Coimbatore Corporation Updates Road Ledger with 118.61 km of New Roads

03 Jan 2025 CW Team

Coimbatore Corporation has recorded 118.61 km of new roads in its road ledger, expanding the city's road infrastructure to a total of 782 roads across five zones. These newly included roads consist of 344 earthen roads, spanning 51.33 km, and 438 tar roads, covering 67.28 km.

This data has been incorporated into the road ledger using the UTIS Dashboard, where each road has been assigned a unique Unicode number. The earthen roads are distributed as follows: North Zone – 4.13 km, East Zone – 11.27 km, West Zone – 5.61 km, South Zone – 27.66 km, and Central Zone – 2.66 km. The tar roads are recorded as: North Zone – 9.30 km, East Zone – 21.25 km, West Zone – 7.55 km, South Zone – 18.63 km, and Central Zone – 10.54 km.

Classifying roads digitally via the UITS Dashboard ensures better infrastructure management, facilitating improved planning, maintenance, and resource allocation.

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