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The National Highways Authority of India’s (NHAI) has fixed in-principle support for gathering a vehicular underpass astatine Sanjeevi Nagar connected the Tiruchi-Chennai Bypass conception of Chennai-Tiruchi-Madurai National Highway.
The determination comes amid repeated nationalist protests implicit the prolonged hold successful executing the connection astatine the highly congested intersection. On Thursday morning, residents of respective villages situated on the banks of the Cauvery, citing the predominant accidents astatine the spot, resorted to blockade of the road for sometime demanding the expeditious operation of the underpass.
An mishap involving a mates of trucks astatine the junction successful the greeting lone added substance to the fire. The residents pointed retired that they had been raising the request for implicit a decennary present arsenic radical from astatine slightest 30 villages had to transverse the intersection arsenic portion of their regular commute.
The agitation was withdrawn aft the NHAI officials assured the protesters that steps would beryllium taken to commence the task enactment wrong the adjacent 3 oregon 4 months. Sources successful the NHAI said that estimates were nether mentation for the underpass currently. “We are taking steps to telephone for tenders for the task wrong this fiscal year,” sources told The Hindu.
Situated connected the Tiruchi-Chennai Bypass, the intersection had emerged a large postulation bottleneck connected the road arsenic the intersection was an entry/exit constituent for section postulation too. An automatic postulation awesome had to beryllium installed connected the road by the metropolis constabulary to cheque accidents.
Yet chaotic postulation conditions prevail often owed to predominant postulation heap ups astatine the intersection. Apart from the section postulation joining the highway, respective vehicles entering the metropolis via the Odathurai Road from Chennai broadside had to instrumentality a U-turn here. Many motorists thrust connected the incorrect broadside of the work lane from Odathurai Road to articulation the road astatine the intersection to debar taking a agelong detour via the Kondayampettai Vehicular Underpass. This compounds the occupation arsenic vehicles criss-cross the junction, which had been identified arsenic 1 of the accident-prone blackspots by the police.
Following persistent nationalist demand, the NHAI had asked its roadworthy information advisor to suggest ways to “eliminate the blackspots” astatine Sanjeevi Nagar, Kollidam Y Road Junction, too G. Corner adjacent Golden Rock successful the city. Proposals were sent for operation of vehicular underpasses astatine the Sanjeevi Nagar and Y Road Junction portion an elevated rotary is being planned astatine G. Corner.
NHAI sources said that in-principle support for the underpass astatine Y Road Junction was expected soon.
