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Nookampalayam Link Road, stretching from the Semmancheri Tsunami quarters to Sholinganallur connected Rajiv Gandhi Salai, is successful a mess. Road users accidental the agelong has been successful this information for implicit a year, with stormwater drain (SWD) work in progress.
G. Premnath, a reisdent of the area, said that erstwhile helium moved to the locality in 2018, “the roadworthy was very good.” He added: “Chennai Metrowater carried retired immoderate enactment first. After it was completed, the roadworthy was patched up precise severely successful June, covering each the chutes starring to the drain. One tin spot the robust bars peeking from nether the concrete. Now, a stormwater drain is being constructed, and the sewer enactment is lone fractional done. For the past 3 years, we person inhaled a batch of dust. If we kick to section officials, we conscionable get yelled at.”
A.R. Srinivasan, a resident, said that owed to the drain project, erstwhile a autobus oregon a motortruck approaches from the other side, vehicles proceeding successful the different absorption get stuck. “Getting stuck connected this four-lane roadworthy is astir a regular headache. I person approached each imaginable bureau but person not been capable to find retired erstwhile the operation volition beryllium completed. It has been progressing precise slowly. We don’t person entree to our slope oregon the section infirmary due to the fact that of this work,” helium said.
“The roadworthy aboveground has besides been damaged astatine respective spots successful the caller rains. Sometimes, I similar to question an additional 6 km conscionable to debar this road. But not everyone tin spend to bash that,” helium rued. The roadworthy has been experiencing accrued traffic, with much buses present operating from Semmancheri and Perumbakkam.
“They support changing the positions of the barricades, which leaves motorists unsure wherever to crook to the different side. It tin instrumentality anyplace from 10 to 45 minutes to transverse the road, which is lone astir 3 km long. Since immoderate stretches person lone 1 lane available, schoolchildren get stuck and extremity up going to schoolhouse late. This important roadworthy is successful precise atrocious shape,” said Lakshmi, a genitor of a kid studying astatine a adjacent school.
FOMRRA co-founder Harsha Koda recalled that the roadworthy had been successful bully information for respective years and said that these works could person been taken up earlier it was converted into a cement factual road. He added that this improvement is simply a emblematic illustration of the “left manus not talking to the close hand” successful government. “Imagine however overmuch amended our lives would beryllium if we had a metropolis planner who could bash things successful the close chronological order,” helium said.
Sources successful the Greater Chennai Corporation said that the task play was a twelvemonth and a half, and that repairs would beryllium taken up soon.
