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Tamil Nadu-Chennai
Corpn. allocates Rs. 1 cr. for road repairs
By Our Staff Reporter
CHENNAI, DEC. 5. With no rain in the past one week, the Chennai Corporation has stepped up its drive to repair the rain-battered roads in the city.
Patch work was being carried out on the stretches that were damaged in the rains. While an important stretch on the Kamarajar Salai has already got a facelift, the next to follow were Anna Nagar First and Second Avenues, Pulla Reddy Avenue in Aminjikarai, Flowers Road and Millers Road in Kilpauk, Nungambakkam High Road, Haddows Road and parts of Kodambakkam High Road and Village Road.
Officials said the damaged stretch near the Metrowater filling station at Valluvar Kottam would be taken up for repair on Thursday.
Taking note of the extent of damage to the roads, the civic body allocated Rs. 1 crore for repair of bus route roads alone. For interior roads, another Rs. 72 lakhs has been allocated from the Zonal Contingency Fund.
The civic machinery today carried out patch work on the Haddows Road and the Nungambakkam High Road which were among the worst affected. Simultaneous operations were also being carried in various parts of the city.
The work on all bus route roads were being carried out with the help of a mechanical paver finisher to get a bump-free surface and also to speed up the execution of work, Mr. P. R. Sampath, Additional Commissioner, Chennai Corporation, said. However, repair works in interior roads were being carried out manually.
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