MTC to operate 30 small buses on Medavakkam Kootu Road from today

CHENNAI: For the phase 2 of the metro line construction work at Vanuvampettai-Medavakkam Kootu Road junction on Medavakkam Main Road, the MTC has planned to operate 30 small buses from Wednesday after heavy traffic on the route was diverted.

An official press release stated that bus routes 18D, 18P, M1 and 45ACT from Kilkattalai via Madipakkam and Kaiveli will operate from Madipakkam bus station from Wednesday.

Route No. 14M (from Medavakkam Kootu Road via Kilkattalai to NGO Colony) would now be diverted via Echangadu, Kamatchi Hospital, Kaiveli to Guindy Railway station. For the convenience of passengers on 14M route, MTC will operate 25 small buses – S14M on normal fares. It would also operate 5 small buses M1CT from Kilkattalai Bus Terminus via Madipakkam, Kaiveli to Velachery.

MTC said that route numbers 76, 76B, V51 and V51X that plied through Medavakkam Kootu Road, Kilkattalai, Madipakkam and Kaiveli will be diverted via Medavakkam Kootu Road, Echangadu, Kamatchi Hospital and Kaiveli. Route numbers M18C, 18N and N45B that plied from Kilkattalai to Moovarasanpettai, Nanganallur and Alandur Metro will depart from Moovarasanpettai Bus Terminus.

CMRL has started the construction of phase 2 in corridor 5 line from Madhavaram to Shollinganallur, which runs via Medavakkam Main Road. The construction work of 3 metro stations – Kilkattalai, Madipakkam and Puzhuthivakkam – is underway on Medavakkam Main Road.

Due to ongoing construction work at Vanuvampettai-Medavakkam Kootu Road junction on Medavakkam Main Road, heavy traffic was diverted as per CMRL’s request, MTC said.