Clear up the traffic for Southern Madurai! - Move the East Maret Street Onion Market and Simmakkal Fruits Market near Central Market Mattuthavani

It was a great move by the local government and funding from the state for Centralized Market near Mattuthavani for all the vegetables. This helps a lot and there gives a lot of breathing space for the traffic. Every day there are n number of cars, bikes, vans, buses being registered with RTO (Regional Transport Office, Madurai). Given these new vehicles, how will the Old Roads of Madurai around the temple handle? Obviously there will be traffic situation in Madurai, given the old narrow roads and too many vehicles. These roads were supposedly very broad roads in olden days, but today it is not.

Some of the bottlenecks for these traffic situations are -

1) During November to January, Ayyappa Devotees would halt in Madurai on their way to Sabarimala. Madurai Corporation has provisioned Ellis Nagar and Bye-pass road in Madurai for halting their vehicles, instead of staying inside the city. In an off-topic, Corporation does not provide sufficient facilities, while the corporation collects money for the parking. This is one of the good moves, since the traffic is reduced and parking is done little outside the temple area in the Madurai City.

2) Fruit Market in Simmakal - Pazhakkadai Mandi - Pazhakkadai Commission Agent Mandi. This produces lot of traffic clutter, since lot of lorries and load vans come and go in the Madurai City.

3) Onion Market in Keezha marret street - East Maret Street is another clutter, where lot of lorries and load vans block the ongoing traffic.

4) In night, there are too many lorries coming and going in the city. If these two markets also moves to the Central Market in Mattuthavani, that would be a blessing for Madurai traffic and around 70% of the traffic would be reduced.

5) Also, the parking facility is not properly provided for some of the tourist spots in Madurai like Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal. Hence, there is lot of traffic congestion.

If some improvements are undertaken, that would be great for Madurai City Traffic!!

Omni Bus Operators hike the bus fare - Madurai to Chennai

From Madurai to Chennai, the fare for a non-air conditioned bus was Rs 800-900 and for a seat in an air-conditioned bus, the fare was Rs 1,300 and even more, many passengers at Maatuthavani integrated bus stand and at Periyar bus stand said here on Sunday night.

Office-bearers of trade unions attached to the Corporations said that like in Kerala, the Tamil Nadu government should fix the fare for omnibus operators. Similarly, enforcement on the part of Transport Department should be conducted in a stringent manner as many buses operated without even the contract carriage permit.

When the State run SETC buses charged Rs 240 per ticket (ultra deluxe) and Rs 385 for air-conditioned bus, the government should think on similar rates for omnibus as well, they added.

This always happens in festival seasons, vacation seasons, muhoortha days etc., This is a great trouble for all the passengers.

Please do the needful for controlling the fare by private bus operators and help the passengers who cannot afford to give unbelievable fares.

This article is sent to Madurai Collector, Commissioner and officials.

Madurai Experiences: Traffic in Madurai

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If you can drive in Madurai, you can drive anywhere in the world!

You need to have a special skill to drive in Madurai.

You get scoldings and abuses from people who share the roads with you in Madurai. With not great road conditions, people drive rash inside the small roads. Too many vehicles in the small place. Very few follow traffic signs!:|

One day I stopped for a red signal and I was honked by people in back to go fast and skip the signal. I never knew whether I have to stop when there is a red signal or not. No one stops at the exact line of STOP.

People honk their horns left and right. I am not sure why they honk many times. Roads are supposed to be silent with only the engine sounds of the vehicles. Some people keep on horning, for no reason. I am not sure if they know about noise pollution or not.

Madurai traffic police gets a/c kiosks

First time in the country madurai traffic police gets a/c kiosks.

There is an anonymous NGO providing this facility to only Madurai traffic police.
Lucky Madurai traffic police!!!!!

Due to overheat of Madurai with almost 42 degrees celcius, there is no safe and healthy work environment for Madurai traffic police.
Hence this gift for them. Moreover, this kiosk is wheeled so it can be moved to a different place based on the traffic and the tragfic can be controlled while sitting inside this kiosk.

Good for madurai traffic police. We appreciate the NGO who donated this, but it would be ideal if this comes through state budget.