Infrastructure gaps, pollution persist in Chennai’s old industrial zone

Despite being brought under the Greater Chennai Corporation in 2011, many issues yet to be addressed in the Ambattur zone

Ambattur, one of the nine municipalities that were merged with the Greater Chennai Corporation in 2011, now is the eighth populous and the most industrialised zone of the city.

Although the zone has witnessed significant growth since its merger, both industrially and in terms of population, residents and industrialists highlighted the gap in addressing several fundamental issues.

Provisioning of the underground drainage system, stormwater drains, removal of encroachments, inferior quality of roads in many sections, pollution of water bodies and issues faced by the industrial units in Ambattur Industrial Estate (AIE) are some of the key areas the residents and entrepreneurs want the Council Members and Mayor, who are to be elected this month, to focus on.