CHENNAI: It has been more than three years since the State government gave an ‘in-principle approval’ for transferring the 61.4 km East Coast Road stretch between Mamallapuram and Marakkanam to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for widening it into four-lane. The road, however, is yet to be handed over to NHAI for upgrading.
It is reliably learnt that the Tamil Nadu Road Development Company (TNRDC), a separate venture under State Highways that developed ECR between Akkarai and Puducherry, has sought compensation from the State government for settling the bank loans before transferring the road to NHAI.
