Chitlapakkam Main Road beneath siege

Vehicles being parked on either side of a street with impunity will have an effect on visitors motion. Reduced carriageway nearly all the time equals visitors logjams, significantly so on a street as busy as Chitlapakkam Main Road.

A significant hyperlink street, Chitlapakkam Main Road “assembles” Chromepet, Chitlapakkam, Sanatorium and East Tambaram from the MIT Flyover right into a area. The street is lined with a range of institutions and public amenities which embrace a Tangedco unit, a veterinary hospital, workplaces of the Panchayat Union, two Central authorities warehouses (the Defence Ministry’s Canteen Stores Department and the Central Warehousing Corporation), MIT Sports Ground, temples, a public park, a preferred restaurant and Varadaraja Theatre. Though the day, motion of autos is incessant with sharp spikes throughout sure hours.

In a traditional scenario, the street ought to have the ability to take this visitors load with out groaning. But it’s the added and pointless load of autos parked on either side that breaks its again. Besides elevated commuting time, this case additionally has security implications for motorists and pedestrians.

“Driving on this stretch has change into extraordinarily troublesome,” says M.A. Vasudevan, a resident of Paul Victor Street. “Once I almost collided with a automobile — one which had been seized by the police — which was parked haphazardly on the street,” he recollects.

Vehicles seized by the police and parked exterior the Chitlapakkam police station are amongst elements narrowing the street.

“Usually, these autos are cleared inside per week, however new ones occupy the area quickly after. We haven’t any devoted yard to retailer them,” says a police official connected to the Traffic Investigation Wing beneath the Chitlapakkam Police Station limits. “Vehicles are additionally parked haphazardly on either side of Chitlapakkam lake, rising congestion,” Vasudevan provides.

The presence of roadside eateries and partial encroachments provides to the congestion. College buses from distant areas akin to Sriperumbudur and Padappai hitting the street compound the issue.

Residents notice that regardless of repeated representations to the authorities, no concrete motion has been taken.