Yet another breach, now a bridge

As the ground-level bridge near Pazhaiyar fishing hamlet was marooned after heavy downpour on Saturday night, bus operations to four nearby hamlets have been stopped until Sunday evening.

Published: 06th November 2017 03:13 AM  |   Last Updated: 06th November 2017 07:18 AM   |  A+A-

The initial breach on the ground level bridge in Pazhaiyar Village of Sirkazhi Taluk on Sunday | Express

By Express News Service

NAGAPATTINAM:As the ground-level bridge near Pazhaiyar fishing hamlet was marooned after heavy downpour on Saturday night, bus operations to four nearby hamlets have been stopped until Sunday evening. Kittiyaranai River passing between Pazhaiyar fishing village witnessed  a spate on Saturday night, and the nearby ground-level bridge was submerged. S Ramalingam, of Pazhaiyar said, “As a bridge construction work is going on across the Kittiyaranai River here near Pazhaiyar, the PWD officials have recently build the ground-level bridge. While the bridge connected four villages namely Pudhupattinam, Thandavankulam , Pannaikarakottagam and Kottagaimedu, it was submerged at around 6 am on Sunday. After this the buses were not allowed”. The bus service was restored in evening.



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