KSRTC to shift operations from bus station on Mavoor Road
The Hindu
IIT-M expert panel finds flaws in construction of multi-storey twin complex
The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has planned to shift its operations from the bus station on Mavoor Road in the wake of a report by the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) that the multi-storey twin complex was unfit and unsafe and required immediate renovation.
Plans are afoot to shift bus services to the mofussil station and the parking and maintenance of vehicles to the Nadakkavu regional workshop within a month. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting held in Thiruvananthapuram after the report of the expert committee pointed out that the building needed immediate strengthening.
The IIT-M study has found serious flaws, including structural weakness, in the the terminal-building-cum-commercial-complex. The development comes after the Kerala Transport Development Finance Corporation (KTDFC) decided to hand over the terminal complex to Mukkom-based company ALIF Builders for commercial purposes in July. The company has secured the contract for 30 years.