The Hindu Business Line : Expert panel holds talks on port highway

As part of the formalities to be completed before taking up the construction a four-lane highway connectivity between the proposed Vallarpadam Island and NH 47 at Kalamassery, a sub-committee of the Expert Committee of Environment for Infrastructure projects along with representatives of Union Ministry of Environment and Forests visited Cochin Port on May 3 and 4.

The purpose of the committee's visit was to carry out field inspections and get firsthand information over the various environmental issues involved, according to a CPT press release.

The members of the committee also held discussions with the officials of the CPT, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, National Highways Authority of India, Centre for Earth Science Studies, Kerala State Coastal Zone Management Authority, Kerala State Science Technology and Environment department and Ministry of Shipping in this connection.

The committee, it said, has sought certain additional inputs and clarifications so that the matter could be considered in the next meeting of the expert committee. The NHAI, which has been given the responsibility of construction of the highway, has taken up the case for environmental clearance of this project, the release added.

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