Model code holds up repairs to roads and infrastructure projects in Chennai
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Model code holds up repairs to roads and infrastructure projects in Chennai

The Hindu  

The ongoing civic infrastructure projects and road repairs in various parts of the city have been held up as the model code of conduct is in force for the Lok Sabha election. Councillor Parithi Elamsurithi says many roads have not been relaid in the ward after the Lok Sabha election schedule was announced. Velachery resident S. Kumararaja says roads in ward 177 and ward 176 have not been relaid after the work order was issued before the election was called. Dinakaran Salai, and a bridge across the Virugambakkam Canal connecting Railway Colony and Madha Kovil Street at Choolaimedu, at a cost of ₹1.6 crore, are the projects for which the bids were not finalised before the model code came into force, says an official of the Bridges Department of the Chennai Corporation.

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