CHENNAI: Ramapuram roads have for long since been a roller coaster ride for users. For instance, for three years now, students, patients and others have had to struggle to negotiate a stretch that connects Mount Poonamallee high road and SRM institutions.
“It has been more than three years now that we have seen a proper road,” said Gunasekaran K, who runs a shop on Bharathi Salai. It is a common sight to see people slipping and falling on the road, especially during monsoon, he said. “There were many mobile eateries long back. Now everyone has moved to the roads on the flanks and shifted to either Kamaraj Salai or Ramapuram main road,” said S Velammal, a fruit vendor, who was also forced to shift her business.
The road is full of potholes during the monsoon and makes the going tough for the users. “I have been working here for more than three years now and everyday hundreds of students and public travel on this road and it is absolutely dangerous to ride,” said a medical practitioner from the SRM Speciality Hospital who added that backache was a regular complaint.
For their part, Metrowater officials said sewerage works have been completed and Bharathi Salai will be laid after the monsoon. Greater Chennai Corporation officials said Bharathi Salai and Kamarajar Salai belong to the highways department. However, highway officials said the roads were under the care of Chennai Corporation.