CHENNAI: Perungalathur, considered the southern gateway to the city, offers everything apart from a smooth access to Chennai.
The GST Road from Tambaram and the Chennai Bypass Road converge here and traffic during peak hours moves only by inches. Such is the congestion that omni bus operators from the city to the southern parts are planning to take a detour and avoid the stretch. If the traffic snarls were not enough, residents at Perungalthur have to put up with noise and dust thrown up by vehicles.
"Omni bus drivers park vehicles here for hours together. The situation is chaotic in weekends as vehicles pile up from Irumbuliyur Bridge. It takes commuters nearly an hour to cross Perungalathur," said M Sakthivel of nearby Peerkankaranai.
S Renugambal, who owns a building next to the bus terminus, said: "Many have to bear the incessant noise as the drivers keep on honking. A bus bay should be constructed as there are only steel barricades and some drivers who are in a hurry remove the barricade and jump queue causing traffic jams."
Mohamed Samad a shop owner in Perungalathur said the trouble starts from early evening and at nights the omnibus drivers park their vehicles for long periods of time waiting for commuters and this leads to slow movement of vehicles on the main road and the situation is worst during the weekend''.
Some SETC drivers said after starting from the Koyambedu terminus they are held up at the Perungalathur bus stand for more than an hour as not only is the traffic a bottleneck, even passengers who book advance tickets fail to turn up on time.
has to wait for their turn. There is another problem with passengers who make online booking but do not turn up on time and repeated announcements over the public address system is another problem.
Commuters to southern districts who use the Perungalathur bus stand said the government should plan an alternate bus terminus beyond Vandalur and if necessary acquire land to build a new terminus to accommodate the rush and volume of buses.
The GST Road from Tambaram and the Chennai Bypass Road converge here and traffic during peak hours moves only by inches. Such is the congestion that omni bus operators from the city to the southern parts are planning to take a detour and avoid the stretch. If the traffic snarls were not enough, residents at Perungalthur have to put up with noise and dust thrown up by vehicles.
"Omni bus drivers park vehicles here for hours together. The situation is chaotic in weekends as vehicles pile up from Irumbuliyur Bridge. It takes commuters nearly an hour to cross Perungalathur," said M Sakthivel of nearby Peerkankaranai.
S Renugambal, who owns a building next to the bus terminus, said: "Many have to bear the incessant noise as the drivers keep on honking. A bus bay should be constructed as there are only steel barricades and some drivers who are in a hurry remove the barricade and jump queue causing traffic jams."
Mohamed Samad a shop owner in Perungalathur said the trouble starts from early evening and at nights the omnibus drivers park their vehicles for long periods of time waiting for commuters and this leads to slow movement of vehicles on the main road and the situation is worst during the weekend''.
Some SETC drivers said after starting from the Koyambedu terminus they are held up at the Perungalathur bus stand for more than an hour as not only is the traffic a bottleneck, even passengers who book advance tickets fail to turn up on time.
has to wait for their turn. There is another problem with passengers who make online booking but do not turn up on time and repeated announcements over the public address system is another problem.
Commuters to southern districts who use the Perungalathur bus stand said the government should plan an alternate bus terminus beyond Vandalur and if necessary acquire land to build a new terminus to accommodate the rush and volume of buses.
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