Speed up of storm water drains or SWD works in Chennai now!!
Posted on: 14/Oct/2022 9:15:54 AM
Don`t be surprised if you come across sub-contractors in places like Wall Tax Road, Tambaram - Velachery Road, jawaharlal nehru salai etc in Chennai!!
Point is that more contractors have been brought in now by the state Highways department to speed up the storm water drains or SWD works. It was mentioned by the minister for Highways , Mr. EV. Velu that the Highways department has engaged many subcontractors at several locations like Wall Tax Road, Tambaram-Velachery Road, JN Salai where a 700m length drain is being constructed to carry the rainwater to Adyar River in Chennai. The minister then spoke about how many subcontractors and machinery etc have been brought in to complete the SWD works as soon as possible.
These people work between 11pm in the night till 5am in the morning due to heavy traffic during the day time.There is now a small window available for the works and the machines could not be left on the roadside. It is learnt that the SWD works in 2022 were meant to provide relief for the residents of Chennai even on the interior roads also. Normally, those on the arterial roads in Chennai would be benefited by the SWD works.
Near dargah, on the Anna Salai in Chennai, the contractors have dug up the road in the night to put huge box type concrete structures. Point is that this drain would carry water from the GP Road to the other side of the road and then it would be diverted to the nearby water course.
In an important locality like Royapettah in Chennai, many people have raised their shopfloors from the road and have built steps to keep their wares safely. This was as per a resident from Royapettah. He added that many shift their items to warehouses/storage spaces above their shops.He concluded that earlier a drain was constructed by the Metro but it was incomplete.
It is worthy to mention that on the Poonamallee High Road at Vepery Junction the road was cut at the night time to build a new macro drain because the volume of water was huge and the arterial road was at higher elevation.
