The work on the laying of tar road on one of the platforms on the new bus stand premises has been completed.

The
buses to the destinations such as Chennai, Puducherry, Cuddalore and
Kallakurichi, following laying of tar, so far departed from the
temporary bus stand at Bose Maidan near the old bus stand since the
works were launched last year end.

With the completion of the
works in one of the platforms meant for the buses proceeding to these
destinations, the Bose Maidan temporary bus stand is expected to be
closed soon and the buses will depart from the new bus stand as usual.

“The
mandatory inspection by a team of senior officials of the Corporation,
police, transport department, representatives of the private bus owners’
association took place on Sunday. The team expressed satisfaction at
the completion of the work. The buses will be operated from this bay
from Wednesday (May 23)”, Corporation sources told
The Hindu
.

The Corporation launched the project of laying concrete road on
the entire new bus stand premises at an outlay of Rs. five crore. Later,
based on the suggestion of experts from Anna Universsity, Chennai, the
Corporation decided in favour of tar flooring. The new bus stand
accounted for 80 bus bays in four platforms.

The tar flooring will
enable in keeping the bus stand neat and tidy and also prevent water
logging during the monsoon period. The project was undertaken under the
Infrastructure Gap Filling Fund. The Corporation sources said that the
work on the tar flooring on the second platform will be launched
shortly. To enable this, the Corporation will setup a new temporary bus
stand at the Jawahar Mill Ground near the Three Roads junction for the
buses proceeding towards Tiruchi, Coimbatore and Madurai.

The Corporation authorities inspected the Jawahar Mill ground on Sunday morning.

All the needed facilities such as shelter, drinking water and toilet facilities will be created in the temporary bus stand.