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The State Highways Department demolished encroachments connected Arcot - Villupuram Main Road (SH-4) adjacent aged autobus terminus successful Arani municipality successful Tiruvannamalai to laic bitumen attack roads arsenic portion of completion of the two-lane precocious level span crossed Kamadalam Naganathi river.
Officials of State Highways, which is constructing the bridge, said that astir of the encroachments are houses and petty shops, which were built much than 2 decades ago. Encroached onshore adjacent the autobus terminus belongs to State Highways. “We person besides acquired 125 sq.metres of onshore to laic attack roads for the caller bridge, which volition beryllium acceptable by the extremity of the year,” S. Jayanthi, Junior Engineer (JE), State Highways (Projects), told The Hindu.
Highways officials said that the caller high-level span volition link Irumbedu and surrounding villages with Arani municipality crossed the river. It volition regenerate the existing dilapidated causeway, which was built successful the 1970s but severely damaged during 2021 floods. “As the damaged causeway was closed for postulation owed to its mediocre information a fewer years ago, we person to detour astatine slightest 15 kms to scope towns similar Polur and Tiruvannamalai,” said B. Murugan, a resident.
As per survey by the Highways Department, much than 12,000 vehicles person been utilizing the damaged causeway crossed the river, risking their lives particularly during rains. Funded nether the Comprehensive Road Infrastructure Development Programme (CRIDP) 2023-24, the caller span has been built astatine a outgo of ₹ 19.60 crore since January 2024 erstwhile the enactment was started.
The two-lane span is 184.80 metres agelong and 15 metres wide with astatine slightest 50 LED thoroughfare lights connected the span and its work lanes. Tiled footpaths with alloy manus railings volition beryllium provided. The span has been built astir 5 metres from the stream furniture to forestall inundation of the installation during monsoon.
Highways officials said that caller attack roads volition beryllium laid connected the demolished country on the stretch. It volition beryllium 12 metres wide and 200 metres agelong with footpaths and tempest h2o drains. The attack roads volition link the caller span with Irumbedu colony and the aged autobus terminus country successful Arani town. This enactment volition beryllium completed successful the coming weeks .
