Kozhikode KSRTC complex: Government constitutes panel to study IIT-M report
The Hindu
Report stated that bus terminal had serious structural flaws and needed immediate strengthening
The Transport Department has constituted a five-member committee to study and give recommendations on a report by the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) that stated that the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus-terminal-cum-shopping-complex constructed six years ago at the cost of ₹75 crore had serious structural flaws and that the twin towers required immediate strengthening.
The committee comprises Chief Technical Examiner S. Harikumar (convener); Nirjhar Dhang, Head of the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur; T.M. Madhavan Pillai of Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Calicut; L. Beena, Chief Engineer (Buildings), Public Works Department; and K.R. Bindu of College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram. It will submit a report to the State Government within two weeks.
Transport Minister Antony Raju has sought the committee to examine the report submitted by P. Alagusundaramoorthy, Professor, Structural Engineering, IIT-M, and submit its recommendations, according to a press release.