CHENNAI : In view of Deepavali, Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporations (TNSTC), State Express Transport Corporation (SETC) and private operators are set to run extra buses from Chennai to various destinations. To ease congestion and confusion at the boarding points, the State has decided to operate services from six termini namely CMBT, MMBT, Poonamallee bus stand, Tambaram Sanatorium bus stand, Tambaram railway station bus stand and KK Nagar bus depot. The buses will be operated between November 3 and 5.
CMBT: Buses to Velankanni, Tiruchirappalli, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Sengottai, Thiruvananthapuram, Panruti, Villupuram, Salem, Coimbatore, Ernakulam and Bengaluru MMBT: Buses from Chennai to Andhra Pradesh and all APSRTC buses Poonamallee bus stand: Buses to Kancheepuram, Arcot, Arani, Vellore, Dharmapuri, Tirupattur and Hosur Tambaram Sanatorium bus stand: Buses from Chennai, via Tindivanam, to Kumbakonam, Thanjavur and beyond.
Tambaram Railway station bus stand: Buses to Tiruvannamalai KK Nagar bus depot: Buses going through East Coast Road (ECR) to Puducherry, Cuddalore and Chidambaram. To avoid traffic congestion, the buses will halt at the following places and then sent inside the city. Since the buses entering city on the three days will carry very less number of passengers, they will be stopped at the following places outside Chennai. All passengers will be accommodated in other buses coming to the city so as to reduce the number of vehicles.
Government buses (Koyambedu): The places are Vandalur overbridge, Irumbuliyur, Maduravoyal, Toll Plaza, Karthikeyan Nagar, MGR University, Nerkundram, Poonamallee Bypass, Maduravoyal flyover, Vanagaram, Jesus calls office, Koyambedu flyover, Koyambedu Malar commercial office, Koyambedu police station.
Further, Chennai traffic police have planned the following regulations to help manage traffic. There will also be restrictions on the movement of heavy and light commercial vehicles entering Chennai from Chengalpattu, Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur from 2 pm to 2 am on the three days ( October 3-5). For this, diversions will be effected at GNT Road, Madhavaram, Thiruvallur Road, Kallikuppam Toll Plaza, Maduravoyal Toll Plaza, ORR Nazarathpet and GST Road.
Commercial vehicles on EVR Salai towards Koyambedu will be diverted at Naduvankarai Junction and Nelson Manickam Road Flyover towards 3rd Avenue, 2nd Avenue, Shanthi colony, Estate Road to proceed via Manthope, Vanagaram. Since traffic is expected to be heavy between Tambaram and Perungalathur during the festive season, those travelling by car or other vehicles towards south have been advised to take ECR/OMR to reach Chengalpattu through Thirukazhukundram and then head towards south.
Diversions
Commercial vehicles on Anna Salai from Saidapet and Sardar Vallabhai Patel Road from Adyar towards Perungalathur, will be diverted at Concor Junction via Velachery Main Road, Perumbakkam, Agaramthen Road, Vandalur -Kelambakkam Road.