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Kozhikode: The Malabar Chamber of Commerce and the Calicut Airport Committee have jointly demanded that the Department of Public Works take steps to convert the road from the Kolathur Junction to the airport a four-lane road.

In a memorandum submitted to Minister for Public Works T.U Kuruvilla on Tuesday, chamber president P. Zakeer and committee chairman P.V. Chandran said that the department had not taken any steps to ensure the safety of pedestrians although the road had been widened and dividers installed.

Footpaths needed


Footpaths should be constructed and streetlights installed, they said. Traffic on the road would be heavy with the more international flights operating services from the Calicut airport.