Maruthamalai temple lift work crawls after design flaw

Source: The New Indian Express
Author: S Senthil Kumar

COIMBATORE: Senior citizens visiting the Maruthamalai temple will have to wait longer for the lift service, as the contractor has got the height of the facility wrong. The structure has to be built again, but the work is going on at a snail's pace.

Chief Minister M K Stalin laid the foundation stone for the Rs 5.4 crore project in April 2023, and it was to be completed this year. Sources said the construction work remains stalled for months because of the faulty design. TNIE has learnt that the height of the structure raised by the builder didn't comform to the plan. According to sources, the structure stands 8 feet taller than how it should be and it has to cut to size, but the work is dragging on.