Madurai Reader’s Mail

Madurai Reader’s Mail

Poor condition of Bypass Road

Though the stretch of Bypass Road from SS Colony (Navalar Nagar) to RTO Office is wide enough, it is underutilised as heaps of excavated soil, huge pits, uneven road surface, parked vehicles and iron pipes on the roadside have occupied vast portions of carriage space. All these have made the road very narrow. A slight drizzle results in slush and the service road becomes totally unusable.As there is no provision for draining of rainwater, it stagnates along the roads forming puddles, putting pedestrians and vehicles users into difficulty. Civic and Highways authorities must remove the dumped items, excavated soil and smoothen the surface at this stretch for free flow of traffic.

G. S. Santharam,

Mahatma Gandhi Nagar

Not road-worthy

Apropos the report on bad condition of TNSTC buses in Madurai, the annual inspection of school buses for their fitness by Collector and transport officials is like playing a joke on passengers. As rightly observed, most of the 650 buses in the city are not road-worthy.

K. P. Natarajan,