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A exemplary of the people separator planned to link Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi squares successful Puducherry. | Photo Credit: KUMAR SS
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has agreed to the territorial administration’s petition to conception a partially elevated roadworthy corridor from Natesan Nagar successful the municipality to Mullodai junction astatine a outgo of ₹650 crore.
Making the announcement astatine the ceremonial organised to laic the instauration for a people separator connecting Rajiv Gandhi and Indira Gandhi squares connected Monday, Union Minister for Road Transport Nitin Gadkari said the roadworthy corridor would person an elevated agelong from the roadworthy overbridge (ROB) astatine Natesan Nagar to Marappalam and a four-lane roadworthy from Ariankuppam to Mullodai junction. The 16.5-km roadworthy agelong would reduce the travel clip from Puducherry to Cuddalore considerably, the Minister said.
“The mentation of a elaborate task study for the operation of the caller roadworthy corridor from Natesan Nagar to Mullodai is nether process with the Ministry. We anticipation to commencement the operation enactment aboriginal 2026,” helium said.
Earlier, Lieutenant Governor K. Kailashnathan and Chief Minister N. Rangasamy had urged Mr. Gadkari to conception an elevated corridor from Marapalam to Mullodai. Mr. Rangasamy had besides submitted a memorandum to the Union Minister demanding caller roadworthy projects successful the Union Territory.
The Minister further informed that bids person been invited for the four-laning of Marakkanam to Puducherry road astatine a outgo of astir ₹2,200 crore. The enactment would beryllium awarded by December this year. The Ministry has besides agreed to walk ₹100 crore for taking up operation of insignificant bridges successful the Union Territory, helium said.
On the people separator task connecting Rajiv Gandhi and Indira Gandhi squares, the Minister said determination was archetypal absorption astir MoRTH backing the task arsenic the people separator was located wrong the municipality limits of Puducherry. “But I felt the necessity to money the task arsenic the Union Territory does not person the capableness to instrumentality up specified immense works. Tender has already been invited for the people separator and the enactment volition commence successful 3 months. As successful each different roadworthy projects, our superior task volition beryllium to guarantee prime successful the work,” helium said.
Puducherry Minister for Public Works K. Lakshminarayanan said the full task outgo of ₹436 crore would beryllium borne by the Union Ministry. “The people separator was imaginable due to the fact that of a treble motor government. We didn’t walk immoderate magnitude successful the execution of the people separator project. In the past four-and-a-half years, our authorities has incurred an expenditure of ₹3,000 crore towards infrastructure development. The erstwhile government, during their full five-year tenure, could walk lone ₹1,200 crore,” helium said.
Others attendees, included Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L. Murugan, Home Minister A. Namassivayam, Speaker R. Selvam and Ministers.
