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The Hindu 18.09.2009

3 more foot overbridges proposed

Staff Reporter

— Photo: R.Ragu

APACE: Work on a lift in progress at the FOB on Nungambakkam High Road.

CHENNAI: Three foot overbridges with lifts, including one on Durgabai Deshmukh Road in R.A. Puram, will be installed by the Chennai Corporation. The other two will come up near the new Legislative Assembly complex.

An official of the civic body said traffic studies for the two facilities near the upcoming Assembly complex had been completed.

For the foot overbridge in R.A. Puram, near Andhra Mahila Sabha and Dr. MGR Janaki College for Women, the traffic study and designing is in the offing. Hundreds of people now have to wait for several minutes before they cross the road. The problem is compounded if police personnel are not available to regulate the traffic.

Speaking to mediapersons after inaugurating the construction of a foot overbridge on Taluk Office Road in Saidapet on Thursday, Mayor M. Subramanian said work on three facilities would begin in about a month.

The foot overbridge coming up in Saidapet’s Little Mount, at a cost of Rs.89 lakh, is expected to be completed by January. The cost of civil works would be Rs.30 lakh and for the lifts it would be Rs.59 lakh. It would have staircase and lifts on either side. The length of the bridge would be 30.50 metre.

Residents of the area have been demanding facilities for pedestrian safety after Taluk Office Road and stretches of Sardar Patel Road and Anna Salai were made one-way two years ago. This would be second such facility in the city.

Meanwhile, provision of lifts to the existing foot overbridge on Nungambakkam High Road at a cost of Rs.59 lakh is nearing completion. The trial run would be held in a week. Civil work has been completed and granite tiles are fixed. The steel structure of the foot overbridge had been retained and minor repairs would be carried out.

The Hindu 12.09.2009

Officials asked to stick to time frame stipulated in contract

Special Correspondent

— Photo: M. Moorthy

Reviewing progress: Director of Municipal Administration P. Senthil Kumar (right) inspecting the newly built modern slaughter house at G. Corner in Tiruchi on Friday.

TIRUCHI: The Director of Municipal Administration, P. Senthil Kumar, on Friday inspected the progress of various development works underway in the city and instructed the Corporation officials to complete the projects in time.

Mr. Senthil Kumar inspected the on going works on the Rs.144.86-crore drinking water supply augmentation scheme for the city, including the construction of the three collector wells on the Coleroon River for the scheme being executed with financial assistance from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.

He directed the officials to stick to the time frame stipulated in the contract.

He also inspected the road laying works taken up with about Rs.24.30 crore of financial assistance from the German Development Bank, KfW. He inspected the newly laid Thillai Nagar Main Road, along with storm water drains, under the project.

Mr. Senthil Kumar also inspected the progress of work on the laying of the inner link road between Anna Nagar and Cantonment.

He also inspected the modern slaughter house built recently at G. Corner, construction of houses under the Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) at Krishnan Kovil Street, Ariyamangalam and the newly opened gasifier based crematorium at Karumandapam. He told the officials to ensure that the subsidy amount under the IHSDP in time.

Corporation Commissioner T. T. Balsamy, Municipal Administration Chief Engineer R. Raghunathan, Vice President of TNUIFSL D. Rajendran, City Engineer S. Raja Mohammed, Executive Engineers R. Chandran and S. Arunachalam, and WAPCOS representatives Subburaj and Vadivel accompanied Mr. Senthil Kumar.