C Shivakumar
Chennai:
Communication link to key defence installations, Indian Space Research
Centre in Sriharikota and several areas of the city got snapped as
Highways department carried out a demolition of unauthorized
constructions to make way for a service road besides the busy EVR
Salai near Nelson Manickam Road junction.
Bharat Sanchal Nigam Limited divisional engineer (transmission, North
Peripheral) Sathyamoorthy told Express that communication lines,
including mobile, broadband and landline connections across several
parts of the city besides two cables of southern telecom region were
hit following the demolition drive.
The services to these areas could be restored only after Highways
department (maintenance) agrees to our request to lay underground
cables linking Anna nagar.
The issue is that laying overhead cables by BSNL and restoring the
communication link would take a long time. BSNL officials want the
Highways department (maintenance) to give permission to lay
underground cables. “The BSNL lines could be restored only with the
cooperation of Highways (maintenance) department. If they permit to
lay underground cable, it would be restored within a day otherwise it
will take time,” the BSNL official said.
A southern telecom region BSNL official told Express that
communication links to Indian Airforce, defence establishment in Avadi
and Sriharikota besides Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have been
snapped. Southern Telecom has two cable which links via Anna Nagar.
One is from Harbour to K K Nagar and another is from Harbour to
Thiruvallur. Besides this communication links in Ambattur, Padi, Avadi
till Thirunindravur besides K K Nagar and Flower Bazaar were also hit.
BSNL officials were seen working to safely extract the cables.
Satyamoorthy said each cable has a capacity to provide 1 gigabyte of
broadband services.
Meanwhile, a Highways department (project wing) official told Express
the demolition was carried out to make way for service road so that
the traffic from Poonamallee Highway to Chennai central can be
diverted through it.
“This is being done so that a 47 metre flyover span linking EVR Salai
and Nelson Manickam junction is laid. This is the longest span in the
history of Chennai. As such the traffic in the busy stretch will be
diverted,” a highway official said.
He said the traffic coming from Chennai Central to Koyambedu will be
diverted to Nelson Manickam where they will take a diversion and then
again connect Poonamallee Road near Anna Arch.
The work on laying the span as well as the flyover is likely to begin
by the end of the year. However, it also depends on Chennai metro
water which has to lay an underground sewage network. They agreed to
lay the underground sewage network once the encroachment are removed,
the Highways department official said.
He said Highways department has already deposited Rs 4.75 crore to
Metro water as caution deposit.
Chennai:
Communication link to key defence installations, Indian Space Research
Centre in Sriharikota and several areas of the city got snapped as
Highways department carried out a demolition of unauthorized
constructions to make way for a service road besides the busy EVR
Salai near Nelson Manickam Road junction.
Bharat Sanchal Nigam Limited divisional engineer (transmission, North
Peripheral) Sathyamoorthy told Express that communication lines,
including mobile, broadband and landline connections across several
parts of the city besides two cables of southern telecom region were
hit following the demolition drive.
The services to these areas could be restored only after Highways
department (maintenance) agrees to our request to lay underground
cables linking Anna nagar.
The issue is that laying overhead cables by BSNL and restoring the
communication link would take a long time. BSNL officials want the
Highways department (maintenance) to give permission to lay
underground cables. “The BSNL lines could be restored only with the
cooperation of Highways (maintenance) department. If they permit to
lay underground cable, it would be restored within a day otherwise it
will take time,” the BSNL official said.
A southern telecom region BSNL official told Express that
communication links to Indian Airforce, defence establishment in Avadi
and Sriharikota besides Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have been
snapped. Southern Telecom has two cable which links via Anna Nagar.
One is from Harbour to K K Nagar and another is from Harbour to
Thiruvallur. Besides this communication links in Ambattur, Padi, Avadi
till Thirunindravur besides K K Nagar and Flower Bazaar were also hit.
BSNL officials were seen working to safely extract the cables.
Satyamoorthy said each cable has a capacity to provide 1 gigabyte of
broadband services.
Meanwhile, a Highways department (project wing) official told Express
the demolition was carried out to make way for service road so that
the traffic from Poonamallee Highway to Chennai central can be
diverted through it.
“This is being done so that a 47 metre flyover span linking EVR Salai
and Nelson Manickam junction is laid. This is the longest span in the
history of Chennai. As such the traffic in the busy stretch will be
diverted,” a highway official said.
He said the traffic coming from Chennai Central to Koyambedu will be
diverted to Nelson Manickam where they will take a diversion and then
again connect Poonamallee Road near Anna Arch.
The work on laying the span as well as the flyover is likely to begin
by the end of the year. However, it also depends on Chennai metro
water which has to lay an underground sewage network. They agreed to
lay the underground sewage network once the encroachment are removed,
the Highways department official said.
He said Highways department has already deposited Rs 4.75 crore to
Metro water as caution deposit.
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