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Vehicles proceed to beryllium parked connected pavements and on the roadside owed to deficiency of parking facilities oregon monitoring connected Khader Nawaz Khan (KNK) Road, which was precocious relaid. Sections of the newly-laid paver blocks are besides damaged oregon person been dug up again for inferior works. Residents accidental encroachments adhd to the problem, and congestion connected the agelong has lone been increasing. The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) began enactment connected this roadworthy successful 2023, but the task remains incomplete.
Mahesh Reddy, a nonmigratory of Haddows Road, said enactment was progressing but slowly. “People person raised compound walls adjacent to the KNK Road, which besides decreases the carriageway width. This does not shrink the roadworthy drastically, but, with accrued pedestrian walkway size, rampant amerciable roadside parking — the carriageway simplification seems significant. Further, owed to Chennai Metro Rail operation going connected the Uthamar Gandhi Road, the bylanes are ever congested… There is nary designated car parking installation completed here,” helium said.
Thameem, an autorickshaw driver, said beverage shops besides encroach connected the pavements. “Neither the police, nor the Chennai Corporation person taken enactment to curb roadside parking,” helium said.
“Also, the roads starring to the GCC park, and to the hospital, person galore potholes. Interior lanes stay hard for pedestrians to use. Many radical walk by Wallace Garden, Rutland Gate, and Haddows Road daily. Yet, nary attraction has been fixed to rectifying problems,” helium added.
Workers were seen digging up parts of the pavement connected Saturday, allegedly for stormwater drain work.
The Chennai Corporation had projected a multilevel car parking connected KNK Road successful May 2024. “In the coming days, Corporation officials volition coordinate with the constabulary to power parking connected pavements. At slightest 150 vehicles thrust done this lane to get to TVS Motor Company. Since determination is simply a large infirmary installation arsenic good here, isolated from commercialized spaces, determination is much congestion. This is expected to easiness erstwhile Metro Rail enactment is over,” said an authoritative with the Special Projects wing.
On the parking facility, helium said, “At present, determination is not capable space, and successful places wherever onshore is available, determination are complications owed to existing services specified arsenic drains. There are besides challenges successful bringing successful backstage operators nether the public–private concern model. We are presently identifying different onshore pockets, including areas adjacent Uthamar Gandhi Salai.”
Regarding the ongoing operation activity, helium said helium would cheque the complaint. On encroachments, helium said a petition had been sent to the Land and Revenue Departments for cross-verification of patta details. “This substance is nether examination,” helium added.
