Ahead of the monsoon, the Highways Department has taken up work to restore several roads that were dug up for laying sewer or water pipelines in and around the city.
A total of 1,300 metres of Tiruvalluvar Salai in Ramapuram had been relaid. The Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) had laid a drain for a length of 1,944 metres on this road. Settu, an autorickshaw driver of Porur, said that the road had been in a very bad shape in places where pipelines were laid and that he was happy that it was being restored.
“Wherever roads have been handed over to the department, we have taken up repair work. Since we had received complaints from the public about poor riding quality in some stretches, we had requested the CMWSSB to finish as soon as possible. We had told contractors to keep material, equipment and men ready so that there won’t be any delay in the restoration,” said a source in the Highways.
