Minister holds discussion on creating additional stormwater drain near railway underpass in Erode

Minister for Housing, Prohibition and Excise, S. Muthusamy, connected Monday (December 8, 2025) directed officials to hole a program for creating an further stormwater drain adjacent the railway underpass astatine K.K. Nagar connected Chennimalai Road to forestall h2o stagnation connected the road.

Waterlogging is simply a perennial contented astatine the constrictive underpass, which was built during the pre-Independence era. Seepage from the Lower Bhavani Project (LBP) canal and rainwater accumulates connected the road, often causing hardship to motorists. The long-pending request for widening the underpass is yet to materialise, arsenic the Highways Department’s connection for establishing 2 further vents is inactive awaiting support from the Railways.

During the monsoon, rainwater mixes with seepage and flows done the constrictive stormwater drain located nether the bridge. Since the drain cannot grip the volume, h2o overflows onto the road, repeatedly affecting conveyance movement.

The Minister, who inspected the spot, held discussions with officials connected resolving the issue. As the existing constrictive drain cannot beryllium widened without encroaching onto the roadworthy space, the Minister asked officials to survey the feasibility of creating an further drain to forestall waterlogging.