Playground in Periamet only on paper?

Residents call it the “Kannappar Thidal playground” and the unintentional emphasis on the notion of a sporting arena (‘thidal’ means playground) makes the irony stark. This so-called playground is lig

Residents call it the “Kannappar Thidal playground” and the unintentional emphasis on the notion of a sporting arena (‘thidal’ means playground) makes the irony stark. This so-called playground is light years away from all those things that constitute one. For years, the Greater Chennai Corporation playground — in Ward 58, Zone 5 — has been using the space for lodging construction material Siva Gunasekaran, a long-time resident of Choolai and one who is determined to seeing this playground going back to being one, points out that in 2003, the Corporation parked its construction materials and cement concrete mixing plant for the construction of a stormwater drain network on Choolai High Road, on this ground.