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Residents of Perumpalam demand new boat service
Renu Ramanath
Irregular boat services cause hardship to passengers
KOCHI: Residents of Perumpalam, an island located in the Vembanad Lake between Ernakulam and Alappuzha districts, fed up of the long wait for bridges that would ensure connectivity to the main land, are seeking ways to better the existing boat service.
The Perumpalam Boat Passengers' Association say that a project report for a series of bridges connecting Perumpalam to Poothotta in Ernakulam district and Panavally in Alappuzha district, at an estimated cost of Rs.152 crores, is awaiting administrative sanction.
Though the association has submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan urging that matters regarding the bridges be expedited, the Government is yet to take requisite steps in this regard, says K.B. Rajesh, association convener.
The association has submitted a memorandum to the Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, through the online Public Grievance Lodging and Monitoring System on July 15, Mr. Rajesh says.
With the construction of the bridges likely to be delayed further, the association has demanded a new boat service and Jankar service on the South Paravur- Perumpalam Erappuzha sector. They say the boating canal should be widened and its depth increased to facilitate smooth boat service.
Improved boat service on the route will help end the woes of passengers, particularly children, the association leaders say. Irregular services, delay in frequency of services and time needed by the boat for refuelling at Panavally station, among others, are causing hardship to the passengers.
The series of bridges proposed for the island include a 225-metre bridge from Pathrakkadavu at Poothotta Junction Jetty to Vattavayal Thuruthu, a 750-metre bridge connecting Vattavayal to Vathikadu in Perumpalam island and a third one, 1.6 kilometre-long, connecting Perumpalam Jetty to Panavally Jetty in Alappuzha. The report was drafted by the Executive Engineer (Roads Sub-division), Alappuzha of the Public Works Department, following a memorandum submitted by the association at the Public Grievance Redressal Cell of the Chief Minister Oommen Chandy during the UDF Government's rule.
(The Hindu, Friday, July 21, 2006)
Residents of Perumpalam demand new boat service
Renu Ramanath
Irregular boat services cause hardship to passengers
KOCHI: Residents of Perumpalam, an island located in the Vembanad Lake between Ernakulam and Alappuzha districts, fed up of the long wait for bridges that would ensure connectivity to the main land, are seeking ways to better the existing boat service.
The Perumpalam Boat Passengers' Association say that a project report for a series of bridges connecting Perumpalam to Poothotta in Ernakulam district and Panavally in Alappuzha district, at an estimated cost of Rs.152 crores, is awaiting administrative sanction.
Though the association has submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan urging that matters regarding the bridges be expedited, the Government is yet to take requisite steps in this regard, says K.B. Rajesh, association convener.
The association has submitted a memorandum to the Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, through the online Public Grievance Lodging and Monitoring System on July 15, Mr. Rajesh says.
With the construction of the bridges likely to be delayed further, the association has demanded a new boat service and Jankar service on the South Paravur- Perumpalam Erappuzha sector. They say the boating canal should be widened and its depth increased to facilitate smooth boat service.
Improved boat service on the route will help end the woes of passengers, particularly children, the association leaders say. Irregular services, delay in frequency of services and time needed by the boat for refuelling at Panavally station, among others, are causing hardship to the passengers.
The series of bridges proposed for the island include a 225-metre bridge from Pathrakkadavu at Poothotta Junction Jetty to Vattavayal Thuruthu, a 750-metre bridge connecting Vattavayal to Vathikadu in Perumpalam island and a third one, 1.6 kilometre-long, connecting Perumpalam Jetty to Panavally Jetty in Alappuzha. The report was drafted by the Executive Engineer (Roads Sub-division), Alappuzha of the Public Works Department, following a memorandum submitted by the association at the Public Grievance Redressal Cell of the Chief Minister Oommen Chandy during the UDF Government's rule.
(The Hindu, Friday, July 21, 2006)
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