A damaged concrete drainage pit near the Thirumullavoyal junction on Chennai–Tiruvallur High (CTH) Road is posing a threat to the safety of motorists and pedestrians. Permanent solution to the problem involves laying concrete slabs; as this road comes under the control of the State Highways Department, it has to carry out this work. With the damaged two-feet-deep pit occupying nearly a portion of the carriageway, during rush hour, traffic snarls have become common on this section. Incidentally, the drainage pit is a stop-gap solution of the State Highways Department to collect excess water from the existing stormwater drains along the stretch. Though the officials attempted, on several occasions, to close the drainage pit with concrete slabs, the slabs were either damaged or crushed due to the high volume traffic on the stretch.

Source: The Hindu December 16, 2017 07:18 UTC