Chennai: The 8-lane Chennai-Salem highway project will become a reality, assured Tamilnadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami.
Speaking after inaugurating a portion of the double-decker bridge at Salem, the Chief Minister urged not to look at the 8-lane green corridor as Palaniswami’s highway but as one belonging to the people.
He said neither the Central government nor the State would impose any project that was detrimental to the people or the environment.
Palaniswami was confident of pacifying the landowners who would have to surrender their land for the highway project and complete the project. Once completed, the project would help accelerate the economy in the area, by helping in the setting up of many industries, he reasoned.
There was brief disquiet at the Salem bridge inauguration today when groups belonging to the DMK and AIADMK raised slogans. The double-decker bridge runs to 7.8 km and cost the exchequer Rs 447 crore.