CHENNAI: Despite an Indian Roads Congress (IRC) guideline in place that milled roads must be relaid within 72 hours to ensure public safety, a 100-metre stretch of Kanni Amman Koil Street, an interior road connecting Govindan Road and Adi Kesava Perumal Street in West Mambalam, has been left in a milled state for over three months.
Residents urged the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) to pave the small lane as soon as possible, especially pointing out the poor condition of the stretch, despite the road connecting Govindan Road and Adi Kesava Perumal Street having been relaid twice in recent months.
Attributing the delay to a legal dispute on the contractor side, a GCC official said the road will be relaid within a week
S Kali, a resident of West Mambalam and a regular user of the Old Mambalam Road, alleged, "The road has remained in this milled condition since the first week of October. We do not know why the work on Kanni Amman Koil Street has been halted for three months."
Cleanliness workers are finding it difficult to sweep this particular stretch. Furthermore, children play in this street, and the uneven milled surface increases the risk and severity of injuries if they fallA local roadside food vendor
When asked about the delay in the works, an official from the Chennai Corporation said, "The contractor assigned to this road is facing a legal dispute following an accident at another site in Koyambedu. Consequently, all their work at other locations was put on hold. The legal disputes have now been sorted out. The contractor will re-lay the road within a week."
Blurb: Attributing the delay to a legal dispute on the contractor side, a GCC official said the road will be relaid within a week