Additional protection being provided at curves on Natham elevated corridor

A day after a fatal accident involving a motorbike resulted in the pillion rider falling down from the Natham elevated corridor at Tallakulam on Friday, National Highways Authority of India has speeded up the work for providing additional protection at the curves on the express highway.

A day after a fatal accident involving a motorbike resulted in the pillion rider falling down from the Natham elevated corridor at Tallakulam on Friday, National Highways Authority of India has speeded up the work for providing additional protection at the curves on the express highway.

NHAI employed workers were seen putting up steel bars over the parapet walls for mounting iron sheets.

“We are putting up height ‘attainment boards’ to increase the height of protection wall at curves so that bikes do not fall down on the ground from the bridge,” a NHAI official said.

A senior police officer said that Madurai City Traffic Police had already suggested putting up this additional protective feature at the curves.

Madurai city has already witnessed a few cases of bikers jumping off the Palanganatham bridge in the past.

The police said that speeding had led to the fatal accident on Friday night.

“The parapet wall has been constructed for a height of 1.1 metres as per the standard design. This is good enough if the bikers adhere to the 50 kmph speed limit on the bridge,” the NHAI official said.