Mandaveli residents pour out traffic woes

Residents of Mandaveli and Mandaveli Pakkam expressed their

displeasure at the traffic mess created by Chennai Metro at a

private hall during the hurriedly-convened meeting by Chennai

Metro staff and local area police to discuss issues arising out of

traffic movement changes

Doctors who manage clinics and hospitals in this zone – Dr B S

Ramakrishnan, a leading gastroenterologist of The Surgical

Clinic Dr Capt Biswakumar a leading neuro physician of Indra

Clinic, Dr R Narendran, ENT surgeon of The BASE, Dr Harish

Ayyappan of BSS Hospital highlighted their woes and difficulties

faced by the patients.

Dr Harish said access to BSS Hospital is cut totally off now and

they are in an island with no connectivity. A patient suffered

heart attack in Mandaveli and could not be brought to the BSS

Hospital and was advised redirected to Billionth Hospital. The

situation has become very dangerous for patients.

Dr Biswakumar said access to his clinic in R K Mutt Road in

Mandaveli section has been cut off and said traffic is allowed

from Solaiappan Mudali Street into R K Mutt Road then allowed

to take right to reach the R K Mutt road junction

Dr Narendran said from South Canal Bank Road to Greenways

Road – while in the past it took ten minutes to reach before has

now become more than 50 minutes affecting patient care and

treatment. A colossal waste of precious time, he lamented.

Traffic police say they will visit all the possible route diversions

suggested by doctors and residents, work along with CMRL and

look at offering a better facility.

Ravi Nandyala president of Jeth Nagar Welfare Association said

the intent of the meeting was good but the meet is being called

for in a matter of few hours. How can we expect the public to

attend to air their problems “It’s very unreasonable either they

make a note of the issues and go back to their drawing boards

or give adequate time for people to think through the solutions.

Former Mylapore MLA and veteran stage actor S Ve Shekher

chaired the meeting. Many participants felt such a meeting

could have been convened before the traffic diversions were

announced leaving room for discussion.