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ROADS
The district has a fairly extensive road network. National
Highway stretches to 77Kms. , major district roads to 313Kms.
, other district roads to 245Kms. And village roads to 639kms.
The National Highway runs almost parallel to the coastal
line linking the headquarters of the three taluks, i.e.
Kozhikode, Koyilandy and Vadakara. The important roads of
the district are given below.
The
Kozhikode-Vythiri-Gudalur Road:
From 0/0 to 97/60. This road starts from
Kozhikode city near the City Police Commissioners office
and takes its course in a north-eastern direction and ends
in Gudalur taluk in the Nilgiri district. It passes through
Kozhikode taluk and Vythiri taluk of Wayanad district.
The
Madras-Kozhikode Trunk Road:
The road starts from Chennai and enters Kozhikode
dstrict at mile 716/40 touching Ramanattukara, Feroke, Kallai
and Kozhikode on its way.
Kozhikode-Kannur
Road: From 0/20 to 90/40; it starts from
Kozhikode near the State Bank of India and forms part of
the West Coast Road.
The Kozhikode-Mysore Frontier Road:
From 0/0 to 117/20; this road overlaps Kozhikode-Vythiri
Gudalur road for the first 66Kms. And then branches off
to the left at Chundel in Wayanad district.
Bus
Service: The entire district is extensively
covered by the operation of buses, of private and public
sectors. The district is credited with an efficient system
of passenger and goods traffic by road. The Kerala State
Road Transport Corporation has a bus station and a garage
at Mavoor Road in Kozhikode city and an operation centre
at Thamarasseri. The number of bus schedules of the K.S.R.T.C.
Depot at Kozhikode and operating centre at Thamarassery
are 100 and the total route length is 38,791 Kms. A regional
workshop of K.S.R.T.C started functioning at East Nadakkavu
on 22nd October 1979. In the private sector, the growth
of bus transport has been remarkable. The total number of
vehicles registered in the district is 77,447. There are
7,068 goods vehicles, 2,348 taxi cars, 23,413 private cars,
37,279 two wheelers, 7,648 autorickshaws and 1,530 buses.
AIRPORT
Though the Karipur Airport is situated in Malappuram district
, it is only 26.5kms away from Kozhikode city. There is
a massive expansion programme for the airport to bring it
to international standards. Now flights are being operated
from Kozhikode to the Gulf countries. In the near future,
Kozhikode will regain its past glory through the expansion
of the airport, as the doors of international trade are
being opened.
PORTS
The district has an intermediate port at Kozhikode (including
Beypore) and a minor port at Vadakara. The port of Kozhikode,
inclusive of Beypore, is 144.84kms. north of Kochi. The
coast line extends from Elathur cape down to the south bank
of the Kadalundi river and treads roughly in a straight
line. Beypore with its nearness to Feroke and Kallai, the
industrial centres with many tile factories and saw mills
and the Rayon Pulp Factory at Mavoor about 16kms. Upstream,
offers prospects for great improvement. The port has two
piers known as the north and south pier. The North pier
is 162 metres long and the South pier is 182 metres. Beypore
is situated at the mouth of the Beypore river and is approximately
ten kms. South of Kozhikode. A wharf measuring 152m. in
width is provided with five electric cranes of 5m. tonnes
capacitly each. A link road to the nearest main road has
also been constructed. Vadakara, another port of the district
is situated about 19.31kms. south of Thalassery. Only small
coasting streammers call at the port. There is no pier jetty
at this port. The port of Kozhikode, Beypore and Vadakara
are open to foreign trade. Kozhikode port is not completely
closed to steamer traffic during the south-west monsoons,
but whenever there is heavy rain, steamers do not call as
it is an open road stead.
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