Foundation stone laid for Kilambakkam bus terminus
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:23.02.2019
Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday laid the foundation stone for a new bus terminus at Kilambakkam near Vandalur on GST Road. The new facility will decongest the existing Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus (CMBT) at Koyambedu.
A press release said the foundation stone for the project was laid at a cost of ₹393.74 crore is set to come up on 44.74 acres.. The new terminus can cater to about 1.5 lakh passengers with parking space for 250 buses, 270 cars and 3,500 two-wheelers at any given time. After the completion of the project, all buses bound for southern disticts would depart from Kilambakkam instead of Koyambedu.
Official sources with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) said that the National Monuments Authority (NMA) gave its consent for the project, a few days ago. The nod from NMA was necessary as the new infrastructure project fell in the vicinity of a notified archaeological site of the ASI. Though the CMDA earmarked the land parcel for constructing the terminus for southern district bound buses in September 2016, it was delayed due to the objections from ASI over the presence of a notified archaeological site near the proposed terminus.
Deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam and senior officials from the housing and urban development department were also present on the occasion.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:23.02.2019
Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday laid the foundation stone for a new bus terminus at Kilambakkam near Vandalur on GST Road. The new facility will decongest the existing Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus (CMBT) at Koyambedu.
A press release said the foundation stone for the project was laid at a cost of ₹393.74 crore is set to come up on 44.74 acres.. The new terminus can cater to about 1.5 lakh passengers with parking space for 250 buses, 270 cars and 3,500 two-wheelers at any given time. After the completion of the project, all buses bound for southern disticts would depart from Kilambakkam instead of Koyambedu.
Official sources with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) said that the National Monuments Authority (NMA) gave its consent for the project, a few days ago. The nod from NMA was necessary as the new infrastructure project fell in the vicinity of a notified archaeological site of the ASI. Though the CMDA earmarked the land parcel for constructing the terminus for southern district bound buses in September 2016, it was delayed due to the objections from ASI over the presence of a notified archaeological site near the proposed terminus.
Deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam and senior officials from the housing and urban development department were also present on the occasion.
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