Mannachanallur to get bypass road soon

A new bypass road would soon come up along the Tiruchi-Thuraiyur Road to obviate the need for vehicles to go via Mannachanallur, a small but congested town about 15 km away from the city.

The State Highways Department which has jurisdiction over the Tiruchi-Thuraiyur Road has drawn up a plan to lay the bypass road for a distance of about 2.64 km, between Nochiyam and Ulanthankudi/Poonampalayam.

Construction of the bypass would entail an investment of about Rs. 30 crore.

Sources in the department said that the government has already cleared the project and sanctioned Rs. 5 crore towards land acquisition. “We have already deposited the amount with the Revenue Department for being disbursed as compensation to persons, whose lands are to be acquired for the by-pass road,” an official of the Department told The Hindu .

About 6.580 hectares of land is to be acquired for the project and the Revenue department has initiated the process of the land acquisition.

“We have already been issued enter upon permission,” the official said. The department was currently engaged in preparing the estimates for the project which would be sent for the administrative sanction of the government. Once the administrative sanction was issued, the Highways Department would call for tenders.

The process is expected to be completed within the next two months after which the work is expected to begin.

Mannachanallur has been facing severe traffic congestion as the only arterial road across the town is too narrow to cater to the growing traffic. The town is rapidly emerging as a suburb of Tiruchi. Besides, the town, famous for its rice mills, also attracts a large number of lorries every day.

Commercial establishments and schools are located along this narrow road and traffic snarls are witnessed right through the day. The most affected are office-goers and students. Though a one-way system is being enforced on a stretch of this road, the town is unable to accommodate heavy traffic flow for most part of the day.

Recently, the Highways Department had widened three culverts along the road between Nochiyam and Mannachanallur. Once the bypass road is laid, the travel time between Tiruchi and Thuraiyur would come down significantly, officials said.
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