2007: MRTS to Velachery

MRTS : Mass Rapid Transport System

MRTS Project has Started in year 1999( Appx.) ,it's an Greater Gift to the people of South Chennai and to the People in the chennai suburbs( Velachery ,Madipakkam, Palikaranai, Medavakkam, and so on). The Proposed Train service is from Chennai Beach to Velachery , but they constructed till Thrivanmiyur and open it to the public before 2 years , and then they stopped the project stating the soil in the Taramani to Velachery sector is very loose and it won't withstand the load . They made many Soil Test and try to introduce some German Technology to strengthen the Soil there, from Anna University to IIT made many test and finally they come to an conclusion now to build the pillars instead of proposed ground level passage.

previously they said that the soil is loose, so train will be plying only the ground level not in the evaluated path as such till taramani.But now they are saying it , they will construct pillars , so train will be plying in an elevated path and in the velachery Station will get over by December 2006 and service will be open to public by January 2007 to public. And also they himself accepting there is some technical flaw in the design of the Railway station in Velachery. The commuters who want to go the Second platform has to go through the elevators in the basement to reach the other side of platform.

It will better ,if they find an solution to this before opening it to the public

Will the Railway Board will look in to this matter early?

It will be better , some Good thing done to people of the chennai suburbs. Will the Future Project it's connecting the train link from velachery to Mount Station will be made without any Structural fault in the Design?

For an Detail Report about the Issue, pls visit http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/06/stories/2006010616780300.htm