Chaos prevails on several busy junctions on Tiruchi–Thanjavur National Highway in the absence of service roads.
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The Federation for Retrieval of Palpannai–Thuvakudi Service Roads has urged the TVK government not to reduce the proposed width of the service roads and to implement the long-pending project in accordance with the court’s final judgment in 2019.Members of the federation recently met Minister for Public Works and Highways Department Aadhav Arjuna and sought steps to expedite the project. The Minister, they said, instructed officials to commence all work related to the service road without delay.Federation president S. Subramanian told reporters on Saturday that the previous government had submitted an affidavit before the court stating that the service road would be constructed with a width of 33 metres. The federation had now urged the present government to withdraw the earlier stand and implement the project with wider roads in accordance with the 2019 final judgment.According to Mr. Subramanian, the service road should be about 60 metres wide at locations where flyovers are proposed, 50 metres where bus stops are to be established, and at least 45 metres at other locations.The federation urged the government to complete the pending land acquisition process and allocate adequate funds for acquiring the land required for the project. It appealed to the government to file a fresh affidavit before the court specifying a new deadline for completing the project. Published - August 29, 2026 06:55 pm IST
