Are pedestrians ‘dispensable’ at Millers Road junction?
Pedestrians at the Millers Road-Purasawalkam High Road junction in Chennai face significant safety risks due to the lack of traffic signals and police presence during ongoing Metro Rail construction. Local residents and shopkeepers report that motorists frequently ignore traffic rules, endangering students and commuters.
Why it matters
Urban infrastructure projects often create temporary safety hazards that require active management to protect vulnerable road users.
The Millers Road-Purasawalkam High Road junction is much trodden, being treated to the footwear of those standing on both sides of display cases at the shops on Purasawalkam High Road: shoppers and shopkeepers. On the way to these shops, their ability to keep a stiff upper lip and take unruly motoring behaviour in their stride is challenged at this junction. Obviously, those associated with the shopping experience constitute just one section of the suffering pedestrian population out there; there are also school students and regular commuters finding the going tough at this junction.
Schools nearby include ELM. Fabricius Higher Secondary School on Purasawalkam High Road and Kola Saraswathi Vaishnav Higher Secondary School on Barnaby Road. Further away on Ormes Road are other schools (CSI Bain’s School and Shri M. Ct. Muthiah Memorial Matriculation Higher Secondary School), some of whose students also navigate this junction.
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