GCDA seeks revised nod to renovate footpaths, drains on Kaloor-Kadavanthra Road
The Hindu
No administrative panel for over a year; sanction accorded in 2018 lapses
The Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) has sought the State government’s revised administrative sanction for the ₹2.5-crore work to renovate ill-maintained and heavily encroached upon footpaths and damaged drains, on the arterial Kaloor-Kadavanthra Road.
The sanction accorded by the government in 2018 has lapsed. The reason being cited is that the agency did not have an administrative committee for over a year. Its new chairman K. Chandran Pillai, a former MP, is slated to assume charge on Monday.
The GCDA had floated tenders and shortlisted the lowest bidder. In the absence of an administrative committee, the agency was not in a position to finalise the tender. It is in this context that revised administrative sanction has been sought. The footpath renovation work would mainly be on the eastern side of the Kaloor-Kadavanthra Road and on the western side of the Kathrikadavu-Kaloor corridor, said official sources.
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