Chennai Flyover Projects

[Arul Murugan]

[Arul Murugan]

From GST to IRR

[gandharva95]

Aerial view of Kathipara junction seen in this recent landing video:

[Fusionist]

thanks for the photos yet again Arul. always nice to see the latest updates.

[satsukhoi]

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government will initiate work on 23 railway over bridges (ROBs) at a cost of Rs 500 crore. It will receive part of the funds, about Rs. 250 crore, from the Centre. Three of the ROBs would come up at Ernavur and Basin Bridge in North Chennai, costing about Rs 20 crore each.
The chief minister is expected to open the Kathivakkam ROB in Ennore shortly. The bridge was constructed for Rs 15 crore with the state and the centre sharing the cost. The chief minister will also lay the foundation for a Rs 9 crore bridge in Sadayankuppam under tsunami reconstruction programme. Work on the bridge across the Pulicat lake, a long-felt need of the islanders, has also begun.
The sanctioning of all these bridges was being taken up to improve the connectivity of the residents in North Chennai to reach the city centre without much difficulty, officials said.
Vellore district will also have five ROBs as part of the project. Coimbatore will get three and another two are planned in Tirunelveli.
The state government has been sanctioned Rs 253 crore for road projects covering 1286 km in 23 districts under the Bharat Nirman scheme.
“The proposals have been accepted and the formal communication from the Centre is expected early next week,’’ said a senior official of the state highways department.
The scheme envisages a four-year business plan to improve rural infrastructure. The state government submitted a proposal and the Centre cleared it at a recent meeting of officials from all states, said sources, adding that all the works would be completed before the end of this financial year.
The construction of ROBs in lieu of railway level crossings on government roads are undertaken on priority when train vehicle units (TVU) exceeds one lakh per day. From 1999 to 2005, 47 ROBs were sanctioned, of which only 17 works have been completed.

[satsukhoi]

Originally Posted by gandharva95

Aerial view of Kathipara junction seen in this recent landing video:

Good video man. Chennai looks more beautifull.

[Balas]

Originally Posted by satsukhoi

Good video man. Chennai looks more beautifull.

seriously. wonderful video

[rajeshas]

awesome video...the flyover looks really great!.

[TechCity]

source: http://newstodaynet.com/newsindex.ph...0&%20section=7

Around 200 huts hindering the construction of a flyover in Perumbur have been remved by the Chennai Corporation.

Residents of the Rajiv Gandhi Nagar near the Perambur Railway station had been sent notices ordering them to vacate the area as it has been encroached upon by them.

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However, the residents failed to vacate their huts and the Chennai Corporation headed by the third zone official Rajasekaran razed down the illegal structures.

In the operation, a total of 185 huts were brought down. A strong police force headed by Assistant Commissioner Rajkumar were deployed to prevent any untoward incident.

It is to be recalled that the Corporation was involved in a similar operation in 2005 but due to the inactivity with respect to the flyover construction, the residents had again encroached upon a piece of land.

Now, the construction activities are on in full vigour to ensure early completion.

[Arul Murugan]

Land acquisition for Korukkupet subway begins

Kannal Achuthan
Total cost of the road under bridge is estimated to be Rs.4.94 crore



Photo: B. Jothi Ramalingam

MAKING SPACE: An earthmover demolishes a building on Kathivakkam High Road in Korukkupet as part of the land acquisition for the road under-bridge project in the area. —

Chennai: Earthmovers razed down about 10 buildings on Kathivakkam High Road in Korukkupet on Tuesday, as part of the land acquisition for the vehicular subway proposed in the locality.

Encroachments on railway land in Korukkupet were also removed by workers of the Chennai Corporation. The subway is a long-pending demand from local residents living on either side of the railway level-crossing at Thyagappa Street near Korukkupet Railway Station.

Teashops, sweet stalls, a jewellery shop, a printing press and some residential buildings were brought down as part of the land acquisition and encroachment removal drive. Property owners with land documents would be compensated if their land was acquired for the project.

The Corporation has floated tenders for the Korukkupet subway. The civic body had initially envisaged the project to be a package of seven bridges planned in different parts of the city. As the project required heavy land acquisition, it was decided to take it up as a separate one. Work on the other six bridges has been taken up by Subhash Projects and Marketing Limited, an infrastructure development firm.

The total cost of the Korukkupet road under bridge is estimated to be Rs.4.94 crore. The project would be funded by the Corporation and the Railways.

Encroachments in the site for the Perambur flyover project were removed on Monday. Most of them were thatched huts. However, the people who had lived in the huts continued to stay on the site. They said they had lived there for over two decades and were evicted without notice.

The Perambur flyover project is expected to start soon. Infrastructure development firm IVRCL had bid for the project and the Corporation Council recently approved the bid.
http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/28/stor...2859610300.htm

[Arul Murugan]

Encroachments, flyover project figure at civic meet

Staff Reporter

Rangarajapuram subway-cum-flyover remains a non-starter, say residents

CHENNAI: A host of issues, including the need to remove encroachments on roads and expedite the Rangarajapuram flyover-cum-subway project, were highlighted by residents of Mambalam and surrounding localities at a meeting here on Sunday.

According to them, unless the agencies concerned initiate action to remove the encroachments and on the project, vehicular movement on the narrow stretches in the area would only become difficult, posing hardships to motorists and risks to pedestrians.

The encroachments, the residents said, were in many forms, including those by pavement dwellers, who despite being alternative land, continue to occupy the road. Likewise, places of worship on the pavements also contributed to the encroachments.

Haphazard parking of vehicles and an increase in the number of commercial establishments compounds the problems, said speakers at the meeting organised by the Mambalam Exnora Innovators Club.

A resident of Rukmani Street said the growth in the commercial establishments in the residential areas had resulted in an increase in the vehicle movement and unauthorised parking of vehicles in front of the houses.

Exnora International secretary R. Govindaraj said the Rangarajapuram subway-cum-flyover, which was announced even before the recently commissioned North Usman Road-Mahalingapuram flyover, remained a non-starter.

He wanted encroachments on the roads leading to the proposed project site near the Rangarajapuram railway level-crossing to be removed.

Otherwise, after implementation, the Rangarajapuram subway and flyover would go the Madley Road subway way, which remains under-utilised because of a place of worship in the middle of Elliamman Koil Street. It has led to a situation where Metropolitan Transport Corporation could not operate buses through the narrow road.

Mambalam Exnora Innovators Club secretary V. Murali said people from Nesapakkam, K.K.Nagar, West Saidapet and West Mambalam bound for Anna Salai, who now use the heavily congested the Duraiswamy subway, could be diverted to Madley Subway if the authorities relocated the place of worship.

The residents complained that pavement dwellers occupied a substantial portion of the Arya Gowda Road.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/28/stor...2859800400.htm

[saurabh85]

Here's a pic i took of the kathipara flyover enroute to chennai from singapore on may 28th 08

[kpgopal]

Originally Posted by saurabh85

Here's a pic i took of the kathipara flyover enroute to chennai from singapore.

Nice Photo !!!

[Arul Murugan]

Originally Posted by saurabh85

Here's a pic i took of the kathipara flyover enroute to chennai from singapore on may 28th 08

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Excellent shot.

Expecting more photos from you.

[gandharva95]

Kathipara...With Love

source: http://www.chennaionline.com/cityfea...05story07.aspx

Until April this year, Katipara Junction could remind people only of its heavy traffic congestion problems, vehicles in a bee line and irksome honking sound. Now ask people they flaunt about their new flyover and praise it so much for making their commutation so easy than ever before. If this is the accolade received for inaugurating just one wing of the gigantic flyover, then Chennai public might run out of words to eulogize their developing city.

Cribbing about something is quite common among citizens, but let's do the flashback round now! When the flyover was under construction it was more like an enemy for the public. Cursing the delay in constructing, claiming this reason for sluggish traffic movement and what not. But now this foe has turned a friend.

The Katipara flyover has a three lane traffic movement slot and commuting to airport will be in a matter of few minutes. The track opened for public is the stretch connecting Tambaram to Koyambedu. Therefore airport frequenter regard this a boon!.

Few days ago a forwarded mail did rounds across the city; the subject of the mail was pictures of future Chennai. Amazing were those shots which made Chennai look like a foreign shooting destination. A bird's eye view of the various flyovers under construction! Padi, Airport, Tambaram and the list accommodates quite a few traffic heavy places will be blessed by flyovers in few more years to come. When all these flyovers would be open for public, people will still crib about not knowing which track leads where!

"This is something like a boon to me. I take this road regularly to reach koyambedu for my job. Before I used to pray that the traffic congestion should be less, now this worry no more finds a place in my priority list. The movement of vehicles is so smooth" says a satisfied commuter.

Now using roadways as a means of transportation will not be a nightmare. Estimating travel time by accommodating the slothful traffic is no more required. Take a trip via the one winged flyover of the Katipara junction to understand how easy it is. Using words like 'zing' and 'swung' like kids is what can be written about this much awaited flyover.

[gandharva95]

Airport Stretch
Why First Impression Counts

source: http://www.chennaionline.com/cityfea...05story06.aspx

GST road looks quite different for a few meters stretching from Kamaraj Domestic airport and Anna International Airport to close to Guindy. The first impression is perhaps the best impression; when the first impression of Chennai city is concerned, it opens up with an under developed image, but grows to provide this foreign locale picture. Every visitor to the city will get the feel of the urge of development the city nurtures. The most important road stretch of any city is the road from the airport which leads to the city. Every visitor with minimal knowledge about the city or on a debut visit to the place frames his opinion on the development of the city based on this road. Let's feel proud that the city has maintained a spic and span environment which will definitely have a wide impact on the image in the minds of the visitors.

Stepping out of the airport one might get a disturbed image, the fly-over which is under construction and tea hawkers who have set up their stall below the shade of the bridge. But that would account for the time which is required to get settled in the taxis. Slowly after few seconds when the car heads somewhere out of the fly over mess is when the stressed flyer pulls down the window to get a glimpse of the city.

With brilliantly constructed road dividers and planted advertising boards the city stands the best with its well maintained roads� Is it Chennai one might ask, for seeing the roads sans pot holes�? Alas, what am I seeing, workers mending in the grass grown in the small area inside the road divider in the hot sun�? Towards your left, you will see this different kind of advertising boards, not hoardings but a flash finish panel with wonderful caption in the ads. The best part is, these ad boxes glow in the night!

The maintenance work would be slightly simpler when the area near Pazhavanthangal, Cement road is concerned. Trident and Radisson hotels take due care to mow the grass surrounding their compound wall. Officers training academy on the left side keeps one guessing what lies beyond?

Flyovers in the areas around the airport are close to completion, once all the flyovers are inaugurated, the look of Chennai is definitely due a boost. Even those people who fled out of the city for varied reasons, on returning will get mesmerized by the way Chennai has adorned the new-fangled beautification of infrastructure. The flip side or rather one kind suggestion is , one should realize that the first impression will remain to be the best if the rest of the city could also remotely associated with this spic and span methodology.

[rajeshas]

makes me feel "want to see those pics in the forward email"....

[TechCity]

Photo Courtesy:Anbarasan

[vinothvasagar]

Originally Posted by TechCity

Photo Courtesy:Anbarasan

Is this the one which is to connect Thoraipakkam with GST.. and what is the status? seems that it is already complete ..

[Raj_network]

[QUOTE=gandharva95;21289395]Kathipara...With Love

Few days ago a forwarded mail did rounds across the city; the subject of the mail was pictures of future Chennai. Amazing were those shots which made Chennai look like a foreign shooting destination.

Can we get the photos and fwd mails just in case? Pl..