Deccan Chronicle 25.09.2009

Chennai
Sept. 24: Two flyovers in south Chennai – at Turnbulls road and in Alandur – are nearing completion and would be inaugurated next month, said deputy chief minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday after inspecting the work on the former at Nandanam. The chief minister will be inaugurating the much-awaited flyover on the busy Turnbulls Road-Cenatoph road stretch.

Stalin who inspected the progress of the Rs 19 crore project on Tunrbulls road said that the 458-metre flyover is being constructed to a height of nearly six metres from the ground and is mounted on 12 pillars erected for the purpose.

Mr Stalin who also enquired about the litigation filed against the construction of the bridge said about Rs 10 crore was spent for the purpose of land acquisition. He added that the government had accorded permission for the construction of a flyover at a cost of Rs 61 crore at Vyasarapadi in north Chennai.

Opposition floor leader Saidai Ravi briefed Mr Stalin on the encroachments that were to be removed near the flyover to ensure free flow of traffic. Mayor M. Subramanian, corporation commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni, joint commissioner (works) Ashish Chatterjee and works committee chairman Suresh Kumar accompanied Mr Stalin during his visit.

The subway at Saidapet railway level crossing and a bridge across the Adyar River connecting Saidapet with Guindy Industrial Estate would also be ready by the end of October, Mr Stalin said.