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The inordinate hold successful finalising the elaborate task study (DPR) for the semi ringing road, which would link large nationalist highways astir Tiruchi, has raised eyebrows among activists and metropolis residents.
Once completed, the astir 45-km bypass volition go a portion of a semi ringing roadworthy from Thuvakudi to Thindukarai via Mathur and Panjapur, connecting the 5 nationalist highways starring to Thanjavur, Karaikudi, Madurai, Dindigul, and Karur from the city.
Last year, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) officials had said that mentation of the DPR by the consultancy appointed for the intent was successful precocious stages and the bureau would grant the tender by the extremity of fiscal twelvemonth 2025-26.
It was successful 2024 that the NHAI decided to gully a combined DPR for gathering a four-lane bypass betwixt Panjapur and Thindukarai connected Tiruchi-Karur National Highway, on with the elevated corridor, and widening the two-lane bypass betwixt Thuvakudi and Panjapur into a four-lane way.
Of these large components, the Panjapur-Thindukarai bypass had been delayed for years. Work connected this agelong was initiated implicit 15 years agone arsenic portion of the widening of the Tiruchi-Karur conception by the NHAI but was halted connected a tribunal absorption against gathering the roadworthy crossed irrigation tanks. Subsequently, a caller alignment was finalised, starring to delays successful reviving the project. NHAI sources earlier said a fewer changes were apt to beryllium made connected the revised alignment excessively successful the DPR nether preparation.
The task is simply a overmuch awaited infrastructure improvement successful the city, particularly by residents on the metropolis suburbs connected the accident-prone Tiruchi-Karur NH conception arsenic the Panjapur-Thindukkarai bypass would supply an alternate route, points retired P. Ayyarappan, president, Road Users Welfare Association.
Besides, operation of an elevated corridor adjacent the integrated autobus terminus astatine Panjapur is 1 of the components of the project. The elevated corridor has go a important infrastructure request connected the Tiruchi-Madurai NH conception aft the commissioning of the integrated autobus basal astatine Panjapur past year.
Pointing retired that the task had been dragging connected for years, Mr. Ayyarappan said the NHAI could astatine slightest divided the antithetic components and execute them separately. “We wonderment however agelong the DPR mentation would spell on. They could astatine slightest statesman gathering the bypass betwixt Tiruchi-Madurai and Tiruchi-Dindigul highways,” helium said.
Tiruchi Member of Parliament Durai Vaiko, who discussed the presumption of the elevated corridor with the determination officials of the NHAI connected Wednesday, said the officials had assured him that the task would instrumentality disconnected by March.
