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The Coimbatore Corporation has begun road-laying enactment arsenic portion of the Sanganoor canal revamp project, which aims to region encroachments, reconstruct the canal’s width, and make roads connected some sides.
The archetypal bundle of the project, estimated astatine ₹49 crore, covers a 2.5-km agelong from Mettupalayam Road to Rathinapuri bridge. Retaining walls person been constructed connected some sides on the full stretch, mounting the canal’s width astatine 13 metres aft the removal of encroachments, mostly residential.
As the railway enactment crosses the canal, the roadworthy cannot beryllium laid from Mettupalayam Road to Kannappa Nagar. Officials said constructing a flyover oregon underpass was unnecessary, truthful the roadworthy enactment has been taken up beyond the railway track.
Road-laying covers 1.5 km from Kannappa Nagar span (locally known arsenic Pudhu Palam) to Rathinapuri bridge. About 300 metres connected the near broadside person been tarred, and enactment is nether mode to demolish remaining structures to pave a 5.5-metre-wide road. Once completed, akin enactment volition statesman connected the close side. The archetypal bundle is expected to beryllium completed by the extremity of the year.
The task besides includes a alloy obstruction implicit the retaining partition and streetlights on the caller road. The completed agelong volition beryllium opened for vehicular question aft enactment is finished.
About 250 families surviving successful encroached houses on this agelong person been allotted alternate lodging done the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board successful areas specified arsenic Sidhapudur, Sulur, and Keeranatham.
For the remaining magnitude from Rathinapuri to Trichy Road, the Corporation has sought ₹235 crore and submitted the connection to the Directorate of Municipal Administration for approval.
The Sanganoor canal, which runs from Thadagam, passes done cardinal parts of the city. The revamp enactment begins from Mettupalayam Road, with road-laying starting astatine Kannappa Nagar and continuing on the canal arsenic it passes Sathyamangalam Road, Avinashi Road, Sowripalayam, and connects to Trichy Road. Once completed, roads connected some sides volition beryllium designated arsenic one-way routes to easiness postulation flow, officials said.
