Consumer body seeks opening of the incomplete ramp of G.D. Naidu flyover in Coimbatore

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The State Highways Department has appealed against a High Court bid   regarding operation  of an up   ramp for the Avinashi Road flyover successful  Coimbatore city.

The State Highways Department has appealed against a High Court bid regarding operation of an up ramp for the Avinashi Road flyover successful Coimbatore city. | Photo Credit: Siva Saravanan S.

The Coimbatore Consumer Cause, a user organisation, has appealed to Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to instrumentality due measures truthful that 1 ramp of the G.D. Naidu flyover successful Coimbatore metropolis that remains incomplete is constructed and opened for vehicles.

K. Kathirmathiyon, caput of Coimbatore Consumer Cause, has written to Mr. Stalin seeking measures to implicit operation of the up ramp adjacent Anna Statue successful the Uppilipalayam to Goldwins direction.

Thanking the authorities for opening the 10.1 km flyover constructed astatine ₹ 1, 791 crore, helium said the flyover has 2 up ramps and 2 down ramps connected either side. However, from Uppilipalayam to Goldwins, determination is lone 1 up ramp now, adjacent Nava India.

The 1 projected adjacent Anna statute remains incomplete owed to a lawsuit successful the Madras High Court regarding the determination of a pillar for the ramp. The contented is yet to beryllium resolved legally.

The authorities should either judge the bid passed by the tribunal successful this respect oregon instrumentality due steps for aboriginal disposal of an entreaty that it has filed against the order. The nationalist should not endure due to the fact that of an contented successful the task concerning a fewer individuals, helium said.

Mr. Kathirmathiyon further pointed retired that Mr. Stalin announced successful November 2024 that the Government volition conception an expressway for 5 km from Goldwins to Neelambur astatine ₹600 crore successful Coimbatore. This volition let seamless question for those proceeding towards Salem from Coimbatore city. However, the State Highways Department has not made immoderate tangible advancement successful this regard. The authorities should expedite this project, helium said.

Published - January 18, 2026 09:01 p.m. IST

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