Worn out: An unmotorable stretch of Mint Street.
| Photo Credit: RAGU R
Bad roads have worsened the traffic congestion in one of the oldest trade centres of the city The nearly 3-km-long Mint Street in the Royapuram Zone of the Greater Chennai Corporation is not only known as one of the oldest business hubs in the city but is also notorious for its congestion.
Narrow carriageway, chock-a-block buildings, a huge influx of people, movement of tricycles and cycle rickshaws and the existence of innumerable lanes and by-lanes are cited as the reasons for the congestion and chaos. While these make up for the character of the locality that remains unchangeable, the state of the roads can improve the situation, say residents and shopkeepers. Damaged roads on many stretches of Mint Street and adjacent areas have of late worsened the congestion in the locality, they say.
Turmeric, cardamom seized; four held
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THOOTHUKUDI
The Q Branch police arrested four persons and seized turmeric and cardamom, among others, worth about ₹ 7 lakh from them which was reportedly intended to be smuggled to Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
Following a specific information, that a gang had planned to smuggle through a waiting boat in Kovalam beach near here, surveillance was intensified.
At the appointed time, when a lorry came in, the police led by Inspector Vijay Anitha and team intercepted it. Sensing trouble, four among the eight persons in the vehicle escaped. However, the police secured the other four suspects.