Commuters along the civil route have nightmares due to Kochi Subway Project

The huge potholes, muddy sediment and the wide widths of the Kochi subway obstacles on the inside roads led to a painful time encounter in the negotiation corridor. |Photo source: RK Nithin

The Kakanad of Kochi Metropolitan expands into the poor state of narrow, rooted and dusty driveways (where traffic jams and accidents happen almost every day, where it happens almost every day.

The death of a two-wheeler rider caused a shock wave among people relying on the ditch after a woman was hit by a tug truck on Wednesday (April 16, 2025).

The huge potholes, muddy sediment and the wide widths of the Kochi subway obstacles on the inside roads led to a painful time encounter in the negotiation corridor. |Photo source: RK Nithin

Worst of all, most sites in most sites, which were eight meters wide six months ago, did not start to pile up, despite the hardships of motorists and pedestrians in the remaining space outside the barricade. “This shows that Kochi Metro Co., Ltd. [KMRL] “This has caused difficulties for road users and the resulting traffic congestion and accidents, the most troublesome thing is,” said Ms. Anilkumar, the general convener of the Thrikkakaara Development Forum (TDF).

Alternative roads

Motorists traveling to and from the IT hub and other agencies in Kakkanad have no choice, as Metro Agency has not yet redeveloped alternative roads parallel to civil routes. The decision on how the collector junction will be modified when it is blocked in the stack of subway extensions is also an overdue decision. In the case of the proposed 11.20 km extension, the situation is roughly the same and in stark contrast to the Aluva-pettah relative to the subway, the Delhi Metro Corporation (DMRC) has executed many alternative roads and redeveloped many alternative roads and established bridges/flybridges. Before establishing the roadblock, TDF repeatedly informed KMRL that six junctions and 36 alternative roads, including pipelines, needed to redevelop six junctions. But none of this was done, he added.

TDF, the Ernakulam Regional Residents Association Apex Committee and others have repeatedly marked about four years of delays to open up Collectorate Junction-ewnction-eachamukku of Seaport-Airport Road, where traffic congestion in Serpentine is the norm.

MLA’s attention

Thrikkakkakara Mla Uma Thomas said people said that drivers including older adults were expressed deep concern about the deterioration of the internal routes and subsequent accidents. “KMRL must not forget that DMRC was the first to rebuild more than twenty alternative roads and built three bridges before starting my work on the subway, and started the work on the subway. In addition to the drivers, traders also suffered, which could not be achieved due to the decline of goods, and therefore, due to the decline of goods, it was first-class because it was first-class, it was first-class. Traffic flow, although the whole party restlessness and memorandum had been submitted,” she added.

She wondered why the barricades were erected, and she said that over the past few weeks, the work of the staff has almost stopped. “The ‘unscientific’ drain pipe next to the proposed subway extension caused another flooding, and I recently raised the height of the house by four feet to overcome that,” she said.

KMRL sources said that when worrying about unscientific drainage and sidewalk work and changes in consistency after expanding the internal route, KMRL sources said that once the pace of stacking is increased, the lane height will be increased. This will somewhat reduce the troubles faced by road users and traders. In addition, they added that a total of 20 traffic administrators have been issued to guide motorists.