The State Highways Department plans to widen the road between Zamin Uthukuli and Aachipatti and develop an alternative road from Coimbatore to Pollachi. Two-laneThe Zamin Uthukuli to Aachipatti road is a rural road and it will be widened into a two-lane, straight one with paved shoulders. “Roads should be developed only where there is a need and not in every place. “The existing road between Pollachi and Coimbatore is widened. If there is a need for an alternative road, why not develop alternative roads between Coimbatore and Erode and Coimbatore and Mettupalayam too?” asks K. Kathirmathiyon, secretary of Coimbatore Consumer Cause.

Source: The Hindu February 19, 2020 18:33 UTC