In January 2021 the Vyttila flyover in Kochi was ready. Onmanorama reported that “all civil works, including the load test, had been completed.” Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was scheduled to inaugurate it on January 9.
On January 5, unidentified people threw the flyover open to traffic. That night the police arrested Nipun Cherian, a coordinator of the citizens’ group V4 Kochi, and three others. The group denied that it had opened the flyover. The Chief Minister inaugurated it on January 9.