The latest boundary map has been handed over by the Kerala government to the State Forest Department regarding the construction of a major interstate highway bridge connecting Karnataka with the neighboring Kerala State. The construction of the bridge that had been shut down for months will be resumed shortly. The bridge has been weakened for many years, and the construction of the new bridge was started over two-and-a-half years ago. However, Karnataka forest department had filed a complaint with the Karnataka government that the area selected for the bridge construction was under the Department of Forests in the state. However, construction work in Kerala was slow. The impact of pressures from the public and associations to complete the bridge's work made the two state governments jointly undertake a survey and mark the area suitable for the construction of the bridge. The official KSTP contractors of Kerala formally contacted the Kodagu Deputy Commissioner and the Divisional Forest Conservator of Forests to hand over the new boundary map under the directions of MLA of Iritty district Mr. Sunny Joseph. Forest Conservator Jaydev Yadav has promised to take steps to deal with this with the government.
The Forest Department officials have pointed out the drawbacks in the map given earlier. The team comprising of KSTP’s assistant engineer K V Sathishan, EKK firm’s planning manager D Sreerag and MLA’s personal assistant Mohamma Jasir met Karnataka Forest officials.
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