Kamarajar Port Road in shambles causing suffering to trade and citizens 

The road to an extent of about 4 km situated in Puzhuthivakkam and Kattupalli villages, emanating from the main gate of the Kamarajar Port Ltd up to the boundary wall on the Northern side of the Kamaraja port is heavily damaged and impacting the daily lives of people from these villages. 

The whole stretch is not illuminated with streetlights and has got severely damaged during the recent monsoon. Huge potholes have become a major threat for local commuters who use this road to reach their village at Kattupalli, Kalanji, Karungazhi & Pulicat. There are frequent breakdowns of heavy vehicles and accidents are a common sight in this road. Many a times, vehicles topple over because of the large potholes. Kattupalli & Puzhuthivakkam villages houses major industries like L&T Shipbuilding, L&T Hydrocarbon Modular Fabrication Facility.  Even they are lacking proper road infrastructure which is causing major hurdle in movement of trucks and staff vehicles.

The land on which the road is made belongs to Kamarajar Port Ltd. Since the original village road was occupied by KPL during their port development in 90’s, this stretch was allowed by KPL as right of way for public use as an alternative for the encroached village road. However, as a procedure, the land is not gifted to local Panchayat and still remains as a property of KPL till date. This is causing a major hurdle in maintenance of the road by the State Government, as the said road is not under the administrative control of the Highways Department. KPL is not interested in developing the road as they are currently not using this stretch for their incoming and outgoing vehicles to the port. 

The attention of the state government is requested to deal with the Kamarajar Port Limited and transfer the lands in the name of local panchayat. Further, the Highway Departments should take a call in developing the road for smoother and hassle-free movement of public vehicles