Delay mass sapling plantation along Cooum till completion of elevated Expressway, says NHAI

CHENNAI: The National Highways Authority of India’s project implementation unit in Chennai has written to the Chennai Rivers Restoration Trust (CRRT) to delay the remainder of the mass sapling project until the construction of the elevated highway from Chennai Port to Maduravoyal.

In a letter, addressed to the CRRT dated June 22, the Project Director said, “The alignment of the new Double Decker Elevated Highway is passing through the banks of the Cooum river and piers are proposed to be erected on the banks.”