West Madurai joins the development bandwagon

The projects, while welcome, have thrown everyday life out of gear

Madurai is going through a period of massive upheaval ever since various works around Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple and Periyar bus stand renovation started a few months ago under Smart Cities Mission.

Simultaneously, work on the eight-km elevated corridor work on New Natham Road and broad roads on both banks of the Vaigai also started two years ago. Work on the projects are going on day and night, especially after relaxation of lockdown norms. Cranes, earthmovers and migrant workers wearing hard-shell helmets have become an everyday sight that it is impossible to travel from one part of the city to another without coming up against either a traffic diversion or a bad stretch of road due to some project or the other.