Summary:
Residents of Madhanangkuppam and Puthagaram near Kolathur are waiting in near desperation for a bridge across Korattur surplus course to be opened for traffic. While the Water Resources Department (WRD) constructed a bridge on Kadapa Road, Kolathur, GCC undertook the work of replacing a culvert with a double-lane bridge on Water Canal Road, Kolathur three years ago. Branching off from Inner Ring Road, Water Canal Road links Korattur and Kolathur to many other heavily-populated, which include Puthagaram, Madhanangkuppam, Kallikuppam and Surapet. Until a few years ago, these localities, which come under the Ambattur and Madhavaram zones of Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), were prone to flooding as the Korattur surplus course was not a defined channel. Despite blockades having been placed on the double-lane bridge to check traffic movement, a large number of motorcyclists are already using it..