On record
First sanctioned in 2001, the flyover stayed incomplete for over two decades because an electricity board substation blocking the alignment was never relocated at the planning stage. Phase 3 only opened in June 2023, leaving roughly 200,000 residents to endure prolonged traffic chaos.
The official record states: "Highway officials admitted the substation relocation should have been arranged during initial design; a resident leader called officers "lethargic.""
“Twenty-three years, held up by a substation nobody thought to move in 2001.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk
Sources
- https://www.dtnext.in/news/city/after-20-yrs-incomplete-perungalathur-flyover-continues-to-woe-over-2-l-locals-794446
- https://www.dtnext.in/news/city/perungalathur-flyover-phase-3-opens-but-fails-to-shut-woes-797767
Visitor reviews Satire
“Sanctioned when I was in school, phase three opened when my own children were in school. Same GST Road, same jam.”
“Twenty-three years of construction because nobody in 2001 thought to move an electricity substation standing in the alignment.”
“Eighty-six crore became more than two hundred crore while two lakh residents took turns queuing underneath it.”
