Highlighting the poor condition of the FCI Godown Road that branches off Sathyamangalam Road in Ganapathy, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam staged a protest on Tuesday.
A. Maheshkumar, DMK ward secretary, and resident of the area, said the road had been in very bad shape for the last 10 years as the Food Corporation of India that was in-charge of maintaining the road had not bothered to rebuild it.
As a result, the road was full of potholes and during rain the potholes were filled with rainwater and the road turned slushy causing several accidents. In fact, driving on the road was a huge challenge during rain.
Several motorists had injured themselves after losing balance while trying to negotiate the pothole-filled road and car riders had their vehicles damaged.
Being an important road that connected Sathyamangalam Road with eastern parts of the city, thousands of two wheelers and cars and hundreds of lorries that went to the FCI godown and LPG refilling depot there used the road….