CHENNAI: Decks are being cleared for the Rs 5,965 crore Chennai Port-Maduravoyal double-decker road project, which now comes under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Gati Shakti’ initiative, according to SP Somasekhar, Regional Officer, National Highway Authority of India.
A total of 9 km of the 20.5-km stretch will traverse through the Cooum river and a MoU is likely to be signed between the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and TN government, said Somasekhar. The project was suspended in 2012 due to a row between the Water Resources Department (WRD) and NHAI.
