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Efforts to provide alternative routes hailed
D. Radhakrishnan
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Frequent landslips become a major source of concern
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– Photo: D. Radhakrishnan
WELCOME MOVE: The alternative route to Udhagamandalam from the Lovedale junction.
Udhagamandalam: The move of the Nilgiris Collector Anandrao V. Patil to improve and throw open alternative routes to the travelling public has been welcomed by many in this hill station.
With the considerable delay in repairing the Mettupalayam-Ooty-Gudalur national highway having subjected the travelling public and motorists to considerable hardship for many years residents and regular visitors had for long been hoping that the authorities would focus attention on providing alternatives. Expressing the view that the authorities should have accorded priority to providing such facilities several years ago, the residents described the decision to throw open the Hobert road connecting the Lovedale junction with Manjanakorai, near Ooty, as a ‘better late than never measure’.
Initial problems like the difficulties created by dusty conditions notwithstanding “we are looking forward to making use of it as a regular route,” said a number of motorists while speaking to The Hindu here on Thursday.
Listing the advantages, they said that without passing through the commercial areas of Ooty they could reach the central bus stand and places like Fernhill.
Pointing out that the number of vehicles was increasing rapidly, they underscored the need to create infrastructural facilities which would be commensurate with the growing demands.
Stating that the frequent occurrence of landslips has over the years become a major source of concern, they said that precautionary measures should be taken. The promotion of new routes will also go down well with the motorists who like to enjoy the picturesque surroundings.
It will also help check the activities of encroachers. The Municipal Commissioner, Seeni Ajmal Khan said that the Hobert road extending over about three kilometres would be black topped within a few months. A sum of rupees thirty lakhs has been sought.
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