The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) connected Tuesday connected Saturday restored the work lane of the Chennai - Bengaluru Highway (NH-48) adjacent Green Circle, a roundabout beneath the elevated corridor, successful Vellore for harmless question of vehicles aft the agelong got inundated owed to the breach of a lake.
Officials of State Highways, which maintains culverts connected services lanes of the stretch, said that overnight rainfall since Monday has inundated galore low-lying areas wrong Vellore Corporation limits, including Shenbakkam and Kansalpet, on the stretch.
Water level successful Surya Kulam water adjacent the fort analyzable besides increased. “The existing tempest h2o drains, particularly adjacent the work lane, which is six metres wide connected the stretch, were incapable to discharge excess rainwater from these low-lying areas to Palar River. The rainwater got stagnant connected the low-level roadworthy abstraction connected the work lane adjacent the caller autobus terminus,” a State Highways authoritative told The Hindu.
Motorists said that water-logging connected the work lane particularly adjacent the culvert remains a perennial occupation during rain. All vehicles including ambulances, authorities buses and schoolhouse vans from Ranipet, Old Town successful Vellore, Ambur, Arcot and Tirupattur person to usage the work lane to scope Katpadi and its surrounding areas.
Traffic connected the agelong was deed since Friday evening arsenic vehicles were moving dilatory connected the route. Poor illumination connected the work lane was besides cited arsenic a crushed for postulation snarls arsenic motorists were incapable to thrust safely. “The District Collector should find a imperishable solution for h2o logging connected the work lane arsenic motorists including women and elder citizens person to hazard themselves erstwhile utilizing the inundated agelong during night,” said B. Manjula, a motorist.
Along with Corporation staff, NHAI officials roped high-power pumpsets to discharge stagnated rainwater. After the day-long operation, h2o connected the work lane receded. Corporation officials said that NHAI volition soon commencement constructing caller drains connected the work lane towards the Collectorate bureau for a region of astir 1.2 kms. Old constrictive drains connected the agelong person been demolished. The caller drains volition beryllium 1 metre wide and 1.5 metres successful depth. It volition beryllium connected to the existing culvert connected the agelong to get discharged into the river. The enactment is expected to commencement successful the coming weeks.
