Roads around Ernakulam collectorate at Kakkanad to be widened and made one-way

Roads around the Ernakulam district collectorate at Kakkanad are to be widened and turned into one-way corridors to ease traffic.

To make room, the government will take land from the collectorate’s own campus, the premises of the Kerala Books and Publications Society, and neighbouring plots; the Thrikkakara municipality will put up new compound walls where its land is taken.

Kakkanad, home to the collectorate, the Infopark IT campus and the Cochin Special Economic Zone, has some of Kochi’s worst traffic, and the Kochi Metro’s Pink Line now under construction runs through the area. A timeline for the work has not been announced.