In his speech, Stalin additionally highlighted the efforts by the highways dept to enhance connectivity, flood mitigation in Nov and Dec final 12 months and discount of highway accidents. (File photograph)

CHENNAI: The portion of East Coast Street (ECR) between Chennai and Mamallapuram can be renamed 'Muthamizh Arignar Kalaignar Karunanidhi Salai', stated chief minister M Okay Stalin on the state freeway division's platinum jubilee occasion right here on Sunday.
Stalin laid foundations for a number of key freeway tasks for the state together with grade separators on the busy Madhya Kailash junction (undertaking value .46.54 crore) in Chennai, Goripalayam junction (199 crore) in Madurai, an elevated hall at Anna Salai (485 crore) and a glass bridge connecting Thiruvalluvar statue with Vivekananda Memorial (37 crore) in Kanyakumari. The tasks in Chennai are anticipated to be accomplished throughout the subsequent two years, officers have stated.
In his speech, Stalin highlighted the efforts by the highways division to enhance connectivity, flood mitigation in November and December final 12 months and discount of highway accidents. He attributed the drop in fatalities to the federal government's Innuyir Kaapom - 48 scheme.
"Poor roads can deliver unhealthy identify to the federal government. It is very important assemble high quality roads and that too with out inordinate delays. The state cannot maintain losing time resulting from land acquisitions. This is the reason 5 groups have been shaped to make sure there aren't any extra delays," he stated.
Talking on the occasion, Dheeraj Kumar, state highways secretary, stated that orders have been issued to transform all low-lying bridges within the state into high-level bridges within the subsequent ten years. A complete of 1,281 low-level bridges have been recognized for this undertaking at an estimated value of two,401 crore, in keeping with official knowledge. Of this, 648 have been taken up for building within the first section final 12 months (610 crore) and one other 435 have been chosen for this 12 months's schedule (1,105 crore).
This aside, within the subsequent 10 years, the state highways division will increase 2,200-km lengthy two-way roads into four-way stretches and assemble new two-way roads for an additional 6,700 km underneath the Chief Minister's Street Improvement Scheme.
Chennai: The portion of East Coast Street (ECR) between Chennai and Mamallapuram can be renamed 'Muthamizh Arignar Kalaignar Karunanidhi Salai', stated chief minister M Okay Stalin on the state freeway division's platinum jubilee occasion right here on Sunday.
Stalin laid foundations for a number of key freeway tasks for the state together with grade separators on the busy Madhya Kailash junction (undertaking value .46.54 crore) in Chennai, Goripalayam junction (199 crore) in Madurai, an elevated hall at Anna Salai (485 crore) and a glass bridge connecting Thiruvalluvar statue with Vivekananda Memorial (37 crore) in Kanyakumari. The tasks in Chennai are anticipated to be accomplished throughout the subsequent two years, officers have stated.
In his speech, Stalin highlighted the efforts by the highways division to enhance connectivity, flood mitigation in November and December final 12 months and discount of highway accidents. He attributed the drop in fatalities to the federal government's Innuyir Kaapom - 48 scheme.
"Poor roads can deliver unhealthy identify to the federal government. It is very important assemble high quality roads and that too with out inordinate delays. The state cannot maintain losing time resulting from land acquisitions. This is the reason 5 groups have been shaped to make sure there aren't any extra delays," he stated.
Talking on the occasion, Dheeraj Kumar, state highways secretary, stated that orders have been issued to transform all low-lying bridges within the state into high-level bridges within the subsequent ten years. A complete of 1,281 low-level bridges have been recognized for this undertaking at an estimated value of two,401 crore, in keeping with official knowledge. Of this, 648 have been taken up for building within the first section final 12 months (610 crore) and one other 435 have been chosen for this 12 months's schedule (1,105 crore).
This aside, within the subsequent 10 years, the state highways division will increase 2,200-km lengthy two-way roads into four-way stretches and assemble new two-way roads for an additional 6,700 km underneath the Chief Minister's Street Improvement Scheme.