Stalin to inaugurate renovated foot overbridge

Speaking to reporters after inspecting the removal of posters from the civic body’s buildings here, Subramanian said, “The foot overbridge was first constructed using former Union Minister Murasoli Maran’s Local Area Development fund a few years ago. It has now been renovated at a cost of Rs 57 lakh with escalators on both sides of the bridge to enhance user convenience.” The renovation has been completed and it would be thrown open for public use in another 10 days, the Mayor added.

Earlier in the day, he visited several Corporation buildings and instructed local officials to keep the premises free of posters and graffiti.

“Under the new drive to keep city poster-free, more than 3,500 buildings of the civic body across 155 wards have been declared no-poster zones from Wednesday. We have decided to have some art work on the walls that depict the rich Tamil culture,” the mayor said.

Four main roads in the city — Kamarajar Salai, Anna Salai, Dr Radhakrishnan Salai and Thiruvotriyur High Road — and about 250 bridges and subways have already been declared poster-free zones in the city.

A quick survey of the city shows that the drive has yielded good results as there are fewer eyesores on the city walls.