Chennai's West Velachery residents demand one more drain

AGS Colony association wants a new canal to drain stagnant rainwater

Residents of west Velachery, which was severely affected by flooding in the recent heavy rain, are demanding an additional stormwater drain network for faster discharge of rainwater into the Veerangal Odai.

The Veerangal Odai drains into the Pallikaranai marshland through a culvert under the southern arm of the Inner Ring Road extension near Velachery railway station.

Several residential areas in west Velachery such as AGS Colony and Saraswathi Nagar and areas like Vijayanagar, Muruga Nagar, Padmavathi Nagar, Ram Nagar and Srinivasa Nagar were severely inundated causing hardship to hundreds of residents. The presence of the Veerangal Odai turned out to be a blessing as well as curse as the overflowing water in it prevents the rainwater from west Velachery’s stormwater drains from flowing into the canal.