
Defence objections bring skywalk work to a grinding halt
The Hindu
Project has been jinxed from the start
Works for a pedestrian skywalk at Mehdipatnam have come to a grinding halt with the Defence establishment in the vicinity objecting to the activity.
On Thursday, when the work was under way for raising the skywalk pillars on the footpath close to the bus stop, officials from the military garrison in Mehdipatnam reportedly arrived and stopped the labourers, besides confiscating the machinery.
Claiming that the road where the skywalk was being taken up was in Defence territory, the officials said the works would be allowed only after permissions are obtained from the Defence Ministry.

On December 23, the newly elected office bearers of the Anna Nagar Towers Club, led by its president ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, who is a former MLA, met with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin and conveyed their greetings. According to a press release, besides, ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, the Anna Nagar Towers Club delegation that met Stalin at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK Party headquarters, included vice-president R. Sivakumar, secretary R. Muralibabu, joint secretary D. Manojkumar, treasurer K. Jayachandran and executive committee members N. D. Avinash, K. Kumar, N. R. Madhurakavi, K. Mohan, U. Niranjan, S. Parthasarathi, K. Rajasekar, S. Rajasekar, M. S. Ramesh, R. Satheesh, N. C. Venkatesan and K. Yuvaraj. Karthik Mohan, deputy secretary of DMK’s Information Technology Wing, was present on the occasion.












