pattabiram road overbridge Chennai: At least one lakh commuters and motorists continue to face daily traffic congestion on the Pattabiram Road Overbridge (ROB) on the busy Chennai–Tirupati National Highway, as only one arm of the bridge remains open even nearly three years after the project began.The ROB, which connects the Pattabiram–Thiruninravur stretch and serves as…

Chennai: To curb tender irregularities and prevent officials from bypassing mandatory approval norms, the Directorate of Municipal Administration (DMA) has barred urban local bodies from splitting a single project into multiple smaller estimates to evade state govt’s administrative and financial scrutiny.Officials said that for projects above ₹10 crore, the local body must get the approval…