Tangedco in dock for violating road-cut rules

Chennai | Tuesday | 16th October, 2018

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CHENNAI: Greater Chennai Corporation filed a police complaint against Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Tangedco ) for digging Harleys Road in Kilpauk without permission.On October 9, Tangedco engineers dug 100m of Harleys Road. “When the corporation cuts the road for laying road, these cables may get cut. When the civic body was notified, it found that Tangedco had not taken any road cut permission.“In general, any department or individual has to submit a requisition letter to the corporation before cutting a road. “Road-cut permission is important because the orders explain in detail, the depth and width of the portion to be cut. But this particular case was not an exception and it was not the first time Tangedco had done this..