Vellore Corporation points NOC to relay VIT Road close to Katpadi station

After greater than six months of broken carriageway resulting from underground drainage (UGD) work, the VIT Road close to Katpadi railway station in Vellore will get a brand new lease of life quickly because the Vellore Corporation has issued No Objection Certificate (NOC) to State Highways, which maintains the stretch, to re-lay the broken stretch.

Corporation officers mentioned that the stretch, which is 2.6 km lengthy and 14 metres broad, was taken as much as lay underground pipelines and building of manholes for drainage work greater than six months in the past. “More than 90% of drainage work on the stretch (VIT Road) has been accomplished. We have additionally issued a NOC to State Highways, which maintains the stretch, for relaying,” R. Lakshmanan, Commissioner, Vellore Corporation, instructed The Hindu.

Corporation officers mentioned that the civic physique has laid primary sewer traces in the midst of VIT Road as a part of the Underground Drainage (UGD) system work. A small portion of pipeline work on the junction close to Chittoor Bus Stand is underneath manner. The accomplished portion of the stretch has been briefly levelled for the motion of automobiles by the civic physique.

As per norms, Corporation has additionally paid highway reducing fees of round ₹3 crore to State Highways to re-lay VIT Road and different few stretches maintained by Highways Department, the place the drainage work has been accomplished.

Motorists mentioned that VIT Road can also be a key bus route for city buses which might be operated by Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) and personal bus operators, overlaying distant villages in Katpadi taluk.

Commuters in surrounding farming villages have been affected as a result of poor situation of the stretch, as buses usually broke down on the stretch. “After the drainage work, levelling of the stretch was uneven, making it dangerous for highway customers, together with ladies and senior residents. Ambulances and faculty vans battle to make use of the stretch resulting from potholes,” mentioned Okay. Abirami, a motorist.

The multi-crore drainage undertaking, which was rolled out in 2019, particularly from its Phase-II work onwards, includes primary sewer traces, pumping and lifting stations, and sewage therapy vegetation, overlaying all 60 wards that has round eight lakh residents inside the civic physique limits. The Corporation is anticipated to supply particular person family connections to 81,000 connections from January onwards.