A section of road at the arterial Anna Salai near a metro rail work site caved in on Friday, officials said.
However, there was no casualty or damage to property, they said. Restoration work was on.
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Following the incident, vehicular traffic was regulated for a while and some diversions effected.
A similar incident had happened in Anna Salai last year, when a section of the road suddenly caved in near the site of an underground tunnelling for the metro rail.
The passengers of a bus evacuated the vehicle after the driver raised an alarm and a car’s occupant jumped out after the earth started buckling in then.
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