With the persevering with stalemate over constructing service lanes alongside the town stretch of the Tiruchi-Thanjavur National Highway, the Tiruchi Member of Parliament Durai Vaiko has requested the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari to return ahead to bear the land acquisition prices for the undertaking.

In a illustration submitted to Mr. Gadkari in New Delhi on Friday, Mr. Durai Vaiko drew the Minister’s consideration to the ‘long-pending and significant want’ for the development of service lanes between Palpannai and Thuvakudi alongside the freeway.

The four-lane freeway was laid in 2009 and not using a service street. However, over the previous decade, Tiruchi metropolis has undergone speedy urbanisation with important improve in inhabitants. The freeway is now an arterial street connecting main districts, he identified.

Due to the sharp improve in visitors and within the absence of service lanes, the area was witnessing alarming ranges of congestion accidents. “According to official information, from 2011 to 2025, 417 folks have misplaced their lives in street accidents on this stretch,” Mr. Durai Vaiko mentioned and expressed apprehensions that the numbers may rise additional except instant motion was taken.

The State authorities had issued an order in August 2011 approving the development of the service street and sanctioned ₹84.5 crore. However central assist was essential for the undertaking because the estimate for land acquisition is now put at ₹618.20 crore, he mentioned and urged the Minister to allocate the remaining ₹533.70 crore to allow the development of the service lanes and forestall additional lack of lives.

Published – August 08, 2025 05:48 pm IST

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