The Nadakkavu Vikasana Samiti staged a soochana nirahara samaram at East Nadakkavu,
opposite Nadakkave bus stop, Wayanad road, Kozhikode, on Wednesday demanding
the State government to expedite the Mananchira-Vellimadukunnu road widening
work.
“For the last two decades we have been demanding widening of the
8.4 km arterial stretch. Hundreds have either lost their lives or severely
injured in the accidents there. Two persons including a school student were
killed last month. The East Nadakkavu road is a death-trap for pedestrians and
two- wheelers as well,” K.P. Sathyakrishnan, secretary, NVS, said.
The Nadakkavu Vikasana Samiti would launch an indefinite hunger
strike from November 1 and picketing of the Mananchira-Vellimadukunnu road if
the government failed to go ahead with the project, he said.
Environmentalist A. Achuthan, inaugurate the function. Anti-corruption campaigner K.P. Vijayakumar
presides over the function. DCC president K.C. Abu, BJP district president T.P.
Jayachandran, councillors P. Kishenchand (Janata Dal (United), T.C. Bijuraj
(CPI-M), Navyva Haridas (BJP), T.K.
Abdul Latheef, Narayanan kutty nair, Nadakkavu vikasasna samithi president
P.M.Premarajan, Shaibu(BJP), East nadakkavu residents association President
Panayamparambil Lohithakshan, Rarichan road residents association President
Balagopal, Oruma residents association President N.V.Baburaj, Capt.Bhaskaran nair, Sunil
kumar (Mananchira-Vellimadukunnu Road action committee), Thangal, Babu Paniker, N.Sasindran spoke to express their solidarity.
