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“Take steps to hand over roads to Corporation”

Friday, 20 November 2009 01:36 administrator
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The Hindu 20.11.2009

“Take steps to hand over roads to Corporation”

Special Correspondent

To pave way for development

TIRUCHI: The Federation of Consumer and Service Organisations has appealed to the Deputy Chief Minister, M. K. Stalin, to instruct the State Highways Department to hand over the roads under its jurisdiction within the city Corporation limits to the civic body to enable their development.

In a representation, M. Sekaran, Convenor of the federation, said about 17 km of roads were under the Highways Department. The Tiruchi Corporation was planning to improve the city roads under the Tamil Nadu Urban Road Improvement Project (TURIP) and unless these stretches were handed over to the civic body the Corporation would not be able to develop the roads under the project.

The Corporation was also expecting to be covered under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, he pointed out.

The road stretches in the city were part of various highways and remained isolated from the overall development works taken up by the Corporation, he said. Once the stretches were handed over to the Corporation, they could also be included under the civic body’s development plans, he said.

Last Updated on Friday, 20 November 2009 01:38
 

68 roads in city badly damaged after rain, reveals corp assessment

Friday, 13 November 2009 07:37 administrator
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The Times of India 13.11.2009

68 roads in city badly damaged after rain, reveals corp assessment

Julie Mariappan, TNN 13 November 2009, 08:03am IST

CHENNAI: Intermittent rains in the past few days, with spells of heavy showers, have left the city's roads battered and bruised. A primary assessment conducted by the Chennai Corporation reveals that an area covering a length of 12 km and 68 bus-route roads needs immediate attention, to facilitate free flow of vehicles.

The corporation manages 382 bus-route roads covering a length of 306 km. "Thursday onwards, we are using hot asphalt mix from the corporation's central asphalt plant for filling up huge craters. We hope to complete the work by the weekend," corporation commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni told TOI. The agency is bearing the brunt of damage caused by road-cutting works undertaken by other utility services recently.

For instance, works undertaken by Metrowater in Virugambakkam, SIDCO Nagar and Chintadripet have wreaked havoc on the roads there. The ones in the city that need immediate repair include Tondiarpet High Road, Tiruvottiyur High Road, Perambur High Road, Murthinagar Street, Konnur High Road, Anna Nagar Second Avenue, Kaliamman Koil Street, North Usman Road, Arcot Road, Habibullah Road, Greenways Road and Sterling Road.
It appears that about 5,000 sq m of roads in various parts of Chennai, which are slightly damaged, will be set right immediately. "The full-fledged road laying works, after thorough milling, will take place December 15 onwards. If the roads are relaid with an additional coat of asphalt, adjoining buildings will go down further. Thus, we have planned to take up milling work first," says a senior official.

Tenders for Rs 1.4 cr worth milling/relaying works were partially settled by the zonal offices recently. "This will help us start the work at once," the official added. The helpline (1913) set up by the corporation to receive civic complaints has been receiving several calls from motorists regarding the bad condition of roads, blacktopped surface getting worn out, and potholes.

R Umapathy, a resident of Jamalia, Perambur, said that sewage was overflowing from manholes on Perambur High Road, a major reason for craters on the arterial stretch. "Our best efforts to convince Metrowater and the corporation to set right the issue have ended in vain," he added.

Additional commissioner of police (traffic) Mohammed Shakeel Akhther told TOI that he had asked the corporation to repair 12 arterial roads identified by his department on a priority basis. "We have sent the list of roads to the corporation," he said.
Last Updated on Friday, 13 November 2009 07:45
 

Phase I to cover 11 towns, cities

Wednesday, 11 November 2009 01:19 administrator
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The Hindu 11.11.2009

Phase I to cover 11 towns, cities

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Tiruchi slotted in fourth package

TIRUCHI: The Tamil Nadu Urban Road Infrastructure Project (TURIP) will be executed is six package covering 11 towns and cities in the State in the first phase, according to R.Gayathri, Assistant Vice President, Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited (TNUIFSL).

While Alandur and Valasaravakkam come under the first package, the second package will cover Thanjavur, Karur and Mayiladuthurai. Karur, Tirupur and Inam Karur would come under the third package.

Tiruchi, Madurai and Tirunelveli will be covered under the fourth, fifth and sixth packages, she told reporters.

Design consultants, who will also monitor the execution of the project, have been appointed for all the packages.

The massive project would be implemented in the entire State in phases.

Under the first phase, towns and cities where the underground drainage scheme has already been completed have been taken up, Ms.Gayathri said.

A separate fund _ Tamil Nadu Urban Road Infrastructure Fund (TURIF) _ has been created for implementation with an annual allocation of Rs.1,000 crore. The TNUIFSL is the fund manager of TURIF.

The fund will have multiple financial sources including a portion from the assigned revenue payable to the municipalities and corporation on account of surcharge on stamp duty, a portion of devolution due to the local bodies, issue of bonds and other market borrowings.

Fifty per cent of the project cost would be given as grants to the local bodies and the remaining 50 per cent would be extended as interest-free loans.

Designing

The first nine months of the project would be devoted for designing the works and the project execution would be done in the following 18 months, Ms.Gayathri said.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 November 2009 01:29
 
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