Gap Road: rocky road to ruin in Idukki

The Gap Road stretch of the busy Munnar-Bodimettu Highway has emerged as a death trap for road users due to frequent landslips and rockfalls after road widening works were completed in 2022. There’s now a public outcry to revamp this segment of the road even as the move to levy environmental compensation from the subcontractor remains stuck in litigation, reports Sandeep Vellaram