06/10/2025
Chennai: The newly inaugurated steel flyover connecting South Usman Road with CIT Nagar has failed to deliver on its promise of easing traffic congestion.
Chief minister M K Stalin on Tuesday had inaugurated the new 1.2km flyover costing 164.9 crore, which links with the existing 800m long North Usman Road flyover.
Although commuters on Sunday crossed the two-km stretch from CIT Nagar to North Usman Road in a few minutes, they were made to wait at the four-way Vivek's junction right at the flyover's exit, as traffic police do not have a plan at the moment to handle the increased influx of vehicles. Before the flyover was constructed, vehicles entered from Anna Salai to T Nagar through Venkatnarayana Road via the Link Road to South West Boag Road, and reached this junction through Panagal Park with less frequency. These vehicles came slower too due to the congested interior stretches.
With the opening of flyover, a higher number of vehicles end up at the junction directly from Anna Salai in just two minutes, while vehicles also enter from routine routes beneath the flyover from Venkatnarayana Road, Thyagaraya Road, and from Duraiswamy subway.
"After the new flyover opened, traffic is being regulated only through manual signals, with police directing vehicles," said S Raja, assistant commissioner of traffic, T Nagar. Officials said the timers will be realigned once the traffic density is assessed. Raja added that the congestion was also partly due to the festive crowd, and will continue until Diwali. "We are in talks with the MTC regarding diversion of buses from Valluvar Kottam," he added.
Residents said localised enforcement, such as removing illegal parking and roadside encroachments outside business hubs can mitigate the mess for now.
"Even if they built a three-km flyover, congestion would persist because encroachments are the biggest stumbling block. Roadside parking worsens the situation further. Even textile and jewellery shop customers often park vehicles on the road, while police turn a blind eye after taking bribes," said Sukesh Ramakrishna, a commuter.
GCC commissioner J Kumaragurubaran said that the immediate solution was to reduce the signal timings at Vivek's so that vehicles can move faster. "Corporation's larger idea is to build another 800m flyover connecting the North Usman Road flyover with the Mahalingapuram flyover, bypassing the Vivek's junction. This will be a permanent solution," he said. GCC was unable to undertake the project this financial year due to funding issues.
After completion, T Nagar will have city's longest flyover at 4km from CIT Nagar to Mahalingapuram. The project was originally conceived in 2008 but at that time, govt could only construct two flyovers, one each at Mahalingapuram and Usman Road.
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8 Feb, 2023, 3:31 am
CHENNAI: After making it mandatory to link Aadhaar with service connection numbers, Tangedco has now made changes in the process of updating the mobile number by insisting on valid ID proof.
Consumers said that the earlier process of updating mobile number was simpler. They just had to submit the bill receipt of the previous month.
In a letter to Tangedco CMD, VS Jayaraman, T Nagar Residents’ Welfare Association, said “Instead of making the process of registering mobile number simple, Tangedco has, by asking consumers to upload ID proof such as Aadhaar/PAN or driving license with the condition that the name in the ID proof should match with the name of the consumer, has made it complicated. One does not understand the need for this.”
He requested Tangedco to make the registration process hassle-free by permitting consumers to just input their numbers without asking them to upload an ID proof. “In case of occupation of a tenant, then both numbers of owners and tenant should be registered. When there’s a change in tenancy, provision should be given to register the new tenant’s number,” he pointed out.
Jayaraman noted that following the installation of smart meters in T Nagar, Tangedco has discontinued the services of physical recording of current consumption at the consumers’ places. It now sends the details of consumption and amount payable by SMS to those who have registered their mobile numbers with Tangedco.
A senior Tangedco official said that the ID was mandatory to authenticate the consumer who wanted to update mobile number.
25/12/2022
CHENNAI: T Nagar Residents' Welfare Association urged the MTC not to insist on the old ration card for renewal of the free coupons for senior citizens to travel on the city buses."The MTC taking into consideration various pitfalls in the senior citizen free travel coupon scheme suggested by the commuters has streamlined the same. There still exists lacunae which needs immediate correction, " the association president V Jayaraman said.
MTC issues coupons to senior citizens based on the production of old ration card and Aadhaar card. "The old ration card is sought just to check the address and stamp on it the year for which the coupons are issued. In view of the fact that the civil supplies corporation has itself dispensed with the old card and introduced in its place smart card, one does not understand the logic behind MTC insisting upon the beneficiaries to produce the old card, " he said.
Pointing out that many new beneficiaries are in possession of only the smart card, he said that in order that genuine beneficiaries are not denied this facility, the free coupons should be issued based on the production of smart cards.
"They can keep a copy of the smart card for purposes of stamping. MTC should consider our request and instruct its staff accordingly, " it demanded. People above the age of 60 years are eligible for free travel on MTC buses 10 times a month. The coupons would be issued from 8 am to 7.30 pm at 40 centres from December 21 to January 31 for the six month period of January to June next year.
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