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The territory authorities are readying stricter enforcement of the regularisation connected the question of dense vehicles done the Palpannai intersection connected Chennai-Tiruchi-Madurai National Highway during the day.
With the junction witnessing terrible postulation congestion close done the day, Collector V. Saravanan had precocious announced restrictions connected the question of dense vehicles operating via Tiruchi-Thanjavur National Highway. From January 1, dense vehicles coming from Thanjavur road were barred from entering the metropolis via Palpannai junction betwixt 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. The vehicles were required to spell via Thuvakudi-Panjapur Bypass Road to participate the city.
All point-to-point work buses headed towards Thanjavur from Panjapur Integrated Bus Stand were besides ordered to spell via the bypass roadworthy to articulation Tiruchi-Thanjavur National Highway astatine Thuvakudi.
However, galore dense vehicles could beryllium seen passing done the Palpannai intersection implicit the past fewer days. This contempt constabulary teams being deployed to enforce the diversions.
“We spot rather a fewer dense vehicles passing done the junction, though their numbers person decidedly travel down. There has been immoderate alleviation astatine the junction but the postulation heap ups proceed astatine the intersection during highest hours,” observed Raja, an car rickshaw driver.
Police unit connected work on the Thanjavur road constituent retired that the agelong is an concern zone, with a ample fig of trucks engaged successful moving earthy materials and finished products. There is each accidental of truckers operating to and from the concern units situated betwixt Thuvakudi and Palpannai sneaking successful to debar taking a detour. Many vehicles transport goods to the wholesale markets astir the Gandhi Market. It is hard to show each these vehicles, they observed.
This apart, Tiruchi Corporation’s garbage trucks besides marque respective trips connected the way transporting coagulated discarded to the dump gait astatine Ariyamangalam, it was pointed out.
Mr. Saravanan, however, felt that determination has been a bully simplification successful the fig of vehicles passing done the junction from Thanjavur road towards the city. “On an average, astir 50 vehicles are being diverted per hour. Tighter enforcement towards Thanjavur Highway from the metropolis is planned from tomorrow,” helium told The Hindu.
Some of the residents person been pressing for widening the roads astatine Palpannai junction to easiness the postulation travel connected the “free-lefts.” “Heavy vehicles lone signifier a definite percent of the traffic. Widening the roads connected each four-sides astatine the Palpannai junction would easiness the concern considerably. If the vehicles were capable to instrumentality the free-left without immoderate obstruction, the postulation pile-ups could beryllium reduced. There is simply a batch of abstraction connected the sides and the roads could beryllium easy widened without immoderate onshore acquisition,” said K. Sakthivel, a civic activistic of Kattur.
Mr. Saravanan said the ‘free-left issue’ would beryllium resolved soon.
