Mass Rapid Transit System to come up in Tirupur

The Hindu       12.11.2010

Mass Rapid Transit System to come up in Tirupur

Tirupur: A Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) will come up in Tirupur
as a possible alternative to overcome traffic congestions faced by
commuters in the city if the suggestion put forward by different
stakeholders got materialised. MRTS is a successful concept tried out in
many cities across the globe, providing a seamless travel in public
transport services.This was among many suggestions by people from
different strata of society who took part in the deliberations organised
by the district administration here recently to elicit public opinion
to prepare a comprehensive city development plan. The city development
plan is being prepared by the district administration taking into
account a holistic view on the infrastructure needs of the city in 2016
for an estimated population of 17.29 lakh. The city, presently spread
over an area of 27.19 sq km with a population of 3.44 lakh, will be
expanded to 175.3 sq km with 5.48 lakh people once the 15 Velampalayam
and Nallur municipalities along with the Chettipalayam, Neruparichal,
Mannarai, Thottipalayam, Aandipalayam, Muthanampalayam, Veerapandi and
Murugampalaym are merged into it next year.

For decongesting the traffic, it was also planned to improve the ring
roads in the city at Rs. 600 crore so that vehicles cutting through the
city roads to reach peripheral towns till now could be phased out.

Collector C. Samayamoorthy told The Hindu that another project, with
its conception already into an advanced stage, would be an elevated
corridor to connect the Tirupur-Palladam road with the road network on
the other side of River Noyyal for a length of about 4 km.