Coimbatore: People from the surrounding areas of Vellalur are furious as the southern part of the Coimbatore ‘Metro Rail’ project route is being ignored.
A proposal has been submitted to the central government to operate ‘Metro Rail’ on two routes in Coimbatore, Avinashi Road and Sathi Road. When a geological survey was conducted regarding this project, a ‘Metro Junction’ was recommended at Ukkadam Bus Stand and the route was recommended to reach Vellalur Integrated Bus Stand via Karumbukada, Kurichi Division, Thiruvalluvar Nagar, Pothanur Junction, Rail Kalyana Mandapam, Mettur.
From there, a proposal was made to establish a connecting route to Neelampur ‘Depot’ via L&T Bypass. Similarly, a route from Pothanur to Ramanathapuram via Nanjundapuram was also discussed and a metro rail was run on Trichy Road.
During the geological survey, a distance of 8 km was connected from Ukkadam to Vellalur. However, the people of the southern region are dissatisfied because the project report sent to the central government did not recommend these routes at present. Development freeze
The people of the region suspect that the government, which uses Vellalur only for dumping garbage, is deliberately freezing the southern region by not taking any initiative to build an integrated bus stand or run a ‘metro rail’.
According to the people of the southern region, ‘There are many people coming to Coimbatore from Pollachi for work and business. Similarly, there are many people coming to Coimbatore from Kerala. For this, the Kerala Transport Corporation is running buses exclusively for the people of the state. A request was made to run a metro train on both these routes.
‘They are showing interest in dumping garbage in Vellalur. They are not coming forward to build a bus stand or run a metro. They are deliberately ignoring the southern part. Do they think that this area should not be developed?’ they said.
People are suffocating
Despite the Southern Zone Green Tribunal’s order that garbage should not be dumped in the open in Vellalur, the corporation administration has not yet stopped dumping garbage collected in the Coimbatore metropolitan area in the Vellalur dump. Due to this, people living in the surrounding areas are facing respiratory problems. Despite speaking in the assembly, the Tamil Nadu government has not taken any action.
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