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Salem South Assembly constituency, considered an AIADMK stronghold, covers Salem Corporation’s 23 wards (37 to 60). The full Kondalampatti portion and a fewer wards astatine the Ammapet portion successful the Corporation travel nether this constituency.
The AIADMK has won 8 times (1977, 1980, 1984, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, and 2021) successful the constituency, portion the Congress has won 4 times (1952, 1957, 1962, and successful 1991). After the emergence of the Dravidian majors, the Congress did not unafraid a win, except in 1991 erstwhile they were successful confederation with the AIADMK. The DMK has won doubly successful this constituency (1989 and 1996).
Salem South has a ample fig of weavers and radical progressive successful the textile businesses successful Ammapet, Dadagapatti, and Gugai. Silver anklet workers besides represent a important fig successful Nethimedu, Maniyanoor, and Dadagapatti.
Ahead of the elections, radical residing successful the constituency highlighted civic issues similar postulation congestion, sewage channels, mosquito menace, and drinking h2o issues.
V. Periyasamy, a nonmigratory of Ammapet, said that astir of the roads dug for underground drainage works successful the locality were relaid successful the past six months and noted that the pressing occupation present was drinking water. Drinking h2o is supplied erstwhile successful 10 days and lone astatine night. “We person raised this contented to the Corporation aggregate times, but nary enactment was taken,” helium added.
Palanisamy, a nonmigratory of Periyar Nagar, said that for the past 20 years, owed to the lack of due drainage, sewage h2o and rainwater travel implicit the roads during rain.
Expressing the aforesaid issues astatine Kitchipalayam, Shaul, a lawyer, said that during rain, the sewage and rainwater from the Pachapatti watercourse participate houses. This issue, helium stated, was not addressed for galore years, adjacent aft aggregate petitions submitted to the Corporation. “Due to radical dumping garbage successful the sewage channels, the sewage overflows connected to the roads,” Mr. Shaul added.
Highlighting the mosquito menace, Ravishankar, a nonmigratory of Gugai, said that successful his locality, determination are nary due drainage facilities owed to constrictive streets, and the mosquito occupation is rampant. Especially successful the evening, radical unopen the doors and windows of their houses completely, to flight from mosquitoes, helium added.
Demanding to trim the fig of stock autos, P. Elango, a nonmigratory of Nethimedu, said that much stock autos ply betwixt Kondalampatti-Old Bus Stand and Seelanaickenpatti-Old Bus Stand causing postulation congestion some during greeting and evening hours. He besides added that drinking h2o is being supplied erstwhile successful 10 days successful galore wards successful the Kondalampatti zone.
G. Anand, an car driver, said that a flyover should beryllium constructed astatine Seelanaickenpatti, wherever the Salem-Chennai, Salem-Namakkal, and Salem-Bengaluru National highways connect. The already existing flyover was constructed without due planning. The metropolis constabulary diverted postulation successful this locality, but it is lone a short-time benefit, Mr. Anand added.
Expecting a four-cornered contention of the AIADMK and BJP, DMK and allies, TVK, and NTK, the AIADMK enactment cadre accidental that the votes to beryllium secured by the TVK volition trim the triumph borderline successful the constituency. DMK cadre accidental that successful the past 3 elections, the winning borderline of the AIADMK reduced drastically, which volition favour the DMK this time.
