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The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has acceptable a deadline of October 20 to implicit widening and relaying of roadworthy to amended monsoon preparedness in the city.
While the civic assemblage is expected to restore astatine slightest 500 damaged roads earlier the monsoon, residents demanded that it expedite the enactment connected restoring much roads dug up by assorted agencies up of the northeast monsoon.
Work connected 554 roads, including 26 bus routes, is expected to beryllium taken up earlier October 20 successful assorted parts of the city. The GCC identified 79 autobus way roads for relaying and has completed enactment connected restoring 53 stretches. Roads specified arsenic Besant Road and Durgabai Deshmukh Road are yet to beryllium relayed, and residents connected these stretches person requested the officials to implicit the assorted infrastructure works up of the monsoon.
Work connected widening the carriageway of stretches specified arsenic Shastri Nagar Main Road successful ward 174 successful Adyar portion and Anna Main Road successful K.K. Nagar successful Kodambakkam portion is besides nether way. The enactment volition beryllium completed soon, civic officials said.
V. Parthiban, wide secretary of the Confederation of Sholinganallur Residents’ Welfare Associations, said much than 500 roads successful the country had been dug up by assorted agencies. “This is simply a flood-prone area. We person requested the civic agencies to implicit the projects and reconstruct the roads earlier the monsoon,” helium said.
Sai Selvam of Anna Nagar West W Block Fourth Street said the roadworthy had not been relayed due to the fact that of storm-water drain work.
Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin connected Tuesday inspected the enactment connected respective stretches specified arsenic V.P. Raman Salai, Masilamani Road, and Royapettah High Road to amended monsoon preparedness.
