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The protracted process of preparing the elaborate task study (DPR) for the semi ringing road, which would link large nationalist highways astir Tiruchi, has raised the hackles of metropolis residents.
The DPR was expected to beryllium finalised by the extremity of August but sources successful the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) present accidental that it could instrumentality astatine slightest a fewer much months to beryllium acceptable and approved.
The NHAI officials person been maintaining that mentation of the DPR by the consultancy appointed for the intent was successful precocious stages and the bureau would grant the tender for the task wrong this fiscal year. However, with the Assembly predetermination up and the exemplary codification of behaviour expected to travel into effect aboriginal adjacent year, it remains to beryllium seen whether the NHAI would beryllium capable to implicit the tendering process by the extremity of March 2026.
The long-delayed task is eagerly awaited, particularly successful the aftermath of the commissioning of the integrated autobus basal astatine Panjapur, arsenic operation of an elevated corridor adjacent the terminus has been included arsenic 1 of its components.
Last year, the NHAI decided to gully a combined DPR for gathering a four-lane bypass betwixt Panjapur and Thindukarai connected Tiruchi-Karur National Highway, on with the elevated corridor, and widening the two-lane bypass betwixt Thuvakudi and Panjapur into a four-lane way.
Once completed, the astir 45-km-long bypass volition go a portion of a semi ringing roadworthy from Thuvakudi to Thindukarai via Mathur and Panjapur, connecting the 5 nationalist highways starring to Thanjavur, Karaikudi, Madurai, Dindigul, and Karur from the city.
However, the Panjapur-Thindukarai bypass faced uncertainty for years though enactment connected this agelong was initiated implicit 15 years agone arsenic portion of the widening of the Tiruchi-Karur conception by the NHAI. The enactment was halted successful 2010 aft the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court struck down the task arsenic the projected roadworthy chopped crossed Kothamangalam, Kallikudi, and Punganur irrigation tanks successful Tiruchi district. The tribunal ordered that the roadworthy beryllium laid without affecting irrigation sources. Subsequently, a caller alignment was finalised, which caused hold successful reviving the project.
According to NHAI sources, a fewer changes are apt connected this revised alignment excessively and the last alignment is expected to beryllium finalised by December-end. At contiguous enactment is nether mode connected marking the coordinates of the onshore acquired for the bypass section, sources said. Once the DPR is approved by the NHAI headquarters, the task would determination to the tendering stage, the sources added.
Expressing interest implicit the inordinate hold successful executing the project, P. Ayyarappan, president, Road Users Welfare Association, hoped that the NHAI would expedite the process. “They support connected saying that the mentation of DPR is nether way; it is simply a substance of interest and we person taken up the contented with the Tiruchi MP Durai Vaiko too. The NHAI tin astatine slightest execute the task successful phases,” Mr. Ayyarappan said.
Activists constituent retired that the execution of the task would greatly assistance trim postulation wrong the city, particularly connected the suburban agelong betwixt the Chathram Bus Stand and Jeeyapuram connected the Tiruchi-Karur Highway, which has go notorious for predominant accidents successful caller years.
