Keralam puts PWD engineers in charge of supervising the Anakkampoyil-Kalladi-Meppadi tunnel road
10 November 2026
The Keralam government has made senior Public Works Department (PWD) officers responsible for supervising the Anakkampoyil-Kalladi-Meppadi tunnel road between Kozhikode and Wayanad.
The Superintending Engineer of PWD (Roads), Kozhikode North Circle, and the Executive Engineers for Kozhikode and Wayanad will monitor the work directly.
They must see that safety rules and the conditions set by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change are followed.
The step answers earlier concern that the project had no dedicated monitoring agency.
Work at all tunnel portals has been on hold since a debris slip at Kalladi in July 2026, and will restart only after an expert committee reports.
The Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) is the main executing agency.
The twin tunnel four-lane road links Thiruvambadi panchayat in Kozhikode with Meppadi panchayat in Wayanad and is to be the longest tunnel in Kerala.
In plain words
KRCL Konkan Railway Corporation Limited — A railway company under the Ministry of Railways that also builds tunnels and bridges for States.
Portal Tunnel portal — The entrance or exit face where a tunnel is dug into a hill.