The Municipal Corporation has planned to erect
signboards to guide tourists coming to the heritage city to important
places of tourism importance.

Few stainless boards
that have been erected in the city seem to add a good look to the city
roads, besides providing the basic information to the road users. The
boards have details in Tamil and English.

Corporation
Commissioner R. Nanthagopal said that over 1,200 boards would be
erected at all important junctions and roads. Huge boards would be put
up at railway stations, bus stands, and near tourism spots, providing
details of other places of tourism importance, he said. “People should
be able to get the information on all the tourist spots, their location,
and distance on seeing these boards,” he said.

Stating
that the State government had taken a policy decision to have such
boards in the a heritage city such as Madurai, he said that efforts were
also under way to provide paver block roads with distinct look that
would take the tourists from one site to another.

These
corridors would also help in promoting the heritage walk proposed to
link places such as Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple, Tirumalai Nayak
Palace, Nagara Mandapam, Pudumandapam, Raya Gopuram, Vittavasal,
Vilakkuthoon, and Ten Pillar lane among other places.