Kerala HC summons KSEB engineer over delay in relieving traffic congestion at Pachalam in Kochi

KOCHI The Kerala High Court has summoned the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) assistant executive engineer, Ernakulam Central sub division, to explain the delay in filing an application to the railway authorities regarding the relocation of electric poles near the Pachalam overbridge. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice V.M. Syam Kumar was considering a public interest litigation seeking measures to ease traffic congestion at Pachalam Junction.

The plea had alleged that the KSEB electrical installations at the junction of Chathiyath Road and Mathai Manjooran Road were causing the congestion, and that removing them would ease the situation. The Kochi Corporation had earlier informed the court that ₹1.60 lakh was sanctioned and handed over to the KSEB for the proposed works. The KSEB had filed an application requesting to shift the electric posts onto the railway property, but it had certain defects that needed correction.

The court had then directed the KSEB to file the application again to the railway authorities to facilitate smooth traffic movement.