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The Gummidipoondi constituency successful Tiruvallur district, erstwhile a sleepy town, has turned into an concern powerhouse since the constitution of the SIPCOT concern analyzable much than a decennary ago.
However, residents of much than 60 colony panchayats successful the constituency accidental nary of the promised benefits person been realised.
Whether it is employment opportunities for the youth, civic infrastructure development, nationalist transport services, uncontaminated waterbodies, oregon wellness infrastructure, the constituents are not blessed with their lot.
Among the burning issues are the enlargement of the concern discarded disposal installation and the resulting wellness hazards, and the discharge of sewage into the Thamarai lake.
Poor transport facilities
Residents of the Gummidipoondi colony kick astir the lack of due nationalist transport facilities specified arsenic capable suburban bid services and Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) buses.
The concern analyzable successful Gummidipoondi attracts a ample fig of migrant workers from assorted parts of the state arsenic good arsenic autochthonal residents, who are mostly traders, bureau goers, and students. For them, travelling to Chennai is hard owed to inadequate suburban bid oregon autobus services.
Residents who beryllium connected the economical suburban trains constituent to the deficiency of dedicated bid services successful the northbound section, akin to those operated successful the westbound oregon southbound sections.
Social activistic S. Suresh Babu said though Southern Railway announced the enlargement of the 3rd and 4th lines from Athipattu to Gummidipoondi to supply dedicated suburban services to the northbound conception much than a twelvemonth ago, determination has been nary advancement connected these fronts.
Similarly, the Gummidipoondi railway station, 1 of the astir important stations successful the northbound section, has the imaginable to go a multi-modal transport hub, and was slotted for redevelopment nether the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme (ABSS). However, the presumption redevelopment enactment has been progressing slowly, causing terrible inconvenience to the commuters, helium added.
The residents said that lone a fewer MTC autobus services were being operated, and those were lone to Red Hills via Madhavaram, forcing them to beryllium connected long-distance buses, which were an costly alternative.
They besides lament the gradual deterioration of the sprawling Thamarai lake, located successful the bosom of the main village, owed to the rampant discharge of sewage and concern wastes into the channels linked to the lake. The lake, which was erstwhile the lifeline for crushed h2o recharge and a drinking h2o source, is heavy polluted and choked by h2o hyacinth.
Social activistic T.K.A. Preem Kumar, a nonmigratory of Thervoy village, criticised the nonaccomplishment of the territory medication to support and make the lake, which had the imaginable to beryllium a tourer attraction. Mr. Kumar blamed the letting of concern discarded and the sewage brought by tankers from assorted different parts of the territory and dumping successful the tempest h2o drain web of the National Highways for the pathetic situation.
The residents and societal activists citing the assorted wellness ailments faced by the residents including a ample fig kidney nonaccomplishment patients property the occupation to the concern discarded disposal installation located close adjacent to the SIPCOT Industrial compound.
Residents person besides been demanding the closure of the concern discarded disposal installation adjacent to the SIPCOT Industrial complex, which has been expanded owed to the summation successful the quantity of waste, including aesculapian waste, being dumped there.
Residents constituent retired that MLA T.J. Govindarajan had promised to halt the enlargement of the discarded disposal installation successful 2021, but the concern has lone worsened.
Industrialists person their ain grievances, which includes the request for the operation of a communal sewage attraction works (STP) successful the SIPCOT complex.
G.M. Krishnamurthy, president of Industrial Complex Manufacturers Association (ICMA) of SIPCOT Gummidipoondi, said they had been demanding the operation of a communal STP to forestall concern wastes from being discharged into the drain network, but nary steps had been taken successful this regard.
The ICMA besides highlighted the beingness of respective Tasmac shops astir the concern complex, causing occupation to women workers.
The residents of Gummidipoondi item the galore accidents happening connected the GNT Road and those suffering accidents successful the industries being referred to the Government Stanley infirmary successful the metropolis located much than 40 kilometres owed to nonaccomplishment to upgrade the Government Gummidipoondi hospital.
