On record
A planned four-lane elevated corridor along ECR between Thiruvanmiyur and Uthandi, awarded via a Hybrid Annuity Mode concession to KNR Mahabalipuram Infra Private Limited in February 2026, was put on hold pending review by a technical committee after being conspicuously omitted from Tamil Nadu's 2026-27 Highways policy note. A rival bidder had also filed a procurement challenge in the Madras High Court.
The official record states: "Cited reasons include a "temporary stop notice" pending a technical committee review, the procurement legal challenge, and government concerns over cost-effectiveness, with the new administration reportedly favouring alternative coastal infrastructure such as a possible sea-link."
“A ₹2,163-crore corridor put on hold the same year it was signed, suspended before it was elevated.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk
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Visitor reviews Satire
“Twenty-one hundred crore awarded in February and stopped by notice the same year. Suspended before it was elevated.”
“Drove the ECR to Uthandi wondering where the corridor went, and it went into a technical committee and the High Court.”
“It vanished from the highways policy note, which in Tamil Nadu is how a project learns its fate.”
