CHENNAI: Residents of Chromepet protest against government proposal to build a pedestrian metro near SDNB Vaishnav College And instead ask for a vehicular underpass at the railway level crossing (LC no 26) so that they don’t have to wait for local trains to close the gate every time.
The Highways Department said it would hold a public hearing for the project on July 8. I will definitely raise the requirement of a vehicle pass in this meeting,” DMK MLA Karunanidhi said. Pallavaram constituency.
Resident activist V Santhanam said that building a pedestrian metro in the fast-growing area of Chromepet would not be of much use. He asked, ‘Why should public money be wasted.
Resident welfare associations said a vehicle would boost connectivity between subways Grand Southern Trunk Roadrun and internal areas such as Shanti Nagar, Radha Nagar, Ganapathipuram and even nanmangalam.
A senior highway official said the original proposal in 2000 was to build a pedestrian metro. But after protests, it was decided to build a vehicular subway. “However, we could not acquire enough land for a vehicular metro, so we revamped the pedestrian metro scheme so that students using the nearby colleges and shops can easily access the Chromepet railway station,” the official said. reach and cross the road.”
Meanwhile, some landowners, from whom the highways acquired land for the project, claimed that they were yet to receive compensation.
The Highways Department said it would hold a public hearing for the project on July 8. I will definitely raise the requirement of a vehicle pass in this meeting,” DMK MLA Karunanidhi said. Pallavaram constituency.
Resident activist V Santhanam said that building a pedestrian metro in the fast-growing area of Chromepet would not be of much use. He asked, ‘Why should public money be wasted.
Resident welfare associations said a vehicle would boost connectivity between subways Grand Southern Trunk Roadrun and internal areas such as Shanti Nagar, Radha Nagar, Ganapathipuram and even nanmangalam.
A senior highway official said the original proposal in 2000 was to build a pedestrian metro. But after protests, it was decided to build a vehicular subway. “However, we could not acquire enough land for a vehicular metro, so we revamped the pedestrian metro scheme so that students using the nearby colleges and shops can easily access the Chromepet railway station,” the official said. reach and cross the road.”
Meanwhile, some landowners, from whom the highways acquired land for the project, claimed that they were yet to receive compensation.
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