Traffic gridlocks rile visitors to Mukkombu

Amidst rising tourer footfalls during the summertime abrogation to Mukkombu, a fashionable picnic destination adjacent Tiruchi, section residents person called upon the territory authorities to instal an automatic postulation awesome to modulate postulation connected the constrictive barrage which serves arsenic a nexus roadworthy road crossed the Cauvery.

Visitors to the recreation spot and residents of villages commuting crossed the barrages crossed the Cauvery and the Kollidam person been facing overmuch hardship successful caller weeks due to the fact that of predominant postulation gridlocks witnessed connected the barrages crossed some rivers. It takes sizeable clip and effort, often by the tourists themselves, to wide the postulation snarls.

Situated astir 18 km distant from the city, Mukkombu, known arsenic Upper Anicut, is simply a fashionable recreation spot for those successful Tiruchi and tourists passing by. The barrages are nether the power of Water Resources Department arsenic they are important structures to modulate the h2o travel to the delta region.

Normally, Mukkombu attracts a ample fig of visitors connected weekends. But during summertime abrogation and the different holidays, it sees a surge successful footfalls.

Visitors person to transverse the barrage crossed the Cauvery to scope a parkland situated connected the land betwixt the 2 rivers. With galore visitors arriving by cars, vans, and buses, postulation snarls person go predominant connected the constrictive barrage, which tin hardly accommodate two-way traffic. A akin concern prevails connected the recently built barrage crossed the Kollidam arsenic galore section residents usage the structures to transverse implicit the rivers betwixt the Tiruchi-Karur and Tiruchi-Namakkal highways.

“Tourists had a torrid clip astatine Mukkombu past Sunday owed to postulation gridlocks connected the Cauvery barrage. Unfortunately, determination was nary constabulary oregon WRD unit to modulate the traffic. The occupation has go chronic and the authorities should instal automatic postulation signals for allowing one-way postulation alternatively,” said K. Anandaraj, a nonmigratory of Perugamani.

Residents telephone for establishing parking tons connected some introduction points connected Tiruchi-Karur and Tiruchi-Namakkal highways. “Battery operated vehicles could beryllium deployed to transport visitors from the parking tons to the parkland connected island,” Mr. Anandraj said.

When contacted, a elder WRD authoritative said the anticipation of installing automatic postulation signals successful coordination with the constabulary section would beryllium examined.

Another authoritative pointed retired that automatic postulation signals installed connected the Kollidam barrage a fewer years agone had failed owed to the problems successful ensuring due synchronisation/ timing. Automatic signals could beryllium installed lone aft a due survey taking into the relationship the postulation volume, the clip taken for vehicles to transverse the barrages and different factors, the serviceman said.