Residency Road
{{Short description|Road in Kollam, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
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|direction_a= South
|terminus_a= Chinnakada
|junction= 15px Link Road at Asramam
Muneeshwaran Kovil
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|terminus_b= British Residency
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|maint= Kollam Municipal Corporation
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Residency Road 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.
History
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/greens-oppose-felling-of-trees-for-road-work/article1308967.ece |title=Greens oppose felling of trees for road work — The Hindu |work=The Hindu |access-date=20 March 2015}} 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
- LIC city branch
- Pulimootil Silks
- The Vaidya Hotel{{cite web|url=http://thehotelvaidya.com/index.php/contact-us |title=Hotel Vaidya - Official Website |publisher=Hotel Vaidya |access-date=20 March 2015}}
- QRS Retail
- Sony Center
- Supplyco
- Quilon Co-operative Urban Bank{{cite web|url=http://quiloncooperativeurbanbank.com/index.php?app=branch&tpl=main&mid=5 |title=Quilon Co-operative Urban Bank - Official Website |publisher=Quilon Co-operative Urban Bank |access-date=20 March 2015}}
- Karnataka Bank
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