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What is making the Nelson Manickam Road in Chennai to grab attention?

Posted on: 27/Jan/2022 9:36:26 AM
One of the most famous roads in Chennai is Nelson Manickam Road that connects Aminjikarai and Nungambakkam.  There are many private hospitals, shopping malls and educational institutions etc in this 1.72km stretch and people throng this road. The official data has confirmed that every hour in the evenings on an average 60000 vehicles use this important road in Chennai. Here, a section of streetlights stop functioning and after repair work another section of lights go off leading to issues.

According to a nurse working in a private hospital here, using this stretch after 10pm was extremely dangerous.  She hinted that antisocial elements use this dark area for their illegal activities. Near the passport seva office, the roads are bad and many motorists avoid arterial stretches.

It was brought out by an Arumbakkam resident that during the rainy season the potholes get filled with water plus non-functioning streetlights would make the motorists trip over these potholes. Many minor accidents take place on this stretch. A motorist spoke about how he fell down from his bike when he drove along the stretch due to the absence of streetlights. Repairing of a few streetlights has been taken up in this stretch and this was as per an official belonging to GCC.