Defence ministry awards ‘enter upon permission’ to complete Trichy junction road overbridge

TRICHY: After seven years, the state highways department has managed to obtain an enter upon permission from the defence ministry to complete the long-pending Trichy junction road overbridge (RoB) that stands incomplete in want of a defence land.
The working permission to complete one of the arms of the RoB was given under a condition that the Tamil Nadu government will create an equal value infrastructure for the defence in exchange for the 0.66 acres of land situated near Mannarpuram.
The defence land is valued at Rs 8.45 crore. The development was conveyed to the state highways only after the President of India had given his approval.
Around 134-metre-long arm of the RoB linking Trichy-Chennai NH with the rest of the elevated structure remains incomplete. The other arms of the RoB were opened for traffic in July 2018.
State highways may take six months to complete the pending portion of the RoB.