CHENNAI: The citizens of English Electrical Nagar in Zamin Pallavaram protested on Sunday, difficult that the Tambaram Company take away encroachments on a canal which can be obstructing the tide of H2O to the within sight Keelkattalai puddle. Round 50 public led the protest at a boulevard to a 200 Ft Radial Street at 10 a.m.
The noticeable canal runs from Putheri Pool to Keelkattalai Pool thru English Electrical Nagar.The encroachments that experience arise on its banks have disrupted the section’s drainage gadget and are inflicting H2O to go into their houses, turning all of the locality right into a waterlogged nightmare each year it rains.
Excess concrete sheds with tin sheet roofs were constructed relatively just lately smartly into the canal, lowering it to a slim channel. A culvert constructed beneath a pathway that results in noticeable garden is simply too slim to house the H2O tide from one puddle to the alternative all through rainfall.
Sampath Kumar, a resident, purchased two plots in English Electrical Nagar in 1996 and 2001, respectively, however has now not been in a position to manufacture his area. “The plots are submerged because the water does not flow to the lake. How long do I have to wait?” he added.
Like him, a number of citizens are bearing the brunt of stagnant H2O. David Shanthakumar, every other resident, mentioned the section has been inundated for 2 years. “We complained to the Tambaram Corporation. The commissioner also inspected the canal, but encroachments were not removed,” he mentioned.
Citizens say that they’re despatched from one branch to every other and not using a concrete answer.
An government engineer of the H2O sources branch mentioned the canal isn’t maintained via them, and the municipal company must sunny the encroachments.
The noticeable canal runs from Putheri Pool to Keelkattalai Pool thru English Electrical Nagar.The encroachments that experience arise on its banks have disrupted the section’s drainage gadget and are inflicting H2O to go into their houses, turning all of the locality right into a waterlogged nightmare each year it rains.
Excess concrete sheds with tin sheet roofs were constructed relatively just lately smartly into the canal, lowering it to a slim channel. A culvert constructed beneath a pathway that results in noticeable garden is simply too slim to house the H2O tide from one puddle to the alternative all through rainfall.
Sampath Kumar, a resident, purchased two plots in English Electrical Nagar in 1996 and 2001, respectively, however has now not been in a position to manufacture his area. “The plots are submerged because the water does not flow to the lake. How long do I have to wait?” he added.
Like him, a number of citizens are bearing the brunt of stagnant H2O. David Shanthakumar, every other resident, mentioned the section has been inundated for 2 years. “We complained to the Tambaram Corporation. The commissioner also inspected the canal, but encroachments were not removed,” he mentioned.
Citizens say that they’re despatched from one branch to every other and not using a concrete answer.
An government engineer of the H2O sources branch mentioned the canal isn’t maintained via them, and the municipal company must sunny the encroachments.
