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Frustrated implicit the indefinite hold successful re-laying the roads damaged successful underground drainage task successful their area, residents of Bharani Nagar adjacent Vannarpet successful Palayamkottai staged roadworthy roko connected the engaged work roadworthy adjacent Chellapandian postulation land connected Monday.
Almost each the roads successful this 30-year-old residential country nether ward 10 of Tirunelveli Corporation with much than 500 houses, bully fig of hospitals and commercialized establishments, schools and an engineering assemblage connected 26 streets are severely damaged, owing to the indefinitely continuing underground drainage project.
Since the roads of Bharani Nagar, which has been created connected erstwhile paddy fields, would go slushy adjacent aft little drizzles, the residents repeatedly submitted petitions to the Corporation connected respective occasions but successful vain.
Interestingly, chairperson of Thatchanallur portion of Tirunelveli Corporation Revathi is the councillor of ward 10.
As their ordeals continue, the residents blocked the work roadworthy adjacent Chellapandian postulation land flyover connected Monday. When the protesters tried to artifact the vehicular postulation connected the North Bypass Road, the constabulary prevented them with ropes which angered the protestors further.
“Bharani Nagar generates astir ₹3 crore spot taxation to the Corporation each year. However, the municipality civic assemblage does not bash immoderate bully for us. We’re submitting petitions repeatedly to the Collector, Corporation Commissioner and Mayor appealing to them to re-lay the damaged roads. We adjacent submitted a petition with Chief Minister M.K. Stalin during his roadworthy amusement successful February past year. All the petitions including the appeals we submitted with Mr. Stalin person seemingly reached the trash. Hence, we’re protesting now,” said the agitators.
When the Corporation officials assured that the roadworthy re-laying enactment would beryllium started earlier January 30, the protestors asked the officials to springiness the assurance successful achromatic and white. After the officials persuaded the protesting residents, the agitation was withdrawn.
