Chief Minister M.K. Stalin’s promise to build an elevated corridor on the city stretch of the Tiruchi-Thanjavur National Highway along with service lanes has not enthused residents welfare organisations which insist that the service road project, as originally planned, should be completed at the earliest.
The Chief Minister had held out an assurance to the residents while campaigning in support of the MDMK candidate for the Tiruchi Lok Sabha constituency, Durai Vaiko, and the DMK candidate for Perambalur, K.N. Arun Nehru, at Siruganur on Friday.
Listing the promises made by the DMK in its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections, Mr. Stalin said that an elevated corridor, a demand frequently raised by the School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, would be built between Thuvakudi and Palpannai on the Tiruchi-Thanjavur National Highway. “I now assure you that along with the elevated corridor, we will build service roads there,” he said, seeking to strike a balance and meet the demands of both the residents and traders on the issue.
