The Kerala High Court has further extended the interim suspension of toll collection at National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)’s Paliyekkara toll plaza, in the wake of massive traffic hold-ups on the Edapally-Thrissur NH 544 corridor due to inadequate and shoddily maintained diversion/service roads.
The court had earlier suspended toll collection till September 9. On Tuesday (September 9, 2025), a Division Bench of the High Court comprising Justices A. Muhammed Mustaque and Harisankar V. Menon directed the District Collector of Thrissur to appear online on Wednesday (September 10) and to clarify on concerns about traffic movement through the corridor. On its part, the police informed the court that there were still bottlenecks at some service roads near underpass and flyover work sites on the corridor. It added that traffic snarls and the subsequent chaos was in turn leading to accidents near work sites.
