Encroachments eat into Velachery High Road
Shops, parked vehicles cause jams
14/12/2019 , R. Srikanth , CHENNAI
A mechanic shop on the roadside adds to the chaos. B. Velankanni RajB. Velankanni Raj
Motorists using the Velachery High Road are a harassed lot, as a portion of it, near the Sardar Patel Road junction, crowded with parked vehicles, is causing congestion and traffic jams.
A small mechanic shed, installed a decade ago, on the margin of the busy road, has grown into a big one, and a few more shops and eateries have been put up, at the cost of the road users’ space.
S. Ellappa Raj, a resident of Kannigapuram, said visitors to the shops parked their vehicles on the road, drastically reducing the width of the carriageway. He wanted officials of the Chennai Corporation and the city traffic police to remove the encroachments to ease traffic on this crucial stretch.
A solution soon
Motorists claim that Corporation officials demolished a public convenience located near the shops a few years ago for paving a concrete road, but did not even “touch” the encroachments blocking the road.
A senior official of the Corporation said enumeration of encroachments on arterial roads had begun, and very soon, all encroachments would be removed. Hawkers and encroachments would be removed on N.S.C. Bose Road, L.B. Road in Thiruvanmiyur, Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai and Arcot Road in Vadapalani shortly, he said.
Shops, parked vehicles cause jams
14/12/2019 , R. Srikanth , CHENNAI
A mechanic shop on the roadside adds to the chaos. B. Velankanni RajB. Velankanni Raj
Motorists using the Velachery High Road are a harassed lot, as a portion of it, near the Sardar Patel Road junction, crowded with parked vehicles, is causing congestion and traffic jams.
A small mechanic shed, installed a decade ago, on the margin of the busy road, has grown into a big one, and a few more shops and eateries have been put up, at the cost of the road users’ space.
S. Ellappa Raj, a resident of Kannigapuram, said visitors to the shops parked their vehicles on the road, drastically reducing the width of the carriageway. He wanted officials of the Chennai Corporation and the city traffic police to remove the encroachments to ease traffic on this crucial stretch.
A solution soon
Motorists claim that Corporation officials demolished a public convenience located near the shops a few years ago for paving a concrete road, but did not even “touch” the encroachments blocking the road.
A senior official of the Corporation said enumeration of encroachments on arterial roads had begun, and very soon, all encroachments would be removed. Hawkers and encroachments would be removed on N.S.C. Bose Road, L.B. Road in Thiruvanmiyur, Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai and Arcot Road in Vadapalani shortly, he said.
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