It’s a rough ride all the way
The Hindu
Residents of Periyar Nagar saddled with a battered road
After a few days of heavy rains, residents of Periyar Nagar in Avaniapuram have to put up with not just waterlogging but also a main road that looks like a dirt track stripped off its blacktop and riddled with craters.
This road that branches off from the Ring Road at Periyar Nagar leads to Avaniapuram and passes through Santosham Nagar. It is dotted with many small-scale units and newly-developed residential areas on either side. Wild growth of ‘karuvela’ trees (Prosopis juliflora) amid pools of stagnant rainwater on empty plots poses a health hazard to residents here.
Though the area is located within Madurai Corporation limits, there are only mud tracks here. Slushy roads, which look more like ploughed fields, lead to houses.