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Linking civic governance to voting decisions, the Perambur Neighborhood Development Forum (PNDF) released a ‘pre-election memorandum’, presenting their demands to recognised governmental parties up of the Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2026. Notably, successful the 2021 election, Perambur registered a elector turnout of 62.63%.
In the memorandum, shared with The Hindu, the forum demanded strict enforcement of CMDA norms, removal of encroachments, extortion of OSR lands against misuse, and regulated parking. It besides sought a publically disclosed roadworthy audit with a time-bound restoration plan.
The residents’ assemblage besides urged governmental parties to see circumstantial commitments for Perambur successful their predetermination manifestos, and clasp a post-election nationalist reappraisal gathering wrong six months of assuming office.
The forum said it had, implicit galore years, submitted representations to the Greater Chennai Corporation, the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, the Greater Chennai Traffic Police, the Chennai Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (CUMTA), Railways, and the Highways Department, but galore problems remained unaddressed.
Among the cardinal issues flagged successful the Perambur Assembly Constituency were roadworthy encroachments, damaged roads and storm-water drains that led to recurring floods, and the stalled operation of a factual median connected Perambur High Road.
The forum besides raised issues specified arsenic amerciable parking connected nationalist roads, temple lands, and unfastened abstraction preservation (OSR) lands, encroachments connected parks and waterbodies, and deficiency of transparency successful grievance redress. The memorandum calls for ward-level parking plans, removal of encroachments connected OSR lands, monthly nationalist grievance meetings and online tracking of petitions.
