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Despite repeated complaints implicit the past fewer years, the contented of uneven velocity breakers and manhole covers stay unaddressed crossed the city. Besides, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has yet to instal informing signage adjacent velocity breakers.
Although section officials accidental a database of velocity breakers and manhole covers that request repairs is being prepared, commuters contend that the issues should person been addressed good up of the monsoon.
Vehicle damage
“Thanks to these velocity breakers and manhole covers, my conveyance often gets damaged,” said Mohana Sundari, an autorickshaw operator and subordinate of the Veera Pengal Munnetra Sangam.
“Repairs tin outgo up to ₹3,000 a month. In areas specified arsenic Adyar oregon Anna Nagar, astir velocity breakers are even, but successful underdeveloped areas, peculiarly successful northbound Chennai, they are mostly damaged. Nowhere successful the metropolis are they painted. In the precise fewer places wherever they are painted, the markings person faded. Speed breakers are hard to spot portion driving astatine nighttime oregon during dense rain, and vehicles deed them and get damaged,” she said, adding that the occupation should person been rectified during the summer.
“Customers, particularly the elderly, acquisition backmost symptom owed to repeated and unexpected bumps into velocity breakers oregon manholes, and blasted america for driving rashly. We suffer repetition customers due to the fact that of this. While transporting schoolchildren, we thrust dilatory to guarantee that they bash not deed their heads portion crossing these uneven portions. Many two-wheeler riders person met with accidents due to the fact that of unmarked velocity breakers,” Ms. Mohana Sundari added.
A elder serviceman of the Greater Chennai Traffic Police said they were auditing unmarked velocity breakers to taxable a database to the GCC. He added that nary of the velocity breakers carried informing signs successful accordance with Indian Roads Congress regulations.
Zonal officials said they were instructed to audit the fig of unmarked velocity breaker and were successful talks with the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board to regenerate damaged and uneven manhole covers.
