Proposal for new bus terminus may be revived.

The new Kozhikode Corporation Council has taken the lead to revive the proposal for a bus terminus near Kozhikode Medical College. The proposal had been put on the back burner for the last few months after it was cancelled by the State government in late 2014 as the project had failed to take off even two years after it was approved.

The bus terminus near the Medical College, along with another one in Meenchanda, was proposed as early as 2004 to put an end to the traffic snarls at both junctions. A group of non-resident Keralites under the banner Malabar Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. (Minfra) had come forward to invest in the project, which envisaged a shopping complex-cum-bus terminus. Around 2.5 acres of land was acquired near the Medical College for the project. The estimated cost of construction was Rs.30 crore at the time.

THE HINDU