

{"id":100124,"date":"2021-08-11T18:06:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T12:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=100124"},"modified":"2021-08-11T18:06:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T12:36:37","slug":"no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Coimbatore to Thrissur cannot be traveled in 10 minutes via Kuthiran Tunnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Road Transport &amp; Highways Nitin Gadkari <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nitin_gadkari\/status\/1421395969573228544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> that one side of the Kuthiran Tunnel will be operational from July 31. <a href=\"https:\/\/spb.kerala.gov.in\/projects-thrissur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kuthiran Tunnel<\/a> is an under-construction tunnel on the Thrissur-Palakkad route. It is Kerala\u2019s first-ever tunnel for road transport. The 1.6 km tunnel is expected to reduce the distance between the Cochi-Coimbatore route.<\/p>\n<p>BJP Gujarat General Secretary Ratnakar posted a video and claimed that the two-hour journey between Coimbatore and Trichur can now be done in 10 minutes because of the tunnel. His video gained over three lakh views.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Coimbatore to Trichur Tunnel Opened.<br \/>\n2hours Journey is now 10Minutes.<br \/>\nThanks to the Govt of india Infrastructure development.<br \/>\nMay be no Media house will talk about such Good News. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mTZy9H1Umo\">pic.twitter.com\/mTZy9H1Umo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ratnakar (@ratnakar273) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ratnakar273\/status\/1424540776218828802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several other <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Coimbatore%20to%20Trichur%20Tunnel&amp;f=video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter users<\/a> have made this claim. The claim is <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=Coimbatore%20to%20Trichur%20Tunnel%202%20hours%2010%20minutes&amp;sde=AbrncOC9Eo4JY_OLJrNRxWbosfm1ezmJR0aX8OWKgLG1ilxgg98ELbozPbV_g85X9dPMRY0BVOKSo_9vqwB3JHXI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">widespread on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ganesh9989299882\/videos\/979512372893585\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100147 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/43120d53-cade-49e9-b663-884c6980c000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/43120d53-cade-49e9-b663-884c6980c000.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/43120d53-cade-49e9-b663-884c6980c000-180x300.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>FACT-CHECK<\/h4>\n<p>According to the Ministry of Road Transport &amp; Highways <a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1741243\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>, the Kuthiran tunnel is 1.6 kilometres long and is designed through the Peechi-Vazahani wildlife sanctuary. This itself debunks Ratnakar&#8217;s claim. The total distance between Thrissur-Coimbatore is 114 km and the tunnel stretches for only 1.6 km to address congestion on the Kuthiran hill during the commute. The tunnel does not take travellers from one city to another.<\/p>\n<p>The distance between Coimbatore-Thrissur (<a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/Coimbatore,+Tamil+Nadu\/Trichur,+Kerala\/@10.6047356,76.3937789,10728m\/data=!3m1!1e3!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x3ba859af2f971cb5:0x2fc1c81e183ed282!2m2!1d76.9558321!2d11.0168445!1m5!1m1!1s0x3ba7ee15ed42d1bb:0x82e45aa016ca7db!2m2!1d76.2144349!2d10.5276416!3e0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via tunnel<\/a>) is 114 kilometres.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-100129 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-10-17_31_35-Microsoft-Store.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-10-17_31_35-Microsoft-Store.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-10-17_31_35-Microsoft-Store-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-10-17_31_35-Microsoft-Store-1024x485.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-10-17_31_35-Microsoft-Store-768x364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-10-17_31_35-Microsoft-Store-1536x728.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even with the detour (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/Trichur,+Kerala\/Coimbatore,+Tamil+Nadu\/@10.5884249,76.4104163,10392m\/data=!3m1!1e3!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x3ba7ee15ed42d1bb:0x82e45aa016ca7db!2m2!1d76.2144349!2d10.5276416!1m5!1m1!1s0x3ba859af2f971cb5:0x2fc1c81e183ed282!2m2!1d76.9558321!2d11.0168445!3e0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">without tunnel route<\/a>), Google Maps shows that the distance between Thrissur-Coimbatore is 114 kilometres. This means that the tunnel does not shorten the distance per se.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-100128 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-10-17_33_42-Microsoft-Store.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-10-17_33_42-Microsoft-Store.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-10-17_33_42-Microsoft-Store-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-10-17_33_42-Microsoft-Store-1024x488.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-10-17_33_42-Microsoft-Store-768x366.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-10-17_33_42-Microsoft-Store-1536x732.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to Google Maps, the tunnel reduces the distance merely by 0.6 km and the time by 2 minutes without traffic. (Google Maps result of the route travelled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/10.5730951,76.390719\/10.571276,76.3769636\/@10.570849,76.3799229,16z\/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via tunnel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/10.571755,76.3770387\/10.5732378,76.3905881\/@10.5713375,76.3791442,1735m\/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">without the tunnel.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-100151 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-11-11_48_21-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-11-11_48_21-.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-11-11_48_21--300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-11-11_48_21--1024x488.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-11-11_48_21--768x366.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2021-08-11-11_48_21--1536x732.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Readers should note travel time largely depends on traffic. As per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onmanorama.com\/news\/kerala\/2021\/07\/31\/kuthiran-tunnel-thrissur-palakkad-national-highway.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On Manorama<\/a>, while vehicles were earlier trapped in traffic blocks lasting several hours on the Kuthiran hill, they can now cover the distance via the 1.6 km tunnel in a minute.<\/p>\n<p>To sum it up, BJP Gujarat General Secretary Ratnakar falsely claimed that the journey between Coimbatore and Trichur can be done in 10 minutes via the Kuthiran Tunnel. This is false since the distance between the two cities is 114 km and the tunnel stretches for only 1.6 km to reduce traffic congestion at a high tragic area in the route.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Road Transport &amp; Highways Nitin Gadkari tweeted that one side of the Kuthiran Tunnel will be operational from July 31. Kuthiran Tunnel is an under-construction tunnel on the Thrissur-Palakkad route. It is Kerala\u2019s first-ever tunnel for road transport. The 1.6 km tunnel is expected to reduce the distance between the Cochi-Coimbatore route. BJP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":100131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[682],"class_list":["post-100124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-social-media-claims"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>No, Coimbatore to Thrissur cannot be traveled in 10 minutes via Kuthiran Tunnel - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No, Coimbatore to Thrissur cannot be traveled in 10 minutes via Kuthiran Tunnel - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Minister of Road Transport &amp; Highways Nitin Gadkari tweeted that one side of the Kuthiran Tunnel will be operational from July 31. Kuthiran Tunnel is an under-construction tunnel on the Thrissur-Palakkad route. It is Kerala\u2019s first-ever tunnel for road transport. The 1.6 km tunnel is expected to reduce the distance between the Cochi-Coimbatore route. BJP [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/altnews.in\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-11T12:36:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/FI1.jpg?resize=1200%2C628&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Archit\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ArchitMeta\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AltNews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Archit\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Archit\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e39c6c27b3e2c789b471fb1b451364c8\"},\"headline\":\"No, Coimbatore to Thrissur cannot be traveled in 10 minutes via Kuthiran Tunnel\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-11T12:36:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":386,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/FI1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"featured\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\\\/\",\"name\":\"No, Coimbatore to Thrissur cannot be traveled in 10 minutes via Kuthiran Tunnel - Alt News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/FI1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-11T12:36:37+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/FI1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/FI1.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Politics\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/topics\\\/politics\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"No, Coimbatore to Thrissur cannot be traveled in 10 minutes via Kuthiran Tunnel\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/\",\"name\":\"Alt News\",\"description\":\"Alternative News and Views in the Post-Truth World\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Alt News\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/alt-logo-new-look.jpg?resize=2173%2C2172&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/alt-logo-new-look.jpg?resize=2173%2C2172&ssl=1\",\"width\":2173,\"height\":2172,\"caption\":\"Alt News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/altnews.in\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/AltNews\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCdDjoZAtt6PjQKAbr2FTOAQ\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e39c6c27b3e2c789b471fb1b451364c8\",\"name\":\"Archit\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/399cb9e278d29dd4eb8ecba351839b095c6c8018bb34676193b64b2a8d8c69b3?s=96&d=identicon&r=gf11de33d36e569108431ec0adde392bf\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/399cb9e278d29dd4eb8ecba351839b095c6c8018bb34676193b64b2a8d8c69b3?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/399cb9e278d29dd4eb8ecba351839b095c6c8018bb34676193b64b2a8d8c69b3?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Archit\"},\"description\":\"\ud83d\ude4f Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/linktr.ee\\\/architmehta\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/architjm\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/ArchitMeta\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ArchitMeta\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/author\\\/archit-mehta\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"No, Coimbatore to Thrissur cannot be traveled in 10 minutes via Kuthiran Tunnel - Alt News","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"No, Coimbatore to Thrissur cannot be traveled in 10 minutes via Kuthiran Tunnel - Alt News","og_description":"Minister of Road Transport &amp; Highways Nitin Gadkari tweeted that one side of the Kuthiran Tunnel will be operational from July 31. Kuthiran Tunnel is an under-construction tunnel on the Thrissur-Palakkad route. It is Kerala\u2019s first-ever tunnel for road transport. The 1.6 km tunnel is expected to reduce the distance between the Cochi-Coimbatore route. BJP [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\/","og_site_name":"Alt News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/altnews.in","article_published_time":"2021-08-11T12:36:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/FI1.jpg?resize=1200%2C628&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Archit","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ArchitMeta","twitter_site":"@AltNews","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Archit","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\/"},"author":{"name":"Archit","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#\/schema\/person\/e39c6c27b3e2c789b471fb1b451364c8"},"headline":"No, Coimbatore to Thrissur cannot be traveled in 10 minutes via Kuthiran Tunnel","datePublished":"2021-08-11T12:36:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\/"},"wordCount":386,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/FI1.jpg","keywords":["featured"],"articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\/","url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\/","name":"No, Coimbatore to Thrissur cannot be traveled in 10 minutes via Kuthiran Tunnel - Alt News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/FI1.jpg","datePublished":"2021-08-11T12:36:37+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/FI1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/FI1.jpg","width":1200,"height":628},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-coimbatore-to-thrissur-cannot-be-traveled-in-10-minutes-via-kuthiran-tunnel\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Politics","item":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/topics\/politics\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"No, Coimbatore to Thrissur cannot be traveled in 10 minutes via Kuthiran Tunnel"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/","name":"Alt News","description":"Alternative News and Views in the Post-Truth World","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#organization","name":"Alt News","url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/02\/alt-logo-new-look.jpg?resize=2173%2C2172&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/02\/alt-logo-new-look.jpg?resize=2173%2C2172&ssl=1","width":2173,"height":2172,"caption":"Alt News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/altnews.in","https:\/\/x.com\/AltNews","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCdDjoZAtt6PjQKAbr2FTOAQ"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#\/schema\/person\/e39c6c27b3e2c789b471fb1b451364c8","name":"Archit","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/399cb9e278d29dd4eb8ecba351839b095c6c8018bb34676193b64b2a8d8c69b3?s=96&d=identicon&r=gf11de33d36e569108431ec0adde392bf","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/399cb9e278d29dd4eb8ecba351839b095c6c8018bb34676193b64b2a8d8c69b3?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/399cb9e278d29dd4eb8ecba351839b095c6c8018bb34676193b64b2a8d8c69b3?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"Archit"},"description":"\ud83d\ude4f Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023.","sameAs":["https:\/\/linktr.ee\/architmehta","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/architjm\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/ArchitMeta\/","https:\/\/x.com\/ArchitMeta"],"url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/author\/archit-mehta\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/FI1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100124"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100187,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100124\/revisions\/100187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100124"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=100124"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=100124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}