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Commuters had to wade done stagnant sewage astatine the ₹34-crore modern autobus terminus connected Chennai - Tindivanam Road successful Tiruvannamalai municipality connected Sunday owed to a pipeline burst.
Commuters said that stagnant sewage adjacent the autobus bays made the level slippery and slushy. “After worship astatine Arunachaleswara temple connected Pournami day, we came to the terminus to committee a autobus to our autochthonal municipality successful Villupuram. Stagnated sewage h2o poses wellness risks for commuters, who travel on with their children,” said K. Mangalam, a commuter.
Commuters said that isolated from travellers, buses besides person to navigate done the stagnated sewage to scope the autobus bays.
Officials of Tiruvannamalai Corporation, which maintains the facility, said that the terminus was aimed astatine providing autobus connectivity for devotees. During weekdays, 80,000 to 1.2 lakh visitors travel to the town, chiefly to worship astatine Arunachaleswara temple. During Chitra Pournami, astir 25 lakh devotees throng the municipality for worship.
Corporation officials said that civic unit were alerted by a timekeeper astatine the terminus regarding the seepage. Due to h2o unit connected the pipelines, the valve burst could person occurred. The damaged valve and pipeline person been repaired to forestall further seepage of sewage. “Stagnated sewage has been drained retired utilizing centrifugal pump sets. Such valve bursts hap successful the pipelines periodically. Efforts person been taken to guarantee hygiene successful the facility,” S. Selva Balaji, Commissioner, Tiruvannamalai Corporation, told The Hindu.
