Thoothukudi parks in need of better upkeep, say residents

The Thoothukudi Corporation has been taking respective measures to reconstruct the metropolis parks, peculiarly to utilise those parkland sites that person been cleared from encroachments. However, immoderate of the parks successful salient locations of the metropolis deficiency capable infrastructure facilities, including non functional e-toilets, damaged swings and decorative displays.

Around 53 parks are presently successful cognition successful the city. Some of the large parks see Roche Park, Rajaji Park, MGR Park, Umarupulavar Park and Toovipram park. The Corporation besides has 2 pinkish parks, specifically for women and a elder citizen’s park.

Although these parks person been maintained straight by the Corporation, parks including Umarupulavar Park successful Kathirvel Nagar and MGR Park, presently question attraction from the Corporation, to heighten its infrastructure facilities.

Sundaram, a retired service serviceman from Rajiv Nagar, pointed retired the deplorable information of some men and women toilets successful the Umarupulavar Park. “Both the toilet facilities successful this parkland are successful an unsanitary information for the past 3 months, which needs due attraction and contiguous repair,” helium said.

He noted that determination are nary taps successful the handwash area, on with different concerns specified arsenic damaged benches, decorative displays and rusted plaything chains.

Highlighting that hundreds of radical from successful and astir Kathirvel Nagar undertake walking and different recreational activities astatine this park, helium has urged the Corporation authorities to instrumentality indispensable enactment to repair and support the toilets and regenerate the damaged items.

Another nonmigratory from the metropolis highlighted the non-functional e-toilets successful MGR Park, noting that hundreds of radical are visiting the parkland regularly, with the fig expanding connected weekends and holidays. He added that the e-toilets indispensable beryllium repaired to beryllium replaced with Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC) toilets.

Jobai Pachek, a nonmigratory of Emperor Street said, “Apart from fewer parks specified arsenic Roche Park and Muthu Nagar park, astir parks successful Thoothukudi are successful dire request of due maintenance.” Stating that the Corporation has been taking assorted initiatives to found a parkland for recreational activities of some children and adults, helium noted that negligence successful attraction of parks is starring to anti-social activities successful these sites and reflects the nonaccomplishment to support Corporation assets.

Speaking connected this, Thoothukudi Corporation Mayor Jegan Periyasamy said, “The Corporation has floated a tender for the attraction of 5 parks, including MGR Park, done outsourcing connected way basis. Upon reviewing the attraction of these parks, different parks successful the metropolis volition besides beryllium maintained done outsourcing.”

He added that e-toilets successful MGR parkland volition beryllium removed and RCC toilets volition beryllium constructed for the convenience of the public.