Work on the Mananchira–Vellimadukunnu Street, from the junction of Pavamani Street and Financial institution Street to Malapparamba junction, is ready to start quickly.
| Photograph Credit score: Ok. Ragesh

The much-awaited improvement of the Mananchira–Vellimadukunnu Street is more likely to start quickly, because the Public Works division has finalised the tender for the works. The division is planning to enter right into a contract with Malappuram-based Midland Tasks inside two weeks, and the work will begin shortly after.

Within the first part, the plan is to develop the stretch from the junction of Pavamani Street and Financial institution Street in Mananchira to the Malapparamba junction, the place the highway meets NH-66. The 5.32-km stretch is being developed at a price of ₹80 crore. The highway will probably be 8.5 metres extensive, with a two-metre median on the centre and two-metre-wide footpaths on each side. Moreover, there will probably be a half-metre-wide area on both aspect for gardening. The drainage and cable duct, each one metre in width, will run beneath the footpath. Round 350 streetlights will probably be put in on the median.

The Malapparamba–Mananchira stretch is being developed underneath the Metropolis Street Enchancment Challenge. Land acquisition for the challenge is usually full, apart from a number of small plots that stay underneath dispute.

The challenge is the results of a long-pending public demand and practically 15 years of persistent effort by the Mananchira–Vellimadukunnu Street Motion Committee, headed by historian M.G.S. Narayanan, who handed away not too long ago.

The event of the Mananchira–Malapparamba stretch is anticipated to be accomplished by early 2026. Nevertheless, the remaining portion from Malapparamba to Vellimadukunnu is to be developed by the Nationwide Highways Authority of India, because it kinds a part of Nationwide Freeway 766 (Kozhikode–Kollegal).