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The inordinate hold successful completing the reconstruction of the overbridge adjacent Fort Railway Station successful the metropolis has miffed commuters.
The caller span is being jointly constructed by Southern Railway Construction Organisation (SRCO) and Tiruchi Corporation. Southern Railway Construction Organisation has taken up the railway information of the enactment astatine an estimation of ₹12 crore. Laying of the attack roadworthy connected either broadside of the caller span is being executed astatine a outgo of ₹34 crore by Tiruchi Corporation, which began the enactment successful December 2023. On the different hand, Southern Railway demolished the aged overbridge lone successful May 2024.
The full enactment should person been completed by present and the roadworthy unfastened for traffic. However, overmuch to the chagrin of the commuters, the enactment is inactive on. With the roadworthy remaining closed for much than 2 years, regular commuting has go an ordeal for galore residents. Motorists are forced to instrumentality circuitous way via the constrictive Thennur High Road, oregon done Karur Bypass and Chathiram Bus Stand. These routes person been witnessing terrible congestion, particularly during highest hours, thereby wasting fuel, clip and energy.
“It is understandable that immoderate engaged roadworthy successful the metropolis is closed for postulation for 3 oregon 4 months to rebuild it. But it has been closed for much than 2 years. There is inactive nary motion of completion. It is highly annoying,” says D. Selvakumar, a nonmigratory of Thillai Nagar.
When contacted, a elder authoritative of the Corporation said that astir of attack roadworthy works had been completed. The remaining works could beryllium carried retired lone aft completion of the overbridge enactment by SRCO.
Tiruchi MP Durai Vaiko visited the operation tract adjacent the Fort Railway Station connected Tuesday on with elder officials of Southern Railway and Tiruchi Corporation. The contractors besides participated. He took banal of the reasons for the inordinate hold successful completion of the overbridge work.
The MP told The Hindu that the fabrication of alloy girders for the overbridge was being taken up astatine a fabrication portion connected Pudukottai road. Southern Railway officials had fixed committedness that the overbridge enactment would beryllium completed by July end. After that, Tiruchi Corporation would instrumentality 30 days to 45 days to implicit the remaining works.
Urging the officials to instrumentality to the target, helium said helium would intimately travel up the advancement of the enactment truthful arsenic to unfastened the roadworthy for postulation from September.
