Coimbatore: In 11 years since 2011, when the city developed into 15 zones after adding Thiruvottiyur, Manali, Madhavaram, Bukatur, Vallasvakkam, Alandur, Perungudi and Sholinganlatur, not many changes in the new area added.
While the better road has been placed and the street lights are installed, residents are still struggling without drinking water and waste connections and storm waterways even though paying higher taxes.
Very few areas have parks or playgrounds and several schools that have corporate names but run by the government almost collapsed.
Now, when they get ready to choose the new council, these residents have fulfilled the candidates of the major parties and memorandum submitted, looking for concrete guarantees.
Resident Perungudi Srividhya Padmanabhan said the association had sent dozens of representations to the ministerial representation and local officials on garbage problems, rising high roads and lack of drinking water connections.
“I have stayed here for more than 13 years but we depend on tankers for waste and water,” he said.
In Malayur, where the taxes almost doubled from those in the Boat club area or Adyar, residents get contaminated drinking water and do not have storm waterways.
V Rama Rao, a resident, said large infrastructure projects such as road bridges and increased subway that had been proud of.
“This was approved in 2012.
In the Thillai Ganga Nagar and the subway Palavanthangal, an accident occurred every monsoon.
But officials are not ready to solve it.
And storm waterways on one locality are not connected to them.” Open channels and developing channels.
Biak mosquitoes by millions are a big problem in the porter and Ramapuram in the Valasaravakkam zone.
“We do not have a single playground developed.
Children travel to Velachery or Besant Nagarbeach to play.
In Rayala Nagar, encroachment and high road is a big problem,” said K v Kishore, President of the Welfare Association of Rayala Nagar Residet.
In Perungudi and Sholinganallatur, among the worst affected during the floods in 2018, 2020 and 2021, residents wanted board members to ensure the channels were built in accordance with technical norms.
“They have destroyed the core city that flooded each monsoon.
Our area does not have waterways.
So, if they build it, the water channel must be technically designed,” Sathish G Semminery said.
Even this week, Chilbaan M said from Madipakkam, waste has flowed on the streets.
In the north, residents want actions for land mafia that penetrate government land.
“It’s like every empty plot in Manali, Thiruvottitiyur and Madhavaram belonging to members of political parties.
The school is not equipped without a playground,” Ali Basha said from Thiruvottiyur.
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