Central team assesses damage in Chennai
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The Central authorities’s team visited varied elements of the town on Sunday to evaluate the damage to civic infrastructure brought on by flooding in the course of the current rain.
The team visited roads reminiscent of Jothi Venkatachalam Road and Alagappa Road at Vepery close to the Egmore railway station.
Egmore MLA K.S. Ravichandran mentioned the extent of stagnant water elevated on Alagappa Road due to the collapse of the storm-water drain. “Residents have requested the Chennai Corporation to build a new drain on the road. I had also given a petition to Corporation officials for a new drain. But they have not built one,” he mentioned. “Residents were unable to come out of their homes on Alagappa Road for three days during the rain. It is the situation in a well-developed urban area. The plight of the residents in suburban areas may be worse,” he mentioned.
Mr. Ravichandran burdened the necessity for inviting native MLAs to satisfy Central authorities groups and mentioned he was not given a chance to take part at a gathering with the team in the Egmore constituency.
“More than 2,000 residents were affected in areas like Osankulam during the rain. The residents have demanded the reconstruction of the old tenements and the development of new drains. Officials such as Assistant Engineers and Assistant Executive Engineers, who know all aspects of the civic issues, may not get an opportunity to talk to senior officials of the Central government during such an inspection. So, we have requested the civic officials to invite MLAs and residents,” Mr. Ravichandran mentioned.
Chennai Corporation Commissioner G. Prakash mentioned officers recognized the damage to the civic infrastructure, estimated at ₹86 crore.
The team additionally visited Tondiarpet and areas close to Ennore Creek. In the southern elements of the town, the team visited Pallikaranai marshland, Sholinganallur and Velachery. The infrastructure of at the least 10 tanks was broken.
The damage in the neighbourhoods of Pallikaranai marshland was extra due to the absence of a correct drainage system to take the storm-water to Muttukadu, officers mentioned. The team assessed the damage to agricultural fields on the town outskirts brought on by water launch from tanks.
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