Kochi: The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has started maintenance and repair of the Edapally-Aroor NH bypass stretch after a series of confrontations with the district administration over the delay in taking up the work.

“We’ve filled the potholes in the busiest junction at Vytilla. The works were carried out at night so that the traffic wouldn’t be affected much. Now only a small portion leading to the Hub is left to be fixed”, said NHAI sources.

The work on filling the potholes is being done by individual contractors. “We’ll next fill the potholes at the Palarivattom junction as the craters are leading to heavy congestion and traffic snarls there”, the sources said.

Earlier, District Collector Sheikh Pareeth had said the district administration would carry out the work. The Collector came up with this decision after the NHAI authorities failed to carry out the repair work at the Edapally-Aroor stretch despite several warnings.

Meanwhile, the potholes just ahead of the signals at Palarivattom and Kundanoor have been causing long traffic blocks at both the junctions. “This chaotic traffic blocks often make motorists lose their cool”, said P.P.Shams, ACP, Traffic East.

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