NOC issued for Chennai port-Maduravoyal elevated project

The Tamil Nadu government has issued a no-objection certificate for the revised alignment of the Chennai port-Maduravoyal elevated road project. The project will now be taken up to the edge of the Cooum river only as against the earlier plan to take it till the riverbed itself. The project realignment has resulted in the doubling of the project cost, from the original estimate of Rs 18.15 billion. Currently, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is in the process of appointing a consultant to prepare the revised feasibility and DPR report.