5-month-old road, laid at the cost of ₹1 crore, crumbles causing accidents every day in Palayamkottai

TIRUNELVELI A busy road in Palayamkottai, which was laid just five months ago at the cost of ₹1 crore, has crumbled, owing to its worst construction quality, causing accidents every day. This 2 km-long busy road between Anna University Regional Office, Tirunelveli, and INS Kattabomman Receiving Station in Palayamkottai, connecting the Nagercoil Main Road at Ruchi Hotel Junction and Reddiyarpatti, was dug up for Tirunelveli Corporation’s underground drainage work.

Since a few thousand vehicles are using this road every day as it also connects Melapalayam with Reddiyarpatti, the public had to be extremely cautious while crossing this road, particularly at night, as southern half of this road was dug deep for laying underground drainage pipes. Consequently, a one-way-like vehicular movement was possible until the sluggishly dragging work was completed just ahead of the Assembly election.

However, this extraordinarily delayed work and deplorable precautionary measures put in place for protecting the road-users even as the work was going on consumed lives of two bike riders by lorries.