Residents and councillors raise Issues of overflowing sewage, bad roads at Corporation grievance meet

MADURAI Councillors as well as residents aired their grievances at the weekly grievances redressal m

Councillors as well as residents aired their grievances at the weekly grievances redressal meeting held at Corporation’s Zone II office here on Tuesday.

Issues of overflowing sewage, bad roads and “unresponsive officials” were raised by the residents at the meeting, chaired by Mayor Indiani Ponvasanth, Corporation Commissioner Simranjeet Singh Kahlon, Deputy Mayor T. Nagarajan and Zone II Chairperson A. Saravana Bhuvaneshwari.

A group of women from ward 22 said manholes on many streets of Ashok Nagar in Bakiyanathapuram were overflowing with sewage, which stagnated in front of houses. “Three persons in the area have been admitted to hospital with dengue. What else would force the Corporation into taking action?,” asked V. Selvi, a resident.

She said, “We need to let go of at least 10 buckets of sewage-mixed water before storing it for drinking purpose.”

“Door-to-door garbage collection is irregular. Conservancy workers don’t follow fixed timings nor clear the dustbins kept outside the houses of those who leave for work,” lamented R. Saroja, another resident. They alleged that stray dogs claimed at least three lives in the past.

N. Komala, one among five petitioners from Sengol Nagar, complained of garbage mounds on empty plots. They, along with DMK Councillor B. Mahalakshmi, submitted a petition.

DMK Councillor D. Sharmila (ward 1) sought action against authorities of a private school in Vilangudi who had encroached upon a public path.