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Viraganoor junction choking with postulation congestion successful Madurai connected Sunday. | Photo Credit: G. MOORTHY
Highlighting accelerated urbanisation starring to postulation congestion astatine cardinal junctions successful Madurai, 2 nationalist involvement litigation petitions filed earlier the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court sought operation of elevated corridors to decongest arterial roads.
Commuters said the request of the hr was to conception the flyovers similar the 1 astatine the Melamadai junction, Goripalayam and elevated corridor connected New Natham Road.
The caller petition filed this week sought the operation of a flyover oregon people separator astatine Viraganoor junction. The petitioner advocator G. Theeran Thirumurugan said the Viraganoor junction constitutes 1 of the astir important postulation intersections.
He pointed retired the junction connects Madurai with the confederate districts and it was a large entree corridor to Madurai International Airport. Vehicles coming from the bluish and the cardinal districts travelling to the confederate districts besides walk done this junction.
Over the years, postulation measurement astatine the junction has accrued manifold. However, the existing postulation infrastructure was grossly inadequate to accommodate the postulation density. During highest hours, thousands of vehicles acquisition prolonged delays and terrible congestion, helium said.
It became much hard for commuters during large festivals, governmental conferences, visits of dignitaries and nationalist events, helium said.
He sought a absorption to the authorities to revisit and reconsider the feasibility survey and the method reports already undertaken successful respect of the Viraganoor Junction. He besides sought a absorption to authorities to transportation retired further method appraisal required successful the airy of postulation density, recurring postulation congestion, roadworthy information concerns, and aboriginal postulation projections. The tribunal has sought the effect of the State.
In 2024, a akin petition was filed earlier the tribunal seeking a absorption to the authorities to conception a flyover betwixt K.K. Nagar junction and the Agriculture College and Research Institute astatine Othakadai successful Madurai.
The petitioner advocator A. Arun Ramnath of Othakadai said determination were respective commercialized establishments connected some sides of Melur road. There was postulation congestion, helium said.
He pointed retired that earlier reaching the High Court was easier. But, it had go a task for the advocates, tribunal unit and the wide nationalist to question on the arterial road. There were markets, autobus stands, hotels, hospitals, shops, matrimony halls and different establishments on the road. People utilized the roadworthy to scope the National Highway and determination was dense postulation connected the weekends and holidays, helium said.
He said the elevated corridor connected the New Natham Road had made question easier and clip saving. A akin flyover should beryllium constructed betwixt K.K. Nagar junction and Agriculture College to easiness postulation congestion. It was the work of the authorities to supply roads and facilities to guarantee creaseless and harmless travel, helium said. The tribunal had sought a feasibility report.
Advocate R.M. Arun Swaminathan said lakhs of radical were utilizing Melur road. There was a request for authorities to behaviour a survey connected the fig of radical and vehicles utilizing the road. The operation of the flyover was the request of the hour, helium said.
Agri and All Trade Chamber president S. Rethinavelu said Viraganoor junction has go chaotic. With Keeladi successful the vicinity and the tourism assemblage picking up rapidly, determination was nary alternate but to conception a flyover, helium said.
Earlier, erstwhile determination was a connection to conception the elevated corridor connected the New Natham Road, galore had opposed it. However, it has present turned into a boon, helium said, adding that a due survey should beryllium conducted earlier constructing the flyover.
In April this year, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court directed Madurai Corporation and different authorities to region the entranceway arch successful K.K. Nagar and akin different arches that were causing hindrance to the escaped travel of traffic, successful 3 months.
The petitioner M. Saravanan said vehicular postulation successful Madurai had accrued manifold and the factual arch occupied important roadworthy abstraction and caused postulation congestion. He said the entranceway arches, primitively constructed to demarcate introduction points to the city, person outlived their intent and were present obsolete.
In September 2024, the tribunal portion proceeding a akin petition filed by S. Jainab Beevi had directed the authorities to region the entranceway arch adjacent the MGR autobus basal successful Mattuthavani and the entranceway arch successful K.K. Nagar. It was unfastened to the authorities to instal bigger arches, the tribunal had said.
