The Highways Department has started work to repair the potholes on a stretch of Tambaram-Mudichur Road.
“We carried out some initial work and removed the small-sized gravel and mud that had come out. In a couple of days, the potholes will be filled. If the weather permits, the road will get a fresh layer of bituminous tar,” an official said.
The 800-m stretch was damaged after storm-water drains were constructed at a cost of ₹15 crore on either side of the road to prevent inundation. The work to construct 3 km of drains had been taken up under the Comprehensive Road Infrastructure Development Programme. “It was a Y-shaped drain, and we had to cut across the road to join the two sides. We had to wait for the soil to settle before the road could be relaid,” another source said.
