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Even arsenic the tax-paying road-users are battling the severely damaged roads and the stretches afloat of potholes, the authoritative machinery is successful nary temper adjacent to marque the damaged roads motorable by filling-up astatine slightest the engaged stretches with wet-mix.
When a heavier alloy rod installed adjacent the Kulavanigarpuram manned level crossing developed superior ace recently, a tiny crane was utilized to clasp the rod adjacent arsenic the ace was welded. As the crane had to beryllium stationed connected the roadworthy during this work, the heavier machinery damaged the mediocre prime road. After the caller rains, the tiny pits caused by crane developed into a 4-feet-wide trench, which causes mishap mundane involving two-wheelers.
“Most of the women motorcycle riders and the elder citizens riding bikes conflict a batch portion crossing this trench and autumn down and prolong injuries,” said a pistillate constable posted adjacent this railway crossing for regulating vehicular postulation arsenic this spot would witnesser superior postulation jam for astir 15 minutes aft the gates are opened.
The constables, particularly the women constables posted astatine this spot, are the ‘Good Samaritans’ for the motorcycle riders present arsenic they autumn down successful the trench. The constabulary constables assistance the injured motorcycle riders lying successful this trench and nonstop them to the hospital.
“Even aft witnessing these galore accidents astatine this spot, nary authoritative from the Department of Highways oregon the Tirunelveli Corporation showed immoderate involvement successful filling up this trench,” said different constable.
When the nationalist forwarded complaints to Collector R. Sukumar astir the pathetic information of the 8-km-long roadworthy betwixt Palayamkottai autobus basal and Konganthanparai intersection, the Collector censured the Department of Highways which repaired the tiny agelong betwixt NGO Colony intersection and Reddiyarpatti intersection connected Tuesday.
“The Collector should erstwhile again reprimand the Highways Department officials arsenic determination is virtually nary roadworthy betwixt Government Engineering College and Konganthanparai intersection now. The earnestly damaged roadworthy causes accidents each day,” said Arul Selvan, a trader from Tuckerammalpuram.
The authoritative machinery’s adamant cognition against repairing the work roads on the Chellapandian flyover astatine Vannarpet cannot beryllium understood arsenic this roadworthy being utilized by each apical officials and thousands of vehicles each time remains earnestly damaged for much than a year.
“The North Bypass Road is besides successful akin signifier portion the South Bypass Road is riddled with potholes astatine respective places, arsenic the prime of this 7-km-long roadworthy connecting Madurai Road and NGO Colony intersection via Vannarpet is acold from satisfaction. Despite repeated warnings, nary measurement was taken to guarantee the stipulated prime and the tax-paying road-users are paying the price,” said erstwhile Mayor Bhuvaneshwari, who filled up a fewer potholes connected the South Bypass Road recently.
The agelong connects Jayaraj – Annapacikyam Hospital adjacent Tirunelveli All India Radio Station and St. John’s College via Palayamkottai BSNL Office, Palayamkottai Police Station and Christ Church, Military Line.
“The roadworthy branching retired from this agelong via Clarinda Church to link the St. Xavier’s Cathedral Road is besides successful the worst signifier with afloat of potholes. The underground drainage is overflowing from the manhole successful beforehand of the Clarinda Church for the past 1 twelvemonth to make nauseating information successful beforehand of a spot of worship. Even though we’ve filed much than 10 complaints, the Tirunelveli Corporation showed nary involvement to wide the artifact successful the manhole to cheque overflowing sewage and re-lay the road,” said A. Solomon, who visits the religion each day.
The roads connecting Old Pettai and Tirunelveli Town and the District Collectorate and Melapalayam are besides successful the worst condition.
When asked astir the pathetic information of the roads successful Tirunelveli and Palayamkottai, Minister for Municipal Administration K.N. Nehru precocious replied that the wet-mix macadam would beryllium utilized to fill-up the potholes arsenic a impermanent measure. However, the Corporation officials present accidental that the immoderate enactment successful this transportation could beryllium taken-up lone aft the underground drainage works were completed hinting that the road-users’ ordeal would proceed for different 1 year.
