Vypeen-Munambam street turns a loss of life lure – Imperial Wire

The Vypeen-Munambam street continues to stay a killing subject with no strong steps but to deal with the long-pending demand to develop the accident inclined stretch. Accidents on the street have claimed 100 lives prior to now 5 years in addition to severely injuring 95 folks. The distressing figures have been offered by Vypeen MLA Okay.N. Unnikrishnan within the Meeting just lately in a submission calling for measures to resolve the disaster persisting within the lone State freeway within the constituency.

In keeping with the MLA, a complete of 1,432 accidents have been reported from the stretch from 2021 to 2025. As many as 2,949 folks have been injured within the accidents. Earlier information, which says the stretch witnessed 91 deadly accidents between 2018 and 2022, reveals the disaster has solely escalated through the years.

The MLA has highlighted the necessity for brand spanking new roads in addition to new bridges in parallel to the Goshree bridges to carry a long-term answer to the street security woes. He had particularly sought budgetary allocations for the proposed coastal street, Goshree parallel bridges and Elamkunnapuzha- Pookkad bridge to ease visitors congestion on Vypeen-Munambam stretch.

“If the required infrastructure amenities should not constructed, the individuals who dwell in and move via Vypeen will proceed to face risk to their lives and the industrial and tourism sectors within the area shall be in a limbo,” the MLA stated.

Sources with the Motor Autos division (MVD) have attested to the issues raised by the MLA. They cited congestion on the street brought on by a scarcity of width and excessive density of autos as the foremost motive for the accidents. “The density of autos on the stretch has been growing because of numerous components, together with elevated connectivity from town even at night time and improvement of seashore tourism, whereas the width of the street has remained the identical. Lack of footpath provides to the disaster. Extra roads, alongside or over the stretch, are a necessity,” a senior MVD official stated. The commissioning of the Azheekode-Munambam bridge is predicted to extend car movement alongside stretch and worsen the disaster, the official stated, echoing the MLA’s concern.

Responding to the submission, Finance Minister Okay.N. Balagopal had stated that the federal government would take into account the proposals for Goshree parallel bridges and Pookkad bridge with due seriousness. The Minister introduced an allocation of Rs 100 crore for the event of 15 roads together with the Vypeen-Munambam stretch as a part of the second part of the World bank-aided Kerala State Transport Undertaking.