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Residents flay civic body’s apathy

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Residents of Pattinam­pkkam-lighthouse link road accuse Chennai corporation of indifference to their civic problems.

Moreover, residents believe that their economic vulnerability is taken as a reaso

Get set for those bumpy rides

It’s time for annual road repair and maintenance work, but this year, no such activity could be discerned on the roads in the district.

The reason — Public Works Department (PWD) has not been allott

Post Nilam, potholes spook motorists

Many major roads in the city have been damaged and the surface coating has been washed away because of incessant rains

Continuous rain over the last two days have turned potholes on city roads into b

India car sales soar but where are the roads?

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Even with its economy cooling, India's car sales are forecast to go into overdrive, creating a huge challenge for the government to modernise the country's antiquated road network.

The shift toward v

No approach road to bridge

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Even after its completion four years ago, the Ezhupunna- Kumbalangi bridge has still not been opened to the public.

The dispute over land acquisition for the approach road has indefinitely delayed t

1.75 crore vehicles crowd Tamil Nadu roads

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In a little less than two decades, Tamil Nadu’s vehicle population has increased by 730%.

With several thousand vehicles being added per day, the number of vehicles in the state is inching towards 1

Port road projects hit a roadblock

Miffed with the increasing project cost overruns, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), which is handling both Chennai port- Maduravoyal elevated expressway (CPME) and Ennore-Manali road imp

Centre’s grand idea turns travellers’ nightmare

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The Union government’s standing instruction that all new roads constructed by filling more than one metre height should be surfaced with only thin chipping carpet has resul-ted in a bumpy ride for the

Boost for road projects

Boosting the prospects of road development in the state and especially in the cities, the World Bank has expressed willingness to provide more assistance to road projects.

In a meeting attended by t

Go slow, potholes ahead

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With the south-west monsoon making a late surge in the fag end of August, roads in the city are crumbling, unable to stand the new pattern of the monsoon.

Over a dozen roads are in a bad condition a

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