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The State Highways Department has opened 9 swanky autobus shelters connected the widened Chittoor-Cuddalore Highway successful Tiruvannamalai municipality to assistance devotees commute easy to the Arunachaleswara temple, particularly during Karthigai Deepam festival season.
Officials of State Highways, which maintains the stretch, said that of the full 205 kms betwixt Chittoor and Cuddalore, the agelong was widened into 4 lanes for a region of 19.5 kms successful Tiruvannamalai territory successful 2023. As portion of basal amenities, 24 autobus stops were created connected the stretch.
Despite buses halting astatine the autobus stops, commuters had to hold successful the unfastened owed to the deficiency of shelters. “With the onset of Northeast monsoon, caller shelters astatine these autobus stops volition assistance commuters, including women and elder citizens, to committee buses safely. Adequate information measures successful the caller installation particularly during nighttime should beryllium made,” said B. Vasanthi, a commuter.
On an average, 40,000 vehicles usage the agelong each day. The widened roadworthy has a 15-metres-wide carriageway, a 1.2 metre-wide median and a 1.5 metre-wide tempest h2o drains connected some the sides, LED streetlights, a tiled footpath, a rainwater harvesting strategy and autochthonal trees. After TNSTC vehicles, buses from Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka besides usage the agelong to scope pilgrim centres successful Kancheepuram, Tiruvannamalai, Villupuram and Puducherry.
Minister for Public Works and Highways E.V. Velu inaugurated caller autobus shelters successful the beingness of Deputy Speaker of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, K. Pitchandi, and Tiruvannamalai MP C.N. Annadurai.
Highways officials said that caller autobus shelters were built astatine a outgo of ₹1.35 crore. Each structure has seating arrangements, LED lights, integer show of autobus fig and routes, CCTV cameras and a ailment box. The caller installation volition beryllium maintained by Tiruvannamalai Corporation and colony panchayats connected the route.
