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Residents of Walajah municipality successful Ranipet person hoisted achromatic flags successful beforehand of their houses and installed banners astatine thoroughfare corners successful the town, asking governmental parties not to sojourn the country to question votes for 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections arsenic the Walajapet municipality has failed to supply civic amenities to the country each these years.
Residents said that areas similar Venketachalapathy Nagar, Kadaparayan Nagar, Salabath Nagar, Venketaraman Nagar and surrounding areas signifier portion of 13th ward of the civic assemblage that comprises 33 wards wrong its limits. More than 3,200 voters are inhabitants of the ward. “These areas bash not person due roads, streetlights, h2o supply, and underground drainage systems. Efforts person not been taken by the civic assemblage to supply basal amenities,” said K. Banu, a resident.
As repeated pleas with authorities authorities and elected representatives person not improved their surviving conditions, residents erected banners successful the country against voting for the upcoming elections. They person besides asked governmental parties not to sojourn houses for votes.
Residents said that astatine present, the residential areas person lone muddy stretches to spell to cardinal parts of Walajah town. Over the years, the stretches person gone a fewer feet little than cardinal arterial stretches successful the town. As a result, residential colonies get inundated during monsoon, affecting question of radical and vehicles.
Open stormwater drains person not been desilted for galore years. As a result, discharge of excess rainwater remains challenging arsenic drains get clogged during monsoon. Also, astir of the houses inactive beryllium connected idiosyncratic septic tanks arsenic the civic assemblage has not initiated steps for underground drainage wrong its limits.
Residents said that residential colonies person been facing h2o scarcity during summertime for the past fewer years. Irregular h2o proviso by the civic body, including filling of h2o tanks astatine thoroughfare corners has affected residents arsenic they person to locomotion for astatine slightest 3 km to fetch a fewer pots of h2o for home needs. They said that existing h2o pipelines should beryllium revamped to guarantee process extremity areas besides get capable h2o astatine regular intervals.
Residents said that they person submitted petitions to the District Election Officer and Collector J.U. Chandrakala and municipal officials during grievances meetings. However, nary enactment has been taken to code civic woes successful the area.
Municipal officials said that steps volition beryllium taken to supply basal amenities to affected areas successful the coming weeks.
