Widening of OMR: petitioner told to approach forest dept for repair work

CHENNAI: A resident of Kelambakkam who petitioned Chief Minister’s Special Cell requesting that widening of Siruseri – Mamallapuram section of Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR) be expedited, has received a response asking him to approach the district forest officer, Kancheepuram, for further repair works. In his online complaint to the cell, Raj Paneerselvam of Kelambakkam had stated that OMR, which starts at Madhya Kailash, was converted into six-lane up to Siruseri. However, beyond that the road up to Mahabalipuram was in a bad shape and had not been widened.

Thousands of IT employees from Kelambakkam, Kovalam, Thiruporur and neighbouring areas used the stretch between Mahabalipuram and Siruseri, he said. Absence of median and lack of street lights made the stretch unsafe for the public. He also sought erection of high beam tower lights at junctions on the stretch.