Expert panel inspects road alignment
An expert committee, constituted as per the directions of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, conducted a field inspection of the alignment of the Tiruchi-Karur by-pass road to be laid by the National Highways Authority of India as part of the widening of the Tiruchi and Karur section of National Highway 67.
Based on petitions from the local farmers, the High Court Bench had set aside the land acquisition notification and ordered the constitution of the expert committee to inspect the site and explore the feasibility of realigning the road so as to minimise the disturbance to the water bodies. In another petition, the Madras High Court had directed that the NHAI consult the Director of the Centre for Water Resources of the Anna University-Chennai on the matter.
The by-pass road is to be run from Panchapur to Jeeyapuram across three irrigation tanks. On Saturday, the committee comprising Swaminathan, Professor, Civil Engineering Department of the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchi, three faculty members from the Centre for Water Resources of the Anna University-Chennai representing its director, K.Govindarajan, Director, SEVAI, a voluntary organisation, and Rengasamy, Executive Engineer, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, inspected the tanks and even walked between the Punganur and Kallikudi tanks. A large number of farmers appeared before the committee to express their objections and submit petitions.
Based on petitions from the local farmers, the High Court Bench had set aside the land acquisition notification and ordered the constitution of the expert committee to inspect the site and explore the feasibility of realigning the road so as to minimise the disturbance to the water bodies. In another petition, the Madras High Court had directed that the NHAI consult the Director of the Centre for Water Resources of the Anna University-Chennai on the matter.
The by-pass road is to be run from Panchapur to Jeeyapuram across three irrigation tanks. On Saturday, the committee comprising Swaminathan, Professor, Civil Engineering Department of the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchi, three faculty members from the Centre for Water Resources of the Anna University-Chennai representing its director, K.Govindarajan, Director, SEVAI, a voluntary organisation, and Rengasamy, Executive Engineer, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, inspected the tanks and even walked between the Punganur and Kallikudi tanks. A large number of farmers appeared before the committee to express their objections and submit petitions.
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