The Minister of Public Works and Roads, EV VELU inaugurated a new bridge through Cheyyar near Kalaapakam in Tiruvannamalai on Friday. You can also see the Tiruvannamalai K. TharpaGaraj collector. | Photo credit: special arrangement
A new high-level bridge through Cheyyar, a tributary of then Pennai, in Chengam-Polur High Road in the throat Thamaripakkam Village, near Kalasapakam in Tiruvannamalai, opened on Friday, finishing a demand for long-standing waste.
The officials of the state roads, who built the new installation, said the new bridge has been built between the throat Thamaripakkam and then the villages of Mahadeva Mangalam. Currently, similar bridges on the other side of the river are notable in the villages of Kalasapakkam and Kanki. Residents have to travel to these bridges to reach large cities such as Polur, Arani, Chengam and Tiruvannamalai.
The new bridge will end with a long journey to the closest greedy bridge for the surrounding villages. “Monzón duration, the agricultural villages will be cut from the rest of the district due to the increase in the volume of water flow in the river. The new bridge will guarantee the US ambulances in time and introduction of bus services to the villages along the river,” said G. Sevanthi, a resident.
The Minister of Public Works and Roads, EV VELU inaugurated the bridge in the presence of the vice president of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu, K. Pitchandi, and the collector K. TharpaGaraj.
Financed by Nabard under the scheme of the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) -28 by 2022-23, the bridge of 115.05 million rupees is 182.80 meters long and 12 meters wide so that two buses use it at the same time. “Around a resident Lakh, including farmers and merchants along the river, will benefit from the new bridge, since they can reach other places much faster. School students can pedal their way to the closest schools on the other side of the river,” t. Murugan, assistant executive engineer (AEE), state highways (rural roads), Tiruvannamalai, said The Hindu.
Like Cheyyar and then Pennai witnesses of the flow of excess rainwater duration, the new bridge has been built at a height of 4.93 meters from the river bed to avoid road floods and damage to its structure. The new installation can download around 50,000 cusecs or water per second. It has mosaic trails, LED lights, INETS to download rainwater in the river, reflectors, signs boards and manual railings.
The new bridge is a lifeguard for at least 20 surrounding villages such as Naidumagelam, TheMathimangelam, Nayambadi, Arunagirimangalam, KovilMathimangelam, Kodikuppam and Sholavaram. Before the new bridge, residents have to transport sick people through water to the waist in the summer of the river to the primary health care center (PHC) in Kalasapakkam. As there were no bus service to these villages due to the lack of bridges before, travelers, including students and office attendees, have to travel long distances to the closest bus stops.
Highway officials said that 272.50 approximation roads have been placed between the new bridge and Chengam-Polur High Road to allow motorists to better connectivity to nearby cities.
Published – April 11, 2025 11:53 pm ist
