Residency Road

Summary

Residency Road (Malayalam: റെസിഡന്‍സി റോഡ്‌) is one of the major city roads in city of Kollam, India. The 1.6 km road starts at Chinnakada in south and ends at British Residency(Asramam Guest House) in north. The road got the name Residency Road as it ends at British Residency in the city.

Residency Road
റെസിഡന്‍സി റോഡ്‌
Residency Road
Maintained byKollam Municipal Corporation
Length1.6 km (0.99 mi)
South endChinnakada
Major
junctions
Asramam, Muneeshwaran Kovil
North endAsramam Guest House

History edit

Residency road was an important city road in Kollam. The name Residency road was actually given to a road that has connected Kappalandi Mukku with British Residency, till 2010.[1] Later in 2010, City corporation of Kollam has inaugurated Asramam Link Road and they have renamed the Kappalandi Mukku-Asramam section of road as Link Road and they re-aligned Residency road into current form.

Major public/private institutions in Residency road edit

  • LIC city branch
  • Pulimootil Silks
  • The Vaidya Hotel[2]
  • QRS Retail
  • Sony Center
  • Supplyco
  • Quilon Co-operative Urban Bank[3]
  • Karnataka Bank

References edit

  1. ^ "Greens oppose felling of trees for road work — The Hindu". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Hotel Vaidya - Official Website". Hotel Vaidya. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Quilon Co-operative Urban Bank - Official Website". Quilon Co-operative Urban Bank. Retrieved 20 March 2015.