A day after cyclone Fengal wreaked havoc within the metropolis and suburbs, the Highways division has taken up work to restore potholes and unhealthy patches on its roads. Water logging and steady working of automobiles at these areas has induced injury to the using floor.
“As quickly because the climate warning was issued, we had organized for supplies together with chilly combine and moist combine macadam, which is a mixture of blue steel and quarry tremendous materials. The latter is utilized in case of bigger patches requiring repairs. Gangs of workmen cordoned off these factors and repaired the roads. These are solely short-term fixes to make sure the protection of motorists on these roads. As soon as the Northeast Monsoon is over, everlasting restore works will likely be taken up,” stated an official within the division.
Repairs have been taken up on main roads resembling Anna Salai, Poonamallee Excessive Street and Jawaharlal Nehru Salai and roads like Velachery – Tambaram Street, MGR Salai, Mudichur Street, Madhavaram – Redhills Street and Tiruvottiyur – Ponneri – Pancheti Street. In some locations highway cuts had been made to permit water to move out from close by residential areas and people too have been fastened on Sunday.
Manikantan, a resident of Velachery, stated that repairs have been welcome since two-wheelers have been discovering it very tough to navigate potholes. “When there may be water on the roads, we can’t see the holes. There have been cases of individuals falling down because of the unhealthy patches,” he stated.
“Not all roads suffered damages since of the 370 km size of roads with the division, 237 km of roads has drains on both facet. It should take us two extra days to complete the restore works,” defined an engineer. Water was pumped out from round 100 areas and by Sunday, there was no logging on Highways roads. The pumps will stay at these areas for some extra time in order that any logging from rains within the coming days could be cleared.
Revealed – December 02, 2024 12:58 am IST
