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The Velachery–Tambaram Road volition get a caller greenish abstraction soon, with the beautification of the abstraction beneath the Medavakkam flyover acceptable to statesman this week. Around 6,000 square metres of unfastened abstraction will be cleaned of filth gathered implicit the years, and will get two gazebos, granite seating arrangements, walkways for a magnitude of 550 metres paved with interlocking bricks, a fountain, six sculptures and a batch of greenery. The sculptures volition bespeak Tamil culture.
Sources successful the Highways section said that the archetypal task was to region mounds of world dumped illegally, immoderate rubbish and besides remove a few squatters. “There are a full of 7 bays nether the flyover of these; two bays are being utilized by the CMRL to store their material. The beautification of these spaces volition beryllium taken up later.”
The beautification, that volition beryllium taken up astatine a outgo of ₹1.90 crore, is expected to beryllium completed successful 3 months. Two borewells and a sump would beryllium created to proviso h2o to the plants. Different kinds of lighting volition beryllium provided truthful that walkways are adequately and intelligibly lit, and play areas are highlighted to marque the abstraction harmless for each users.
“We privation to enactment this space to good use, which is wherefore determination volition beryllium a children’s play area, a gym space with basal equipment and a designated parking abstraction for two-wheelers. Access to each bay volition beryllium provided from either side, and a ramp volition besides beryllium created to guarantee that persons with disabilities tin usage it. The abstraction nether the Keelkattalai flyovers, too, has been provided with similar facilities.”
After the full work is completed, maintenance would beryllium handed implicit to the metropolis roads part of the Highways Department, which maintains other specified greenish spaces similar the 1 beneath the Anna Flyover.
