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Residents of Khajamalai person expressed vexation implicit the prolonged hold successful completing underground drainage (UGD) work, with respective roads successful the locality remaining dug up for much than a year, causing inconvenience.
Roads excavated for the UGD task person remained unrepaired for extended periods portion enactment connected definite stretches had been near incomplete. Anna Nagar, Ayanar Kovil Street, Noor Mahal Road, and Lourd Swamy Colony Fourth Street are among the areas wherever the task remains unfinished. In immoderate streets, portions of the roadworthy person been near without relaying aft the enactment was halted midway.
“Navigating the roads has go hard adjacent connected foot, peculiarly astatine night. The concern worsens during the rainy play arsenic the damaged stretches go slushy. Despite repeated complaints to the authorities, factual enactment has not been taken,” said M. Jagan, a resident.
Stumbling block
According to Corporation sources, the affected areas autumn nether the Phase III UGD project. While the enactment was completed connected respective streets, a fewer stretches were near retired due to the fact that ample boulders beneath the aboveground obstructed laying of pipeline.
Officials said contractors were initially incapable to proceed successful these portions due to the fact that of the rocky terrain. Though the Corporation considered utilizing explosives to interruption the rocks, the aboveground proved excessively hard to beryllium blasted effectively. Increasing the explosive strength could origin vibrations and harm adjacent houses.
As a solution, the Corporation aboriginal decided to follow chemic blasting, a method that importantly reduces noise, dust, and shockwaves. The pending stretches were subsequently projected to beryllium included nether Phase IV of the project.
However, the chemic blasting process requires support from the Assistant Director of Mines and the District Collector. An estimation for the enactment was prepared and submitted for support past year, but the connection has yet to person clearance.
A elder authoritative said the hold was owed to the pending support for chemic blasting and the non-allocation of funds required to execute the remaining work. He added that the task enactment would beryllium resumed erstwhile the indispensable clearances were obtained.
