No roads lead to Vypeen in Kochi
New Indian ExpressKOCHI: In 2004, when new bridges connected the Kochi mainland with the Goshree Islands, including the densely-populated Vypeen, it gave birth to a hope that with increased frequency of public transport, the people here, a majority of who hail from working-class backgrounds, could finally ‘belong’ and attach their aspirations with that of a city yearning to become a metropolis. Alas, even 20 years later, Vypeen and a majority of the Goshree Islands remain as ‘disconnected’ as ever as private buses plying from these regions are yet to get permits to operate in city limits and beyond. “When the bridges came up, it was decided that private buses from Vypeen and other regions in Goshree would halt at High Court Junction so as to prevent traffic snarl-ups in the city. The concern was genuine then as there were already 2,000 buses plying within city limits at the time,” says Ebenser Chullikkatt, an activist of the Greater Cochin Development Watch, an organisation working for the betterment of Kochi.
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