Chennai: Since recent past walking home has been an annoying task for the residents of Pillaiyar Koil Street, Kasturibai Avenue in Thiruverkadu as most of the streets are filled with ankle-deep water .
“I have to wade for 100 meters through this filth to get home and go to work, every day. It’s annoying,” said K Senthil Kumar an IT employee and resident of the area.
Similar is the plight ion adjoining streets like Ram Nagar and Vinayagar Koil Streets. Each street houses nearly 200 families, and most of their entrances are under water. Residents said their stormwater drains need to be repaired and there’s no outlet for the water to go when it rains. Sewer holes also start overflowing, and water gets mixed with it.
“Six months ago, we had a similar situation and the authorities pumped all the water into a vacant plot nearby, which lies right between two houses. There is simply no place for the water to go,” said Mythili Surya, another resident who is seven-month pregnant.
Pointing to the waterlogged street at the entrance of their home, Mythili said, “One day I almost slipped and fell when I tried to go out. Since then I panicked and do not step out.”
Fed up and desperate, a few weeks ago the residents pooled in money to pump out the water into a nearby ditch. They also cleared the path to Ram Nagar and created a small park leaving space in between for vehicles to pass by. But after the recent rain, the park was flooded yet again.
A construction worker who had put up a small shed on the park, next to the site he works in had to leave in the middle of the night due to flooding. The waterlogging has also led to vermin and mosquito menace, and the entire area reeks of stench.
Residents said that despite repeated reminders and letters to the local authorities, nothing has been done. In the beginning, the local official from the Thiruverkadu municipality refuted any claims of waterlogging but later said all the stormwater drains in the area were damaged and needed replacement. “We have submitted a proposal to the government about this, and are waiting for approval. But in the meantime we are regularly pumping out water from streets,” he said.
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