The Corporation has decided to widen the Irattai Vaical culvert across Salai Road to ensure free flow of sewage and storm water from Thillai Nagar and Thennur areas.
The Irattai Vaical is one of the major open drains that serves as a sewage canal and also storm water drain during monsoon. Also known as Cholarajapuram Vaical, runs from Thennur and flows across the Karur Bypass Road and Mela Chinthamani to drain into the Cauvery along with the Kottai Vaical.
In recent years, the Corporation cleared some encroachments and made attempts to lay concrete lining on certain stretches along Thillai Nagar.
The culvert at Salai Road will be demolished and a new structure is to be built. The work will be taken up on an outlay of Rs.27.50 lakh and completed within 60 days.
The width of vents would be widened and their height raised, the sources said.
Traffic diversion
The City police have announced that the following diversions would be enforced from Saturday in view of the re-construction of the culvert:
Town buses heading for Central Bus Stand from Chathram Bus Stand (via Woraiyur) will be diverted through Thillai Nagar I Cross from Shastri Road and rejoin the Salai Road at Thillai Nagar arch.
Town buses heading for Central Bus Stand from Chathram Bus Stand (via Thillai Nagar) will also go via Thillai Nagar I Cross from Shastri Road to reach the Thillai Nagar Main Road.
Buses operating in the return direction would go via Salai Road as the reconstruction work would be executed in two stages – covering one half of the Salai Road at a time.
