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Major roadworthy infrastructure works, including the elevated corridor/grade separator task connecting Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi squares funded by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways person present moved towards the execution signifier raising the hopes of residents to commute without facing overmuch postulation bottlenecks successful Puducherry.
After the instauration for the people separator was laid by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari successful October past year, the Letter of Acceptance has present been issued to the steadfast for taking up the enactment astatine an estimated outgo of astir ₹436 crore.
The corridor, covering a full magnitude of 3.877 km, including further attack ramps, would beryllium 1 of the large projects taken up successful the caller times for improving postulation question successful the town. Work is expected to commence soon aft the contractor remits the Performance Guarantee arsenic portion of tender guidelines.
The task to amended the agelong from Ganapathichettikulam to Rajiv Gandhi Square connected East Coast Road has taken disconnected recently. The tender for different roadworthy betterment task from Moolakulam junction to Gorimedu junction was being finalised and the enactment was expected to commencement soon, said an official.
“In a fewer weeks from now, these projects volition beryllium executed. The projects worthy astir ₹400 crore would substantially assistance amended the postulation script successful the town. The execution of the people separator task got delayed due to the fact that of Assembly elections. Now, the task volition advancement successful afloat swing,” the authoritative added.
The authoritative further said that the process for selecting a advisor to hole a elaborate task study for improving the Puducherry-Cuddalore Road has besides started. An elevated corridor connecting Natesan Nagar to Marapalam junction and four-laning of the roadworthy agelong from Ariankuppam to Mullodai volition beryllium portion of the ₹650-crore project.
“The Ministry has agreed to money the task excessively and they are successful the process of appointing a advisor to hole the DPR. The task is apt to instrumentality signifier by precocious this twelvemonth oregon aboriginal adjacent year,” said the official.
