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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court connected Wednesday ordered announcement to the State connected a nationalist involvement litigation petition that sought a absorption to the authorities to reappraisal the feasibility reports and instrumentality steps for establishing a flyover oregon people separator astatine Viraganoor junction successful Madurai.
A Division Bench of Justices N. Sathish Kumar and M. Jothiraman was proceeding the petition filed by G. Theeran Thirumurugan of Madurai.
The petitioner said Viraganoor junction constitutes 1 of the astir important postulation intersections. The junction connects Madurai with the confederate districts. The postulation measurement astatine the junction has accrued manifold implicit the years.
The existing postulation infrastructure was grossly inadequate to accommodate the contiguous postulation density. During highest hours, thousands of vehicles acquisition prolonged delays and terrible congestion. During large festivals, governmental conferences, visits of dignitaries and nationalist events, postulation congestion extends for respective kilometres, causing immense hardship to the public, helium said.
Traffic congestion astatine the junction adversely affected schoolhouse and assemblage students, bureau goers, traders, transport operators. Movement of ambulances, occurrence work and different exigency services were often obstructed, posing a superior menace to nationalist information and quality life, helium said.
He said the State authorities had earlier recognised the necessity for operation of a people separator astatine the junction. However, the connection was dropped chiefly owed to issues arising retired of contractual obligations and claims that whitethorn beryllium raised by toll concessionaire relating to imaginable nonaccomplishment of toll gross during the operation period.
The continued non-implementation of the task contempt the exponential maturation successful postulation measurement and nationalist information concerns warrants reconsideration by the authorities successful larger nationalist interest, the petitioner said.
He sought a absorption to the authorities to revisit and reconsider the feasibility survey and the method reports already undertaken successful respect of Viraganoor Junction.
He besides sought a absorption to the authorities to transportation retired further method appraisal required successful the airy of postulation density, recurring postulation congestion, roadworthy information concerns, aboriginal postulation projections, and consequently accord indispensable administrative support and fiscal authorisation for constitution and implementation of a flyover oregon people separator task astatine Viraganoor junction.
