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Residents on Sathyamangalam Road adjacent Ganapathy successful Coimbatore metropolis person raised concerns implicit h2o stagnation and postulation disruption, urging the National Highways Department to implicit stormwater drain works nether the roadworthy widening task astatine the earliest.
According to the residents, the ongoing enactment has affected entree to houses and commercialized establishments on the stretch.
R.V. Sridharan, who lives successful the area, said the enactment was progressing astatine a dilatory gait and that incomplete drain sections and excavated portions person led to sewage stagnation and posed hygiene concerns. He said the enactment was being carried retired during the day, affecting postulation question connected the engaged stretch.
Officials from the National Highways Department said the task involves widening Sathyamangalam Road implicit a magnitude of 3.4 km, from Textool Bridge, astatine a outgo of ₹40 crore. The enactment began astir a period agone adjacent CMS School, and operation of the motorable drain is ongoing on this agelong of astir 300 metres.
They said erstwhile the caller drains are completed, the aged drain channels would beryllium blocked and travel diverted into the caller system. Officials added that nighttime enactment could not beryllium taken up arsenic drinking h2o pipelines tally underground on the stretch, and immoderate harm would necessitate contiguous repair by the Corporation, which was not feasible during nighttime hours. The roadworthy volition beryllium paved erstwhile the stormwater drain enactment is completed.
Officials said the 3.4-km roadworthy widening task is expected to beryllium completed by the extremity of this year.
