Chennai:
Traffic in the busy Anna Salai stretch was hit during the
rush hour after a chemical used to soften the sand for tunneling operations
eked out of an opening and spread onto the road.
Metro rail officials told Express that the incident
happened around 5pm when the foam leaked out from the opening on Anna
Salai-Walajah Road intersection.
“The traffic at the busy stretch was hit for nearly 30
minutes and officials cordoned off the area as work began to restore the road,”
said a metro rail official.
“It took nearly three hours to restore the road as iron
planks were put on the loose soil. The road was restored at around 8pm,” said a metro rail spokesman.
The work was carried out using makeshift lights as well
as a JCB which was used to transport the iron planks.
A traffic policeman at the site said that traffic was
disrupted for nearly 30 minutes. Interestingly, the traffic police were working
hard to reduce the traffic backlog by manning each and every intersection.
Interestingly, many commuters hardly had any inkling of what
caused the delay.
Meanwhile, the tunnel work between Government Estate to
LIC building in the 30 metres stretch was completed, a metro rail spokesman
said.
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