The Kerala Public Service Commission (PSC) and the Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) will have to part with land from their sprawling premises at Pattom for the proposed 1,005-m flyover in the busy Pattom junction of the National Highway 66.

The PSC’s 0.0840 hectares of land from its headquarters at Pattom and KV’s 0.0125 hectares, both coming under Pattom village, will be transferred for the proposed flyover that will begin near the headquarters of the PSC and end near Plamoodu Junction.

In addition to the land of the PSC and KV Pattom, the government has given administrative sanction for acquiring another 0.2251 hectares of land falling under the Pattom and Kowdiar vilages in Thiruvananthapurpuram taluk for the flyover. The 0.02251 hectares to be acquired is private land and belongs to six persons.

The government had accorded sanction for acquiring the 0.3100 hectares of land for construction of the flyover. The revised administrative sanction is in the wake of the request put forward by the managing director of Kerala Rapid Transit Corporation Ltd. (KRTL) on June 11. The need for more land came up following alterations in the design.

Initially, the flyover was confined to Pattom junction and was later extended to Plamood to cater to future traffic. The decision to acquire land from the premises of the PSC and KV Pattom comes as a big relief to traders and local people as they will not be displaced.

SIA study

Meanwhile, the survey for the three-month-long Social Impact Assessment (SIA) study for the flyover has been completed. Rajagiri Outreach, a society under the Rajagiri College of Social Science, Kalamassery, was tasked by the district administration to carry out the study mandated by the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act as in the case of Sreekaryam and Ulloor flyovers.

The next step of organising a public hearing of those to be displaced and elected representatives is to be held in the first week of August at the project site itself as the SIA report has to be submitted to the District Collector in September.

Besides carrying the light metro, the ₹140-crore flyover will ensure the smooth flow of vehicular traffic from the Kowdiar road towards the Government Medical College and NH corridor. It will also reduce the traffic congestion at Pattom and Plamood junctions.

The three flyovers were recommended by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) along the 21.82-km Technocity-Karamana elevated light metro corridor to solve the traffic problems and ensure hassle-free movement of the motorists.

The funds for flyovers are being mobilised from KIIFB.