CHENNAI: A section of residents living on CV Raman Road and neighbouring areas in Alwarpet are an aggrieved lot after the City Traffic Police introduced a new traffic arrangement in Alwarpet.The re-introduction of the two-way system on CP Ramaswamy Road and TTK Road about a month and a half ago has irked them much more than anything else. They said that the two-way traffic has contributed to acute traffic congestion in the area leading to chaos on the roads during rush hours.According to CV Narayanan, a resident of Sri Labdhi Colony, before the re-introduction of the two-way traffic system here, St Marys Road played the role of a conduit. He said motorists from Adyar used to take a turn to the left on St Marys Road to reach Park Sheraton and then turn right on TTK Road to head for Alwarpet junction and beyond.Those bound for Adyar and Kotturpuram would usually avoid the CV Raman Road. Only a small segment of traffic meant to go via Bharathi Dasan Road towards Mambalam and Nandanam was allowed into Bheemanna Garden Street. After entering Bheemana Street, the motorists would take a right turn on TTK Road and again a left on Bharathi Dasan Road without any hitch, as that stretch of TTK Road was a one-way.“This arrangement had equal distribution of traffic on all the by-lanes connecting the CP Ramaswamy Road and TTK Road. However, this traffic was irksome for a few heavy weights on Bheemanna Street, who allegedly pressed for reverting to the two-way system,” he charged.With the two-way system reintroduced on June 8 on CP Ramasamy Road and TTK Road, CV Raman Road, a small street, has become transit road for long distance traffic. The volume of traffic has considerably increased as the motorists from both CP Ramasamy Road and TTK Road chose CV Raman Road for reaching Adyar and Anna Salai.Another resident, R Varadarajan, pointed out that traffic jams have become the order of the day of late. “Traffic movement was smooth when the one-way system was in place. One can’t find vehicles halting even for a while due to congestion. Now, vehicles are moving from bumper-to-bumper.”According to him, a car engine idling for 10 minutes produces about 90gm of carbon dioxide and consumes 0.14lts of fuel. “On an average, 80,000 vehicles are using CP Ramasamy Road and TTK Road every day. Even if 15,000 cars are stranded for five minutes, it causes a loss of 896lts of fuel every day, working up to nearly 2,24,000lts for a year, besides generating 1,44,000kg of Co2,” he added.Meanwhile, the local residents have shot off a petition to the Chief Minister seeking restoration of the one-way system for the benefit of people, the motorists and the residents.
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