Residents irked over inactivity in construction of grade separator on Theni Road
The Hindu
Madurai
Residents of Doak Nagar, who have been seeing hundreds of vehicles being diverted through their streets, are irked over the "inactivity for nearly two months" in construction of grade separator on Theni Road near Kochadai junction.
The residents complain that the delay in execution of the work directly affects them as all the vehicles going on the national highway are diverted through their streets.
"We saw completion of construction of pillars way back in January/February. But, the construction of deck has been taken up only for three spans," said K. Murali, a resident of Doak Nagar.
After being highly active in taking up of the construction work, there has been a long period of lull which only increases the fear of the residents that they would have to put up with this diversion for more months.
National Highways, Madurai Division, began the work of constructing the grade separator for 1,100 metres to decongest the Theni Road in early 2021.
Madurai City Traffic Police introduced one-way traffic on this road between Mudakkusalai junction upto HMS Colony junction to enable construction work. On the return direction, vehicles from HMS Colony were diverted through Doak Nagar.
However, a NH official said that the contractor had slowed down the work due to paucity of funds. "Adequate funds have been released and work would go in full gear," he said.