For a week now, there are small but noticeable changes in the houses along Karampakkam Main Road, near the Porur flyover.
Some of the residents have given the dusty walls of their houses a fresh coat of paint. Wooden cots have been placed on the verandahs. Windows have been kept open. One is greeted with a display of kolams in houses that did not have this practice earlier.
What is the reason for these changes? The inauguration of the Porur flyover. With this event, Karampakkam Main Road has come alive, almost as if it has been revived from the dead.
Two small streets — First Street and Karampakkam Main Road — were made one-way when the construction of the Rs. 54 crore flyover began. All these years, residents of these streets have been enduring the noise and dust resulting from this work.
With the flyover having been inaugurated, vehicles including MTC buses on the Mount – Poonamallee High Road coming from Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre (SRMC) can now take a ‘left’ turn to reach Arcot Road at Porur junction beneath the new flyover to go to localities like Valasaravakkam, Vadapalani and Kodambakkam.
Earlier, motorists from SRMC had to take First Street and Karampakkam Main Road, which are located off Mount – Poonamallee High Road, to reach Arcot Road to avoid traffic congestion at the Porur junction.
“All these years, when the flyover was under construction, our children were not able to play on the streets due to constant flow of vehicles, including buses. Now, the calm of yore has returned,” says, S. Valli, a resident of Porur.
It may be noted that residents of Vadapalani are still fighting to retrieve their streets (West and South Sivan Koil Streets) from traffic chaos. Though the new flyover at Vadapalani was opened last year, these streets continue to have a one-way traffic system.
Some of the residents have given the dusty walls of their houses a fresh coat of paint. Wooden cots have been placed on the verandahs. Windows have been kept open. One is greeted with a display of kolams in houses that did not have this practice earlier.
What is the reason for these changes? The inauguration of the Porur flyover. With this event, Karampakkam Main Road has come alive, almost as if it has been revived from the dead.
Two small streets — First Street and Karampakkam Main Road — were made one-way when the construction of the Rs. 54 crore flyover began. All these years, residents of these streets have been enduring the noise and dust resulting from this work.
With the flyover having been inaugurated, vehicles including MTC buses on the Mount – Poonamallee High Road coming from Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre (SRMC) can now take a ‘left’ turn to reach Arcot Road at Porur junction beneath the new flyover to go to localities like Valasaravakkam, Vadapalani and Kodambakkam.
Earlier, motorists from SRMC had to take First Street and Karampakkam Main Road, which are located off Mount – Poonamallee High Road, to reach Arcot Road to avoid traffic congestion at the Porur junction.
“All these years, when the flyover was under construction, our children were not able to play on the streets due to constant flow of vehicles, including buses. Now, the calm of yore has returned,” says, S. Valli, a resident of Porur.
It may be noted that residents of Vadapalani are still fighting to retrieve their streets (West and South Sivan Koil Streets) from traffic chaos. Though the new flyover at Vadapalani was opened last year, these streets continue to have a one-way traffic system.