Chennai city has been boasting of its IT corridor with innumerable IT companies -one springing up everyday . But of the nasty road with its disgusting traffic- people seem completely oblivious!
Nearly a dozen Engineering colleges and atleast a hundred IT companies/BPOs are located on this stretch , recently rechristened Rajiv Gandhi Salai. This means more buses on the roads and that requires better maintained roads. But things are going from bad to worse.
The medians have become a cud-chewing destination for what i believe are stray cattle ( i don think a cautious cattle-breeder could be unbothered about the cattle on the roads). Then the man-holes and dangling iron bars that have been along the edge of the roads for almost a year now.
Yet another pathetic thing at the Sholinganallur junction. At the turn on the OMR that leads to the Medavakkam junction is stationed an autorickshaw-stand and a bus-stop just to add to the conjestion!
Can't things be better if the bus-stop and the auto-stand are moved to a better place that can relieve the traffic conjestion? The life school-going kids who cross the road diagonally across the junction is at risk.
I believe any regular commuter would have noticed it...Will things improve?Let us keep fingers crossed!
P.S. : Do take a detour along the road-u ll have a sight of Chennai's striking contrasts in standards of living .
-ur chap