Residents want damaged stretches of Anna Salai repaired immediately

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Following complaints by residents and motorists astir damaged roadworthy and pavement on the arterial Anna Salai, the Highways Department began restoring the stretches. However, the enactment was not completed successful astir of the stretches connected Tuesday.

Motorists pointed to the mediocre information of Anna Salai from Teynampet awesome to Apollo Hospitals. The agelong is afloat of potholes. The information was worsened by the rainfall connected Tuesday, they said.

B. Maran, an autorickshaw driver, said the postulation moved dilatory due to the fact that of the atrocious road, and passengers began getting down, preferring to locomotion towards their destination.

B. Saravanan, a motorist said, the agelong of Anna Salai adjacent the Chennai Metro Rail bureau was damaged successful the caller rainfall — pits were formed, exposing the ungraded underneath.

“The agelong from Muthuramalinga Thevar Statue junction to the Cenotaph Road-Anna Salai junction adjacent Apollo Hospitals is worse,” helium said.

Residents person demanded the restoration of the stretches earlier different spell of rainfall this Northeast monsoon.

Traffic affected

On Thursday, traffic moved astatine a snail’s gait on respective stretches of Anna Salai and autobus routes successful the vicinity of the arterial road.

Former Chennai Corporation level person V. Sukumar Babu said vehicles moved dilatory on respective of the roads adjacent Anna Salai during his sojourn to Muthuramalinga Thevar Statue connected Anna Salai to wage homage connected Thursday.

“The Highways and Chennai Corporation should person restored the arterial stretches earlier the onset of the Northeast monsoon. During flood events oregon immoderate disaster, arterial roads specified arsenic Anna Salai is the lone lifelineof connectivity for hospitals and successful times of exigency evacuation. The Highways Department should archetypal restoreAnna Salai. Chennai Corporation should relay damaged roads adjacent the arterial agelong successful the adjacent fewer days for amended catastrophe response,” Mr. Babu said.