Transport Minister K N Nehru on Tuesday informed the Assembly that mini-bus service would be introduced in the city within three months.Replying to queries of members, the Minister said the mini-bus service, which would be operated near very narrow lanes and streets, would be launched by Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.On the measures being initiated to ease traffic congestion in the city, he said that the government had formed the Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority headed by him to suggest measures in this connection. Conveying that a Bill would be introduced in the current budget session to give statutory powers to the authority, he said the authority would formulate various plans to regulate the city traffic at an expenditure of Rs 88,200 crore in the next 16 years.Nehru said 19 fly-overs have been built at strategic junctions and road extension works were under way in 25 places.The MRTS scheme would be implemented for a distance of 45 km and encroachments along the roads, which hindered free flow of vehicles, would be removed. Besides, multi-level car parking slots would be built at T Nagar.Once the work on the Express Highway between Tambaram-Chennai port were over, the traffic congestion in the city would be reduced to a considerable extent. Officials of the CMDA and the Transport Department and Corporation officials have been holding monthly meetings to discuss ways to ease the congestion, the Minister told the House.
-sources EXPRESSBUZZ
No comments:
Post a Comment