CHENNAI: Daily life has become a struggle for more than 500 residents of the CMRL workers’ quarters in Nerkundram, as their only access road has turned slushy and unsafe due to the constant movement of tipper lorries from a private luxury apartment construction site.

The 80 Feet Road in Nerkundram has been muddy and waterlogged for nearly five months because of the heavy movement of trucks transporting excavated earth from a site owned by a leading builder.

Residents said hundreds of tippers ply through the stretch every day, leaving behind thick layers of mud that make the road unusable for the public, especially two-wheeler riders. This is the only approach road to the CMRL workers’ quarters, which houses 112 families and nearly 500 residents. Around 200 school students who use the ro

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