Renovation work at bus terminus in Thiruvanmiyur to be completed by April

The Thiruvanmiyur autobus terminus, which is the gateway to the ECR, and an important autobus terminus successful the city, is acceptable for a large revamp aft respective years.

Belonging to the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC), the terminus, which is among the 35 autobus termini successful the city, from which much than 100 buses are operated to assorted parts of city, was successful a dilapidated condition.

Now, the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) is executing redevelopment of the autobus terminus connected behalf of the MTC. 

Once completed, it would person respective rider amenities specified arsenic waiting area, nationalist convenience, shops and ample parking space. The main occupation of flooding during rainfall would beryllium flooded by the redevelopment project, MTC officials said. 

A elder authoritative of CMDA said pursuing the palmy redevelopment of the autobus termini astatine Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar, Velachery, Mullai Nagar and the Ambattur Industrial Estate, the Thiruvanmiyur autobus terminus is being redeveloped astatine a outgo of ₹35.11 crore.

The terminus, which spans 1.66 acres, volition person a built-up country of 6,000 sq.m with assorted amenities specified arsenic clip office, summons counters, a spacious waiting area, aesculapian room, shops, abstracted rider boarding and dropping zones and autobus unit remainder rooms. The terminus, attached to the depot, would beryllium a three-storey gathering and volition person a abstracted two-storey commercialized blocks. It volition person 13 autobus bays  with each autobus bay shed measuring 2,500 sq.m.  Nearly 70 buses tin beryllium parked and operated astatine 1 time.

Parking space

For commuters having backstage vehicles, the autobus terminus would person dedicated parking abstraction for cars and two-wheelers. The project, which started successful July this year, is planned to beryllium completed by April adjacent year, CMDA officials said.

S. Sivasubramaniam, a nonmigratory of Thiruvanmiyur, said the autobus terminus has go an important nervus centre for MTC, attracting thousands of commuters. But the autobus terminus suffered from flooding adjacent during airy rainfall,  poor attraction of nationalist convenience and deficiency of parking spaces for backstage vehicles. The redevelopment enactment would easiness the hardships faced by the commuters, helium hoped.

Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin inaugurated the redeveloped Ambattur autobus terminus, which was besides developed by CMDA astatine a outgo of ₹11.81 crore, on Monday.