State Highway 11 (SH 11) is a State Highway in

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that starts in

Kalarcode Kalarcode or Kalarkode is a village in Alappuzha district, from the town of Alappuzha. The village name derives from ''Kalyakroda Vilasam''. Demographics As of the 2001 Census of India, Kalarkode had a population of - with - males and - fema ...

, Alappuzha and ends in

Perunna Perunna aka Perunnai is a suburb of Changanassery town in Kottayam District, Kerala, India. The nearest big city, Kottayam, is 21 km away from Perunna. Perunna is also located at the intersection of MC Road (SH1) and Alappuzha-Changanass ...

, Changanassery.The road is popularly known as AC road (Alappuzha Changanassery) road. The highway is 24.2 km long.

Route description

(starts from NH-47(NH-66 now), at Kalarcode) Alappuzha -

Kainakary Kainakary is a village in Kuttanad Taluk in Alappuzha District of the Indian state of Kerala. History Kainakary was part of the Chembakassery Dynasty. Geography Five rivers originating from the Western Ghats, including the sacred Pamba River ...

Nedumudi Nedumudi is a village in the Alappuzha district of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the birthplace of Malayalam actor Nedumudi Venu. Nedumudi sits on the banks of the river Pamba. It was the first village in Kerala to attain 100% Literacy. ...

Ramankary Ramankary is a village in the Kuttanad region of India. It is 9 km away from Changanacherry town and 17 km from Alappuzha city. It is one of the villages in Alapuzha on the bank of the Manimala River with picturesque vast paddy field ...

-Kidangara - Changanassery (joins MC Road at

). The road runs parallel to AC Canal. The A-C canal, which runs along 99% of the length of the road on its southern side is meant to empty the flood waters of upper Kuttanad into the Nedumudy river and the Pallathuruthy river near Alappuzha, which reach the Vembanad lake but did not come into effect so far, resulting in the submerging of the road even when the symptoms of a flood is seen in monsoon. The road crosses no. of canals and 3 rivers, namely Pallathuruthi, Nedumudi, and Kidangara, tributaries of Manimala and Pamba rivers. The 3 main bridges on the rivers were not constructed when it was opened. All the 3 bridges crossing the rivers were constructed later only ie., in the 1980s. Alappuzha_Changanaserry_road(AC_road)

AC Road is the first road which is passing through

Kuttanad Kuttanad ( ml, കുട്ടനാട്‌) is a region covering the Alappuzha, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta Districts, in the state of Kerala, India, well known for its vast paddy fields and geographical peculiarities. The region has the lo ...

Paddy fields. The road passes through scenic paddy fields, coconut groves in

and backwaters in Alappuzha.

History

The Alappuzha-Changanassery Road was the concept of Sri. K. M. Korah, minister in the C. Kesavan ministry of the erstwhile Travancore Cochin State. Unlike other state highways, this road is unique, because 99% of the road is new road and not a conversion of existing pathways or village roads. It was completed and opened for traffic in 1958 by Sri. E.M.S Namboothiripad, the first Chief Minister of Kerala State. The road has been constructed parallel to the AC (Alappuzha-Changanassery) canal which is man made. Since the road was made through the paddy fields of Kuttanadu area, where paddy cultivation is done below sea level, the whole road is a reclaimed land made on the soil collected from the paddy fields received when the canal was made in the paddy field.

Surveillance

The Motor Vehicles Department, in partnership with the Kerala Road Safety Authority (KRSA) and the police has installed automatic traffic enforcement camera systems in between various points of Changanassery - Alappuzha section of AC road for detecting speed violations of vehicles.Speed Camera Surveillance in Kerala Roads
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Flooding in AC road

The AC road is prone to flooding during monsoon seasons in

. As the road mostly passes through low-lying areas of

, the road traffic is affected during heavy rains as parts of the road will be submerged in flood waters from

References

{{Kerala State Highways Network State Highways in Kerala Roads in Alappuzha district Roads in Kottayam district Changanassery

Route description

History

Surveillance

Flooding in AC road

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