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The engaged junction adjacent Tirunelveli Town Arch, which is being utilized by a fewer 1000 vehicles, including vehicles of devotees going to Swami Nellaiyappar Temple, is successful a worst signifier starring to accidents and terrible postulation snarl everyday.
The Swami Nellaiyappar High Road and Nellai Kannan Saalai Junction adjacent Tirunelveli Town Arch is simply a engaged spot being utilized by a fewer 1000 vehicles, including buses proceeding to Tenkasi, Puliyangudi, Cheranmahadevi, Ambasamudram and lorries bringing cargo to traders successful Tirunelveli Town and surrounding areas. While the Nellai Kannan Saalai belongs to Tirunelveli Corporation, the Swami Nellaiyappar High Road comes nether the Department of Highways.
Even though this spot is successful the severely damaged information with heavy craters and potholes, neither the Tirunelveli Corporation nor the Department of Highways is bothered to astatine slightest repair this road.
“We are witnessing accidents involving two-wheelers astatine this spot mundane and astatine slightest a mates of motorcycle riders, particularly the aged, endure autumn aft their bikes with smaller tires deed the potholes. Even cars with debased crushed clearance endure large thud arsenic these vehicles accidentally deed the craters. Even though this information spot is located conscionable 500 meters distant from the Tirunelveli Corporation’s administrative office, the municipality civic assemblage is yet to instrumentality steps for making this spot safe,” says a constabulary constable wearing a disguise portion regulating postulation adjacent Tirunelveli Town Arch.
“With the particulate emanating from these potholes continuously, we’ve to deterioration disguise and goggles whenever we’re deployed here”, helium adds.
Autorickshaw operator S. Murugesan of Tirunelveli Town claimed that helium had to walk ₹1,050 to repair his vehicle’s beforehand instrumentality aft it deed 1 of the craters astatine this spot.
“The craters were filled with bedewed premix successful March. However, a beardown drizzle washed distant the mediocre prime bedewed premix successful nary time. Apart from repairing this spot, the damaged roadworthy adjacent Arunagiri Theatre should besides beryllium made motorable,” Mr. Murugesan said.
A elder authoritative successful the Tirunelveli Corporation said they had already taken-up this contented with the Department of Highways adjacent arsenic the municipality civic assemblage was taking steps to repair the roadworthy adjacent Arunagiri Theatre.
