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Katpadi MLA and diabetologist M. Sudhakar said among his respective priorities for the constituency is taking steps to relieve postulation congestion successful Katpadi particularly betwixt the railway presumption and Green Circle, a roundabout beneath Chennai-Bengaluru National Highway (NH-48).
Vehicles including buses and trucks get choked connected the constrictive Old Katpadi Road, bringing postulation question to a grinding halt during unreserved hour. “Trucks and different goods laden lorries that travel from Andhra Pradesh should beryllium diverted wrong Chittoor limits to scope Ranipet and Kancheepuram. Currently, they question each the mode to Katpadi to spell to these places. The connection of specified diversion volition beryllium taken up with the State government,” helium said.
Another situation faced by residents was the deficiency of affordable healthcare facilities. At present, Katpadi has lone 1 Primary Health attraction Centre (PHC) arsenic against astatine slightest 250 backstage clinics.
The precocious opened Government Taluk Hospital successful Sekkadu village, astir 20 kms from Katpadi, has fewer visitors particularly from municipality areas arsenic galore residents said that the infirmary cannot beryllium accessed easy owed to its isolated location. They person to beryllium connected backstage clinics and hospitals. “Ideally, the caller infirmary should person been located astatine the centre of Katpadi aft identifying capable land. In coordination with territory administration, a authorities infirmary successful Katpadi volition beryllium acceptable up to payment the municipality populace,” Mr. Sudhakar said.
Despite being laid successful concrete, astir of the streets successful Katpadi get inundated during monsoon. It was chiefly owed to silt deposits successful tempest h2o drains and h2o channels that discharge excess rainwater into Palar river. “I person been successful changeless interaction with Vellore Corporation to code civic concerns and formulate a agelong word program for Katpadi constituency. Of the full 60 wards successful the Corporation, 15 wards travel nether the constituency,” helium said.
Lack of jobs for educated unemployed younker successful the constituency remains a large situation arsenic galore of them migrate to large cities similar Chennai, Bengaluru and Coimbatore to enactment successful the manufacturing sector. “A clump of industries volition beryllium acceptable up successful the constituency, which besides covers a information of Walajah taluk successful Ranipet district, to supply jobs for the section youth. A elaborate program connected it is besides being worked out,” helium said.
As portion of ensuring casual entree of authorities services to residents, the existing MLA bureau for Katpadi constituency volition beryllium relocated connected the Katpadi Main Road for amended accessibility. At present, the bureau is located astatine the centre of a residential colony that does not person transport facilities similar autobus services.
Mr. Sudhakar has been acquainted to the residents, particularly patients successful the Katpadi Assembly constituency for much than 2 decades erstwhile helium started his session successful the country successful 2004.
Since then, Mr. Sudhakar has earned goodwill among his visitors, mostly mediocre patients from faraway villages successful the constituency, done timely care. His nonstop transportation with residents has helped him to go a beardown contender to contention for Katpadi spot successful the precocious concluded Tamil Nadu Assembly election.
As a campaigner of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), helium defeated DMK’s wide caput and erstwhile Minister for Water Resources Duraimurugan, who won six consecutive presumption successful the constituency since 1996, and won by a borderline of 5,870 votes. “As a resident, I person been surviving successful Katpadi for galore years. Like my neighbours, I americium alert of the betterment of civic amenities successful the area,” said 53-year-old Mr. Sudhakar.
A autochthonal of Gudiyatham, Mr. Sudhakar spent astir of his aboriginal years successful Yelagiri Hills, Chennai, and Tiruvannamalai wherever helium did his full schooling earlier completing medicine and moved to Katpadi.
