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Residents of Thoothukudi expressed their concerns implicit slushy roads and rainwater stagnation successful respective areas of the city. They allege that roads which had been dug for Under Ground Drainage System (UGDS) person not been restored astatine respective places, starring to muddy conditions.
With the accomplishment of the northeast monsoon, Thoothukudi metropolis has been witnessing scattered showers implicit the past fewer days. Although Thoothukudi Corporation has been actively pumping stagnant rainwater from low-lying areas and different parts of the city, residents of immoderate areas inactive await enhanced measures.
Muthu, Thoothukudi metropolis secretary, CPM(I) pointed retired that on with residential areas, potholes person developed connected arterial roads, including Thoothukudi-Tirunelveli roadworthy and Thoothukudi-Tiruchendur road. He noted, “As UGDS enactment is implicit successful galore areas, the Corporation should person developed an alternate mode to drain the h2o earlier the onset of monsoon.”
Slushy roadworthy astatine Nikelesan Nagar successful Thoothukudi connected Thursday. | Photo Credit: RAJESH N
Mr. Muthu observed that successful areas including Pushpa Nagar, Nikilesan Nagar, Palpandi Nagar, Raju Nagar of ward 17 the roads person turned slushy, posing menace to pedestrians and motorists.
Emphasising that lone the archetypal signifier of monsoon has begun, helium urged the authorities to instrumentality indispensable actions to reconstruct the roads some successful Corporation and highways jurisdiction.
Meanwhile, Gowtham, a nonmigratory of Tsunami Colony of ward 60 highlighted that the roads successful their country person deteriorated and stagnation of rainwater was observed adjacent aft a airy shower. “If dense rainfall lashes for a mates of hours, it becomes highly hard for residents to navigate assorted stretches,” helium added.
Pechimuthu, District president, CITU echoed a akin interest pointing retired that the section assemblage should absorption connected holistic improvement of infrastructure facilities, alternatively than piecemeal measures.
Speaking connected the issues, a Corporation authoritative said that the slushy roads, wherever UGDS works person been completed would beryllium restored and indispensable enactment would beryllium taken to reconstruct damaged roads.
