CHENNAI: Within a week of inauguration of Keelkattalai flyover along Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road, pillars and parts of the one arm of the flyover open for traffic have been defaced with posters, including that of the ruling party.
The AIADMK workers pasted posters wishing former CM J Jayalalithaa ahead of her 73rd birth anniversary on Wednesday. The pillars are wrapped in political, wedding and advertising posters.
“What irks us the most is miscreants were able to do this despite the presence of traffic police personnel most of the times at the Echangadu intersection,” said K Swaminathan, of Kilkattalai. With the election nearing, the menace is only going to increase. “It won’t be a surprise if parties take over all flyovers and use them for poster campaigning,” said R Nirmal, another resident.
A highways department engineer said they have not received a complaint and would clean up the flyover.
The courts have time and again come down heavily on the political parties for defacing streets and walls. In 2015, while hearing a PIL on the issue, the Madras high court had said, “The government must collect the cost of clean-up from those who deface public places.”
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/chennai-flyover-is-covered-with-posters-1-week-after-inauguration/articleshow/81163433.cms
