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In an effort to easiness the terrible congestion being witnessed astatine Palpannai intersection connected Chennai-Tiruchi-Madurai National Highway, the territory medication has barred introduction of dense vehicles into the metropolis via the junction during the day.
No dense conveyance would present beryllium allowed to participate the metropolis via the Palpannai junction betwixt 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. All these vehicles would person to instrumentality the Thuvakudi-Panjapur Bypass Road to participate the metropolis from January 1, Collector V.Saravanan announced connected Wednesday.
Motorists person been facing a harrowing clip during their regular commute owed to the worsening postulation congestion astatine Palpannai Junction successful the city. The intersection has been virtually bursting astatine its seams arsenic postulation heap ups were becoming lengthier, connected either sides of the Tiruchi- Thanjavur NH and the work lane starring to the junction from Apollo Hospital.
Recently, School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, on with elder constabulary and transport officials, had inspected the junction to sermon imaginable solutions to easiness the situation. Diverting dense vehicles postulation via Thuvakudi bypass was 1 of the suggestions discussed during the inspection.
Mr.Saravanan announced that each Point-to-Point buses headed towards Thanjavur from Panjapur Integrated Bus Stand would besides person to spell via the bypass roadworthy to articulation the Tiruchi-Thanjavur National Highway astatine Thuvakudi.
Indicating that the decisions are being implemented connected a proceedings basis, Mr.Saravanan announced that a committee headed by the Revenue Divisional Officer has been constituted to taxable survey the effectiveness of the caller postulation arrangements and taxable a report.
Welcoming the move, P.Ayyarappan, president, Road Users Welfare Association, observed that the long-awaited decisions were timely present arsenic the Pongal festival play would pull much vehicular postulation astatine the junction. He besides emphasised the request for streamlining postulation astatine the Mannarpuram and TVS Tollgate junctions.
K.Rajendran, wide secretary, Tiruchi-Palpannai-Thuvakudi Service Road Meetpu Kootamaippu, however, felt that lone the operation of work lanes from Palpannai to Thuvakudi tin bring astir a imperishable solution to the problem. Once the work lanes are laid, the roads starring to the Palpannai junction would person to beryllium widened to let escaped travel of traffic.
He besides suggested the relocation of the Palpannai autobus halts for municipality buses, particularly for those heading towards Gandhi Market. “After dropping/picking up passengers astatine the halt, the buses person to merge again with the postulation connected the highway, precise adjacent to the Palpannai junction causing hardship to different motorists. The buses should halt lone aft crossing the junction. Town buses headed towards Golden Rock tin halt connected the work roadworthy aft turning left,” helium suggested.
