Residents seek to fix Venkatappan Road at Ward 29 in Salem Corporation

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Commuters find   it hard  to walk  done  the damaged Venkatappan Road successful  Salem Corporation successful  Tamil Nadu.

Commuters find it hard to walk done the damaged Venkatappan Road successful Salem Corporation successful Tamil Nadu. | Photo Credit: LAKSHMI NARAYANAN E.

Commuters and section residents of Venkatappan Road person urged the Highways Department and the Salem Corporation to repair the damaged road.

Venkatappan Road is an important connecting roadworthy from Salem Government Hospital to Pal Market. There are connecting roads to Shevapet successful the locality and galore woody shops and electrical shops are functioning here. To entree these shops, hundreds of radical utilise Venkatappan Road connected a regular basis. But the roadworthy was severely damaged astatine aggregate places successful the agelong and radical coming successful two-wheelers are heavy affected.

The BJP State Environmental Protection Cell president, R.P. Gopinath, who resides successful Ward 29, said that for the past 3 years, Venkatappan Road has remained damaged. The roadworthy connecting Venkatappan Road and Shevpat has besides been damaged in galore places.

“On behalf of the BJP, we had submitted petitions galore times but nary enactment was taken. Many people, particularly successful the night, autumn connected the roadworthy arsenic they are incapable to place the potholes,” helium said. The Highways Department and the Corporation should enactment instantly to fix the damaged roads and besides the connecting roads similar Devangapuram extension, Mr. Gopinath added.

Ward 29 councillor K. Girija said, “I person submitted a missive to the Corporation to laic the road. Depending connected the availability of funds, roads are being laid. Soon, these connecting roads volition beryllium fixed.” The councillor added that done the Corporation, the contented volition beryllium highlighted to the Highways Department to hole the damaged roads.

When contacted, officials astatine the Highways Department said that they would look into the issue.

Published - December 11, 2025 07:41 p.m. IST

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