananthapuram on October 13, 2021 after the last assembly elections. Following this, it was decided to speed up the further steps in the meeting of the representatives of the local bodies that the road passes through in Aluva. The approval of the Chief Engineer of the Public Works Department had already been received for the new alignment. Minister P. Rajeev also said that with the widening of the road in the Thottakkattukara-East Kadungalloor section, which is facing severe traffic jams, there will be more safe travel facilities.

Heavy Rain in Aluva Brings Relief From Summer Heat

The heavy rain that lashed out in Aluva and its surrounding area yesterday evening, have brought the much awaited respite from the excessive heat experienced in this area for the past few weeks. Even though it was raining heavily in the surrounding districts of Ernakulam for the last few days, Aluva had been deprived of the summer showers leaving the area in unbearable scorching heat.

Few areas were also experiencing issues with sufficient drinking water and this summer rain might help in resolving that issue to some extent. 2 or 3 continuous rains in the coming days would really bring some true respite from the summer heat in Aluva. Actually the isolated rain that Aluva experienced would further worsen the climatic conditions if it do not rain in the next 2 or 3 days. The isolate rains would again increase the heat and also bring high level of humidity.

But yesterday's rain has helped to reduce the level of dust particles especially on the road and hope that there would be no issue of dust in the coming days. Some of the major roads such as the one leading from Kadungalloor to Muppathadam Junction had been tarred fully 3 days back, and this rain has helped to clean away the dust and make the road more rigid and beautiful.

The rain also has given fresh life to the plants surrounding my compound as they were all on the verge of burning out in the extreme heat. The rain also helped to purify the air, as Aluva is an industrial area and the polluted air would be cleaned to some extend with the help of such summer rains. Places such as Eloor, Pathalam, Muppathadam etc are all industrial area and the pollution level is always high on the areas surrounding these places. The rain would help in removing some of the atmospheric pollution and give fresh air to residents. Hope that the summer rain would come again in the next 2-3 days in Aluva.