3 weeks ago
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Residents and societal activists person urged the Highways Department to instal a speed-breaker astatine Balaji Nagar connected the engaged Mayiladuthurai-Poompuhar-Manakkudi road, citing predominant roadworthy accidents and nonaccomplishment of lives successful the area.
The roadworthy connects Mayiladuthurai municipality with the caller autobus terminus astatine Manakkudi and has witnessed accrued postulation question successful caller months. Residents said the Balaji Nagar junction had go accident-prone owed to speeding vehicles and dense postulation travel from the Mayiladuthurai-Sirkazhi roadworthy done Kooturavu Nagar towards the municipality and the autobus terminus.
Social activistic A. Apparasundaram said respective accidents had occurred successful the agelong implicit the past month. “Vehicles question astatine precocious velocity arsenic determination is nary speed-breaker betwixt Manakkudi and Caltax road. Immediate measures are needed to forestall further nonaccomplishment of lives,” helium said.
R. Sathya, a nonmigratory of the area, said motorists often failed to dilatory down astatine the junction contempt the dense question of vehicles and pedestrians. “The junction requires changeless vigilance from commuters. Installing a speed-breaker volition assistance trim accidents,” she said.
Official sources successful the Highways Department said the petition from residents would beryllium examined and due enactment taken based connected feasibility and postulation assessment.
