Ramp, part of the unfinished Chennai Port-Maduravoyal elevated corridor, removed on Poonamallee High Road
The Hindu
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is in the process of removing a portion of concrete abutment from the Chennai Port-Maduravoyal elevated corridor at Maduravoyal on the Poonamallee High Road.
“It is an identified black spot and the police wanted that ramp portion to be removed to prevent accidents. In the previous design, it was to have been a portion of the ramp where vehicles will climb up to the corridor. But now the length of the corridor has been increased, making the ramp unnecessary,” an NHAI official said. Sources in the traffic police said due to the presence of the structure about 18 m of the road remained inaccessible. “Traffic slows down considerably at the point since only a single lane is available on one side. During peak hours, this becomes a problem,” an official said.
In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












