Delay in infrastructure projects across railway tracks cause flooding in parts of the city

Owing to a delay successful infrastructure projects specified arsenic bridges and culverts crossed railway tracks, residential areas person been flooded successful the city. Residents successful areas, specified arsenic Ganesapuram successful north Chennai, person complained astir flooding successful the country due to the fact that of an incomplete span task successful Ganesapuram. The enactment successful Ganesapuram has been delayed for respective years.

Ahead of the onset of the Northeast monsoon, residents and councillors raised complaints implicit the hold successful the operation of bridges including Ganesapuram flyover and associated flood mitigation projects specified arsenic container culvert crossed the railway tracks.

Local resident Sharavana Kumar who is simply a concern proprietor operating astatine Dr.Ambedkar College Road, Vyasarpadi, said the hold successful completion of the Ganesapuram flyover has affected flood preparedness successful the northbound Chennai. “Owing to flooding of the country connected Tuesday, residents person to instrumentality a circuitous way to scope assorted parts of the city. We met the Mayor a fewer months agone and requested officials to expedite the span project. We besides wrote to the Prime Minister’s Office. We received a reply from the Government of India informing america that the GCC has not submitted immoderate authoritative petition seeking clearance or no-objection certificate for the operation of the Ganesapuram flyover crossed the railway tracks. The Central authorities has clarified that the proposals indispensable beryllium routed done the State authorities for initiating a associated inspection and consequent processing by the Railways,” said Mr. Sharavana Kumar.

GCC Congress councillor Dilli Babu said residents person demanded the GCC and Railways to expedite the project. “The Mayor had announced that the task would beryllium completed successful December. Residents petition GCC to expedite the work,” helium said.

Nammazhwar of Federation of North Chennai Residents’ Welfare Associations said the enactment connected bridges and culverts crossed railway tracks should beryllium expedited to amended flood preparedness. Residents person besides demanded the GCC and Railways to expedite enactment connected Korukkupet bridge. Work connected culverts crossed railway tracks successful areas specified arsenic Korattur has besides not been taken up to forestall flooding.

Owing to flooding, Chennai Corporation installed dense work pumps to bale retired h2o from Parangusapuram successful Kodambakkam portion connected Tuesday. After the 2015 floods, GCC implemented alternate alignment for tempest h2o drains alternatively of culverts crossed the tracks adjacent Kodambakkam railway presumption to forestall flooding successful the area.

Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin inspected assorted flood affected parts of the metropolis and ordered officials to resoluteness civic issues caused by flooding.