Madhya Kailash a stifle point for commuters

Traffic jam in Madhya Kailash

There is not a single place in Chennai without traffic. Perhaps like any other Indian city, with the burgeoning population and the increasing number of vehicles that hit the road every year what more can you expect? Of course, the Detroit of Asia has to handle it. But of recent, the Metro Rail construction has made it worse. What’s even worse is it stays to be the same throughout and nothing seems to have eased the constipation. Traffic jams are becoming one of the foremost issues that are faced by the public nowadays. Intense traffic congestion during peak hours is a stinging point for commuters on Sardar Patel Road. If you’re stuck in traffic near CLRI, it invariably takes half-an-hour or even more to get moving; sometimes it might take even an hour. There seems to be no solution in sight any soon.

Specially the most famous educational institutions like Anna University, IIT-Madras, and CLRI are situated on Sardar Patel Road, besides of course, the Kendriya Vidyalaya School. Moreover, it is a key road for software employees to reach their workplace on the IT corridor.

Raman. K, a shopkeeper near CLRI, pointed out that the IT Expressway was the main reason for this congestion. He said, “From 9.00am to 11am and from 4 pm to 8 pm, traffic is very high. At times, vehicles on this road remain still for 15 minutes at a stretch. It takes at least 30 minutes to reach Madhya Kailash junction from Gandhi Mandhapam. As right turn to Adyar is barred for vehicles coming down from IT Expressway, they take a U-turn at Kotturpuram Road junction, which increases the traffic density. ”

Ravi, a software engineer, did was let out a sigh. “Even though I start an hour earlier from home, it is difficult to reach my office at Siruseri on time. Vehicles are line up on this road during peak hours and refuse to move. Until and unless the government takes adequate steps to ease traffic density, there would be much chaos in future.”

Arasan, a school student, who has studied traffic congestion in the city extensively, said, “I could predict a severe congestion at this junction in the near future. In my opinion, the ultimate solution to this problem is constructing a new flyover parallel to the existing one. No buildings need to be demolished for this.”

Commuters to omr has to take a right so they wait till the opposite side that is from the adyar signal to Madhya kailah signal so what people do in the other is they over take them to come forward and they the block the road”. One of the main reasons is that there are no proper signals in this busy area.

The cause for the heavy traffic in this junction is that Adyar is one of the major routes to reach Guindy and areas beyond. So there traffic flow there is heavy. Right from Adyar signal to Madhya Kailash the traffic is just about what one can handle. After that, it gets as worse as it can. Until you get to the other side of Sardar Patel road you will regret every moment.  If you are a pedestrian, I challenge you to cross the road anywhere near Anna University in one of the peak evenings. It will take you half-an-hour to have  clear shot while the nearest zebra-crossing would be about a kilometer or two away. And, coming back to driving, until you reach ITC Grand Chola you will face Adyar’s traffic fury. Would you be free after that? Nope. Don’t even think about it. You will be the victim of Guindy’s fury next.

The government has tried various solutions to solve this heavy traffic problem but nothing has worked. There are plans for new flyovers to be built.