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Live Chennai Traffic Condition ( 23/Jan/2017)

Posted on: 23/Jan/2017 1:58:13 PM
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"All the public caught in the prevailing traffic all over Chennai Metro are given a suggestion to take alternative recourse by taking either the  local suburban train service or the Chennai Metro Rail Service. This would enable them to reach their destination as a safer measure".


  • ROYAPETTAH: Avvai shanmugam salai, gaudia mutt road, RK salai stretch to gemini, royapettah whole high road blocked.
  •  Peter`s road to gemini bus going as usual. Peter`s road to meesarpet market blocked..
  • New Avadi road completely blocked from both ends. People have tied telephone wires across poles to haul vehicles! 

  • Sterling Road signal coming from Sterling bus stop is completely blocked. Avoid. Instead use the route coming from Loyola College.

  • Beach to Chengalpet suburban trains are still running. MRTS (Beach to Velachery) not working.
  • Nungambakkam subway towards Loyola College is blocked and backed up till Anna arch.
  • Only Manali-Madhavaram by pass is accessible from Thiruvottiyur
  • Roads blocked in and around West Mambalam.,Don`t  going near Duraisamy subway
  • Adyar bridge - greenways Road safe.
  • Llyods road through TTK and CP Ramaswamy road.. NO TRAFFIC!
  • Pondybazaar to teynampet signal road is free but teynampet signal in Mount road is blocked
  • Teynampet signal and mount road full jam , bazulah Road few buses are left to stand on road
  • Road block and diversion at abirami theater.  Purasaiwakkam
  • SRPTools, Acsend astech park all blocked. Rajbhavan moving snails pace.
  • Poonamallee high road is blocked to a large extent. Kindly avoid.
  • Main velachery to Beach is still not running.
  • Shollinganallur to Tambaram is clear

    Chennai Traffic update @ 4PM:

  • Ramapuram to KK Nagar free.
  • Velachery, OMR road are totally blocked. Tambaram, Chrompet are free 
  • anna Nagar free
  • Road block near teynampet signal
  • Saidapet mainroad blocked
  • Guindy to vadapalani complete blocked
  • Virugambakkam choked
  • Hasthinapuram is free
  • Loyola to Gemini worst traffic
  • Kodambakkam , nungambakkam heavy traffic
  • Nelson Manikkam road is heavily congested! 
  • Buses are not allowed to enter Chennai.
  • From Navalur on ECR upto Injambakkam, road blocked,  OMR also blocked
  • From vijayanagar to velachery heavy traffic.
  • Heavy traffic Tambaram towards medavakkam.
  • People blocking traffic near Chintadripet railway station around 14:30 hrs
  • All main flyovers/bridges/subways Connecting to Kodambakkam are blocked.
  • Neelankarai is top in block
  • From Thoraipakkam, OMR is fine as of now.
  • Traffic at Koyambedu road.
  • Teynampet to Nandanam blocked
  • Arumbakkam road free
  • In and out GST road no problem
  • Central to egmore blocked
  • Mount road free
  • Pillar to koyembedu road blocked
  • MMDA To CMBT Roads Blocked (100 Feet Road ) Near Arumbakkam Metro Station
  • Ecr road vettuvangani blocked
  • Ramapuram to KK Nagar free.
  • Thiru V.Ka Nagar side and moolakadai side fully blocked
  • Royapuram & North Chennai fully blocked
  • Nandanam to Gemini blocked
  • No MTC buses running here in Ambattur. Only Cabs run here. That too 3X fare compared to normal one
  • Duraisamy road blocked
  • poonamallee - mangadu - iyyapandhangal road free but no mtc service. cabs running
  • Thoraipakkam - Pallavaram road is free.
  • Sipcot to sozhinganallur s free..no buses running..protest near apollo hospitalat kandanchavadi
  • Passengers waiting to go Chennai airport can take the ChennaiMetro. It is functioning.
  • Reaching OMR through Guindy->Velachery->Taramani is a bad idea. Roads blocked.
  • OMR Apollo Hospital Perungudi Junction is fully blocked by protesters, please take 200ft route to reach Adyar.
  • Velacherry bridge is fully blocked, take a diversion near bridge to get the medavakkam , pallikaranai road.
  • Avoid Teynampet, T-nagar, T.T.K road. Heavy traffic. No buses. Very few share autos running.
  • OMR Perungudi Toll Gate till Karapakkam there is no traffic(both ways), Autos are running.
  • Many Government Bus (SETC & Vilupuram Bus) via Chennai ByPass are not stopping at Maduravoyal Erikaarai bus stop.Ppl who want to reach Perungalathur and boarding at Maduravoyal Erikaarai bus stop please hold 10Rs + 5 Rs as a change.
  • Teynampet rd into T Nagar,Eldams Rd blckd too. Protests near Embassy on Cathedral Rd.velachery road & bridge blocked.
  • Chennai Traffic was so terrible, 1 hr to move 100 meters, Roads are blocked in Ekkattuthangal 100ftroad please avoid Mountroad
  • Not even a single MTC bus in CMBT bus terminus. Don`t depend on bus travel.
  • No traffic from Villivakkam to CMBT. Normal follow of vehicles.
  • Chennai Metro Rail is functional from Guindy side.
  • Siruseri to Shollinganallur, Shollinganallur to Medavakkam share auto running.
  • No traffic from Perungudi TollGate to Siruseri on OMR. No MTC buses though. A few share autos are running.
  • Avoid Nungambakkam High Road at all costs. Traffic piled up for the entire length of the road.
  • Bus on fire near ritherdon road. All access to PH road from nungbkm tnagar kilpauk blocked.

  • Squatting on road near Guindy Station! Traffic towards tambaram stopped. City traffic crawling.
  • Adyar and Thiruvanmiyur sides seem okay. No buses plying though. The approach from guindy side is chaotic.
  • Not even a single MTC bus in CMBT bus terminus. Don`t depend on bus travel.
  • Pillar and ashok nagar blocked by agitators out of reach.
  • Valluvar kottam to Loyola roads are blocked.
  • Nelson manikkam subway towards Nungambakkam blocked as students are protesting.
  • Mahalingapuram to choolaimedu via Loyola, roads are on but heavy traffic.
  • Subway near t.nagar bus stop blocked.( Should take only burkit road).

  • Panagal park - Heavy traffic
  • Kasi theater and Olympia tech park road completely blocked ! Please take diversion.
  • Full road block from Wimco nagar to Mint.( T.H Road) No way to enter North Chennai.
  • All roads towards Royapuram and Parrys blocked.
  • Till now, traffic is smooth through Thoraipakkam tollgate. No piling of vehicles.
  • Jallikattu protesters occupy Vijaya Raghava Rd. in Chennai bringing Chennai Traffic to a standstill. City is frozen.
  • Teynampet road into T Nagar blocked. Eldams Road too. Protests near Embassy on Cathedral Road.
  • Kodambakkam twrds Vadapalani, OMR SRP Tools, Tnagar, Royapettah,Triplicane, Mount Rd
  • Chaos everywhere. Full block people are sitting on roads and blocked full roads to Velachery to taramani n to guindy.
  • Teynampet road into T Nagar blocked. Eldams Road too. Protests near Embassy on Cathedral Road.
  • Kindly avoid T.Nagar nd kodambakkam highway road.Roads are blocked by the peoples and heavy traffic jam around the area.
  • Velachery main road ,bridge blocked. Situation become worst,school children effected badly. Ashok Pillar road blocked.
  • MRTS cancelled until further notice. All MTC buses stopped. Asked to go to nearest shed.
  • Clear on the way of OMR toll gate and till Perungudi if you are coming from Echangadu signal.
  • Road in front of Olympia Tech park, Guindy towards Kasi theatre and Ashok Nagar are completely blocked.
  • Absolute chaos in Kilpauk, wall tax road blocked, Royapuram bridge blocked, RBI subway blocked.
  • Velachery main road totally blocked.
  • Demonstrators in front of Hyatt Teynampet on Anna Salai. Complete jam on Mount Road and Eldams Road.
  • Heavy  traffic in valuvarkottam, northusman road, be carefully near panagalpark.
  • Slow moving traffic on mahalingapuram main road Near by Nungambakkam loyola college.
  • Standstill traffic, valluvar kottam, GN Chetty road, Gemini - all chaos.
  • Roads are blocked in Saidapet.  Please avoid Anna Salai.
  • Heavy traffic at Kathipara Guidy 


  • Southern Railway has cancelled six trains and rescheduled Duronto Express for Monday.

    The Chennai Central–Hazrat Nizamuddin Duronto Express (train no.12269), scheduled to leave Chennai Central at 6.40 a.m., would leave at 9.30 p.m. as a result of the pairing train running late.

    Trains including the Chennai Egmore–Kochuveli (train no. 06015), Pollachi–Palakkad Town passenger (train no. 6712), Palakkad Town–Tiruchchirappalli passenger (train no. 56712) , Palakkad Town–Palani passenger (train no. 6769), Karaikudi—Tiruchchirappalli passenger (train no. 76830) and Vanchi Maniyachchi—Tuticorin passenger (train no. 16612) have been cancelled.

  • Mount Road / Beach road reportedly quite congested (as expected). Kindly plan accordingly

  • Roads are blocked at Velachery and OMR near perungudi.  

  • Heavy traffic jam in OMR, as students stage a road rokho to condemn police atrocities on Jallikattu supporters.

  • In accordance to the heavy line of protest against the Jallikattu issue, many youngsters and protesters staged a road roko at Old Mahabalipuram Road that created a heavy havoc to commuters through the way.

    Following the heavy strike against the protesters by police at Marina Beach, many youngsters have amalgamated at different parts of Chennai to stage the protest. Accordingly, the students and youngsters blocked the road sitting as barricade at Old Mahabalipuram Road. This turned out to be a shocking bizarre to see that the road measuring upto a distance of 25Kms were blocked for nearly 2 hours.

  • Across the lanes of Taramani, school students protested against police department for attacking the students.


  • Apart from these areas, locales around Kodambakkam, Kilpauk and many many more areas in Chennai are being affected, particularly through Anna Salai, Kamaraj Salai, Dr Natesan road.