Harrington Road undergoes makeover.

Recently, work began on a Rs. 9.9 crore project to transform Harrington Road into a model stretch.

Concrete roads, granite footpaths, ducts for electricity cables and greenery development are among the initiatives planned, and traffic diversions are already in place.

Getting to this point though involved long hours, dozens of meetings, fundraising, and most of all, sheer persistence, said residents of the street.

'It started about a year-and-a-half ago. We wanted to make our street garbage-free and pedestrian-friendly. When we approached the Chennai Corporation, they were very interested and asked us to get back to them with a proposal and a road survey,' said a member of the Harrington Road Residents Association.


THE HINDU