Residents of an apartment in Motilal Street seek compensation

They list out the expenses they had incurred on account of the inundation in their locality

Shreebagh Flat Owners’ Association in Motilal Street in T. Nagar have demanded that either the State government or the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) pay them a compensation for the expenses they had incurred on account of the recent floods.

Their argument is that Motilal Street was inundated and the waters had invaded their houses due to the failure of the Greater Chennai Corporation to maintain the stormwater drains as well as lay roads with after proper milling. The residents’ association demands ₹11.55 lakh as compensation.

“Residents of the ground-floor of the apartment went through an ordeal. On November 7, at 5 a.m., water started entering the houses. Therefore, my 96-year-old mother who was staying in my brother’s house on the ground floor had to be moved to my house on the first floor. As there is no lift, my aged mother had to be carried,” says VS Jayaram, a resident of Motilal Street.