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Kuthiran Tunnel

Kuthiran is infamous for the bad condition of the road for last few years. Even the NHAI responsible for the road doesn't bother to repair it. This holds true even after lot of protests by the bus associations and locals. Accidents are very common across this stretch. Recent news clips show that people traveling between Trichur and Palakkad are choosing alternate roads to save their lives, like the Trichur-Shoranur-Ottapalam-Palakkad, to save their and their vehicles' health.

Kuthiran Tunnel is an under construction tunnel in the Indian state of Kerala State in Thrissur District. When finished, it will be Kerala's first-ever tunnel for road transport.

Present traffic

Kuthiran gradient is situated in the Kuthiran Hills, which falls in the notified Wild Life Sanctuary. Presently, Kuthiran gradient is a major traffic bottleneck and accident spot on the crowded Thrissur-Palakkad stretch of the National Highway 544 (India) Once the works are completed, both the tunnels would reduce the distance between Thrissur to Palakkad up to 3 kilometers. The tunnel through the Kuthiran will also avoid vehicular congestions while traversing the hills.

Cost

Pragathi Engineering and Rail Project Private Limited has bagged the sub-contract for the Kuthiran tunnel construction at a cost of Rs 200 crore.

Dimension

The twin tube tunnels will have length of 1 kilometer (915 metre), while the width and height would be 14 metre and 10 metre respectively. The tunnels would be located in a gap of 20 metres. Two emergency crossover inside the tunnel is there inside the tunnel.