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Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin connected Tuesday ordered officials to research the feasibility of providing harmless parking spaces for residents successful flood-prone areas of the city.
Following an inspection of flood preparedness successful the city, Mr. Udhayanidhi Stalin shared connected societal media: “We person inspected areas wherever dense rainfall has been recorded. Inspected h2o stagnation successful a low-lying country adjacent Velachery MRTS railway presumption and advised authorities to instrumentality preventive measures. During rainy season, the contented of parking vehicles connected flyovers successful Chennai successful areas specified arsenic Velachery country has been reported successful the past. In a bid to find a solution to the issue, directed officials to research feasibility of uncovering harmless parking spaces connected precocious ground.”
As residents person been parking cars successful elevated stretches of the bridges, flyovers and people separators during the flood, postulation constabulary officials are readying to contented a elaborate property merchandise connected Wednesday providing guidelines to assistance residents parkland vehicles successful elevated stretches of roads during floods.
The Chennai Corporation has already started exploring the feasibility of uncovering harmless parking spaces connected precocious crushed for cars of residents during floods.
Ward 84 councillor J. John said that during the erstwhile monsoon galore residents person mislaid their cars due to the fact that they did not person accusation astir harmless locations to parkland cars during floods. “All our streets successful the aged Korattur Village bash not get flooded during the rains arsenic they are astatine a higher level erstwhile compared with different recently developed parts of the ward. The GCC officials should stock the database of harmless streets to parkland cars during the floods with postulation constabulary support. Big shops specified arsenic Saravana Stores adjacent Padi Flyover whitethorn beryllium persuaded to licence parking of residents’ vehicles during dense rains,” said Mr.John.
A. Francis, president of the Federation of Thoraipakkam Residents Welfare Associations, said: “During the erstwhile monsoon, residents utilized to parkland cars on 200 feet radial roadworthy from Thoraipakkam to Pallavaram. The agelong from OMR Signal to Chennai One is harmless for parking cars. The flood hazard is precocious successful different parts of the Thoraipakkam-Pallavaram 200 Feet Radial Road. Officials bash not stock accusation astir floods successful advance. Our areas successful Thoraipakkam, Anand Nagar, MCN Nagar, Vinayagar Nagar, and Industrial Estate gets floodwaters much than 4 feet high. We request boats,” helium said.
Flood infrastructure
Mr. Udhayanidhi Stalin connected Tuesday inspected flood-preparedness projects successful assorted parts of Chennai and directed officials to expedite enactment up of dense rains.
According to an authoritative release, Mr. Udhayanidhi inspected work connected dredging beneath the Karapakkam span crossed Okkiyam Maduvu successful the confederate portion of the metropolis to forestall flooding. Work connected widening the waterway adjacent a backstage assemblage is nether way. Mr. Udhayanidhi ordered WRD officials to expedite enactment connected the operation of a retaining partition to hold back flood waters adjacent Kannagi Nagar. He besides inspected the span constructed by the Highways Department connecting Sholinganallur and Medavakkam. The span has been designed to facilitate the travel of h2o from the marshland during the monsoon and easiness traffic flow during the rains. He ordered Highways Department officials to demolish the aged span to forestall flooding.
Mr. Udhayanidhi besides ordered officials to expedite enactment connected the ₹27 crore task to facilitate the travel of floodwaters from Pallikaranai marshland done Okkiyam Maduvvu. He inspected the enactment connected widening the canal adjacent the metro obstruction operation tract adjacent Karapakkam. Special Implementation Department Additional Chief Secretary Pradeep Yadav, Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner J. Kumaragurubaran, and Water Resources Department Secretary J. Jayakanthan accompanied him.
