A 40-year-dream nears completion
(WorldNews India)

ALAPPUZHA: The bypass project in the district was conceived 40 years ago and with the opening of the new bypass, commuters along the NH-66 - heading for Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi - can go their way skipping Alappuzha town. The revenue department acquired land for the bypass in 1980, the width was decided to be 45m. In 2008, Alappuzha bypass was included in National Highway Authority of India’s project (NHAI) to convert NH-66 into a four-lane road from Cherthala to Oachira. In 2010, Centre announced that the bypass project would be completed as a special project. The Centre also...