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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox road junction
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|name= Madhya Kailash Trumpet Interchange
|image=Madhya Kailash Trumpet Interchange.jpg
|image_caption= TNRDC's rejected design
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|location= [[Chennai]], India
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|roads= [[Rajiv Gandhi Salai]]<br/>Sardar Patel Road
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|const= Originally proposed for 2007
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[[File:Madhya Kailash - Adyar.jpg|right|thumb|Madhya Kailash from MRTS Station]]
[[File:Madhya Kailash junction seem from MRTS.JPG|right|thumb|Madhya Kailash as seen from the [[Chennai MRTS]]]]
The '''Madhya Kailash Junction''' is an important junction in the southern part of the city of [[Chennai]]. It is located at the beginning of the [[Rajiv Gandhi Salai]] (IT Expressway) which intersects the Sardar Patel Road in the form of "T".

==Madhya Kailash Interchange==
Local Administration minister, [[M K Stalin]] has made plans for building flyovers at Chennai city junctions with heavy vehicle density.
<ref name="IE">{{cite news |url= http://www.indianexpress.com/news/minister-stalin-has-a-blueprint-for-new-ch/28764/ |title= Minister Stalin has a blueprint for ‘new’ Chennai city |date=April 2007 |work=[[Indian Express]]}}</ref>
This includes [[Mint, Chennai|Mint]] junction, [[Basin Bridge]] junction, [[List of renamed public places in Tamil Nadu#Name Changes in Chennai|LB Road]] - [[Thiruvanmiyur]] junction and Madhya Kailash - Old Mahabalipuram Road junction.
<ref name="HinduInitialAnnouncement">{{cite news |url= http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/17/stories/2007051704830400.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070518075415/http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/17/stories/2007051704830400.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2007-05-18 |title=4 flyovers at Chennai junctions in two years |date=May 2007 |work= [[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
At the time of announcement in 2007, the construction of these flyovers, after the finalisation of the design was expected to start by 2007 year-end.
<ref name="HinduConstructionStartDate">{{cite news |title= Stalin announces slew of projects for city |date=April 2007 |work=The Hindu}}</ref> and these bridges were expected to be completed in two years, or by 2009, but these promises have not been kept and these projects have remained unbuilt.
<ref name="HinduDelayReason">{{cite news |url= http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/05/stories/2007060515060300.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070607215149/http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/05/stories/2007060515060300.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2007-06-07 |work= [[The Hindu]] |title= What they say How infrastructure projects hit roadblocks - "''Corporation has several promises to keep: Plans are aplenty for bridges, but implementation proves tough'' |date=June 2007 }}</ref>

===Trumpet interchange===
'' - TNRDC proposes... State Highways Department rejects... '''Govt yet to decide''' on the design.''

A [[Trumpet interchange]] was proposed for this junction by TNRDC. The proposed interchange was supposed to start at the IT Expressway in front of [[Kasturba Nagar railway station]] and go parallel to [[Mass Rapid Transit System (Chennai)|MRTS]] line and then turn about while splitting into two joining the Sardar Patel Road. In March 2007, the Secretary to the Highways Department [http://www.tnhighways.org/] K. Allaudin, clarified that this proposal had been rejected by the [[Government of Tamil Nadu|State Government]] - as it felt land acquisition would be a problem and the facility could possibly be a disturbance to educational institutions nearby. The Indian Institute of Technology, Anna University and the State Highways department engineers had presented three different and independent project proposals for easing traffic congestion.
<ref name="HinduTrumpetRejected">{{cite news |url= http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/25/stories/2007032506230100.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070501144532/http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/25/stories/2007032506230100.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2007-05-01 |work= [[The Hindu]] |title= 10 projects to clear traffic congestion |date=March 2007 }}</ref>
As of December 2007, the [[Chennai Corporation|corporation]] and Govt were yet to finalise the design and alignment of the flyover.
<ref name="HinduDesignPending">{{cite news |url= http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/20/stories/2007122054900600.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071222134736/http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/20/stories/2007122054900600.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2007-12-22 |work= [[The Hindu]] |title= Alignment designs ready for new flyovers in Chennai |date=December 2007 }}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|India}}
*[[Koyambedu Junction]]
*[[Kathipara Junction]]
*[[Padi Junction]]
*[[Maduravoyal Junction]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.tnrdc.com/ TNRDC]
* [http://mkstalin.net/blog/?p=8 "How to manage traffic congestion?" - M K Stalin (blog)]

{{Chennai Topics}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Chennai]]
[[Category:Bridges and flyovers in Chennai]]

Madhya Kailash Junction - Revision history

->GreenC at 18:10, 25 October 2021