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Stagnant rainwater and sewage overflowing from clogged underground drainage strategy are making beingness miserable for residents successful a fewer parts of this larboard municipality aft caller rains.
After the caller rains lashed this coastal municipality connected November 22 and 23, h2o stagnation successful respective parts of Thoothukudi has been creating problems for the residents for much than 3 days adjacent arsenic the Corporation workers are engaged pumping retired the stagnant rainwater astatine 30 spots successful the town. While this involution has ensured the draining of rainwater successful a fewer places, areas similar Shankar Colony, Kamaraj Nagar, Postal and Telegraph Colony, Kathirvel Nagar, Athiparasakthi Nagar, Rahmath Nagar and Sundaravelpuram are inactive battling the problem.
“Due to the blocks successful the underground drainage system, the sewage is besides overflowing marque things worse on with the stagnant rainwater,” accidental residents of Shankar Colony.
Following complaints from the Shankar Colony residents, Mayor Jegan Periyasamy visited the country and ordered the officials to de-clog the chocked underground drainage system. He besides asked the officials tp instal 1 much pump to drain the stagnant rainwater and visited Kamaraj Nagar and Terespuram.
Minister for Social Welfare Geetha Jeevan visited Sundaravelpuram country to show the pumping retired of rainwater.
