Chennai Metro takes over part of playground

CHENNAI: Days after a corporation playground was closed for Metro Rail construction, a portion of YMCA playground on Royapettah High Road has been barricaded for the construction of Royapettah Hospital underground metro station.

Within a few days, a portion of the land inside Government Royapettah Hospital on the opposite side of the road too will be barricaded. Royapettah Hospital station is part of corridor-3 of phase-2 from Madhavaram to Siruseri Sipcot. The 118.9km phase-2 is expected to be ready by 2026.

Last week, a JCB was busy removing debris from the YMCA grounds after demolishing a building, even as children were seen practicing cricket in the nets on one side of the ground and archery on the other.