Chennai Traffic Advisory: The Greater Chennai Traffic Police have announced a temporary traffic diversion that will affect the Sivagnanam Street entry to Venkatanarayana Road. The move comes in light of the ongoing construction for Phase II of the Chennai Metro Rail (CMRL) project. The diversion will be in place from November 25 to December 1, 2024, as a part of the work from Panagal Park towards Venkatanarayana Road.
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-As per the new traffic arrangement, vehicles coming from Thyagaraya Road via Sivagnanam Street intending to travel to Venkatanarayana Road will not be permitted.
-Instead, drivers will be required to continue straight on Thyagaraya Road and Thanikachalam Road to reach Venkatanarayana Road.
-The local traffic on Sivagnanam Street will remain unaffected. Vehicles will still be allowed to ply in both directions between Thyagaraya Road and JYM Kalyana Mandapam for the convenience of local residents.
The traffic police have requested motorists to cooperate with the new arrangements and avoid any inconvenience during the trial period.
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In another update, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange, warning of heavy to very heavy rain in six Tamil Nadu districts, including Cuddalore, Kancheepuram, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, and Mayiladuthurai from November 25 to 28. The weather body has also put a yellow alert for Chennai during this time period. A low-pressure area over the east equatorial Indian Ocean and adjoining South Andaman Sea and Southeast Bay of Bengal is set to intensify into a depression in the next two days, bringing heavy rainfall to parts of Tamil Nadu, according to the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Chennai.
The system, which has been hovering in the region for the past few days, is expected to cause significant weather changes over the coming days. As the low-pressure area strengthens and moves towards the Tamil Nadu-Sri Lanka coasts, it will bring more widespread rainfall across the state.
