Vanagaram — a fast-developing Chennai suburb grapples with inadequate infrastructure
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Vanagaram — a fast-developing Chennai suburb grapples with inadequate infrastructure

The Hindu  

Vanagaram is a fast-growing residential area on the city’s periphery. The Tamil Nadu government’s move to bring the Vanagaram panchayat under the Greater Chennai Corporation has raised residents’ expectations of improved infrastructure. Lot of wedding halls S. Yuvaraj, honorary president, Rajiv Nagar Residents’ Welfare Association, says the area houses nearly 50 wedding halls because it is close to Maduravoyal and Poonamallee High Road. Though areas such as Rajiv Nagar and Mahalakshmi Nagar have been provided with storm water drains, they mostly carry sewage to the Cooum for want of an underground drainage network. K. Ramadoss, a resident, says lorries plying to readymix concrete plants at Mahalakshmi Nagar and on Noombal Main Road often cause traffic congestion at peak hours.

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Chennai bypass to get vehicular subway at accident-prone zone in Vanagaram
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Chennai bypass to get vehicular subway at accident-prone zone in Vanagaram

The Hindu  

The Chennai bypass will get yet another vehicular subway near the Vanagaram toll plaza. P. Senthil Kumar, Iyappanthangal resident, said that vehicles from Puzhal take a U-turn at the toll plaza and turn left immediately, and this led to a slowing of traffic at this spot. On a demand from local residents that two openings be provided on the median …

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