Edappally underpass opened to traffic
The Hindu
Signal lights to avoid traffic hold-ups to be installed soon
The long-awaited underpass at Edappally was opened to motorists on Sunday by Hibi Eden, MP.
Signal lights to avoid traffic hold-ups along the underpass that is 4 metres wide and 2.50 metres in height will shortly be installed, he said.
The need for an underpass arose after the railway gate was closed after the commissioning of the Edappally overbridge in 2012. This led to a wide extent of inhabited land being divided into two, with the result that residents were forced to travel long distances to reach the other side.
In 2011, the Karnataka government announced that five botanical gardens will be developed on the lines of the Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bengaluru across the State. But according to the latest developments, there will only be four such gardens as the Horticulture Department is most likely to drop the project that was supposed to come up in Chikkaballapura district.