Lighting along the Tambaram-Tindivanam section of the Chennai-Tiruchi National Highway will improve soon, as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has begun work to install new streetlight poles and high-mast lamps, and to repair faulty lights.
According to sources, as part of major electrical maintenance works, lights along the Athur-Tindivanam stretch in Villuppuram district were set right first, keeping in view the Karthikai festival at Thiruvannamalai. High-mast lights have been installed at Ongur, Kuchikulathur, Konerikuppam, Saram, and Melpettai in Villuppuram district.
The entire project, involving the installation of 404 new single-arm lamp posts along the sides of the road, 175 new double-arm posts on the median, seven high-mast lamps, and 45 new metre boxes, will cost ₹8.50 crore and is expected to be completed by March 2026.
Officials said the existing lighting arrangement along the Grand Southern Trunk (GST) Road was put in place about 20 years ago, when the road was widened to four lanes. Over the years, as more areas became urbanised, lighting coverage was increased in certain stretches. Minor works such as the replacement of bulbs and breakers, and repairs to cables and poles, were also carried out.
