Chennai Corporation’s services get mediocre during this monsoon
Posted on: 18/Oct/2014 11:32:08 AM
A single day rain has caused havoc in city though the Chennai Corporation has boasted that it was already ready to face any problems caused by rain and floods.
The corporation failed on virtually every count: Potholed roads added to the problems of motorists, the downpour brought down trees and unfinished or clogged storm water drains caused severe flooding in many places.
Mayor Saidai S Duraisamy has over the past few months said several times that the corporation would have new storm water drains constructed and existing ones unclogged. If the mayor was singing in the rain on Friday , it must surely have been from the safety of his CIT Nagar residence.
The corporation`s storm water drainage department spent Rs 136.05 crore in 2012-13 and Rs 215 crore in 2013-14 on work that was supposed to make the system direct rainwater runoff into rivers and waterways. The corporation has allocated Rs 450 crore for 2014 15 -giving the department the chance to be more than twice as profligate with taxpayers` money this year.
Telephones at the corporation`s complaint cell (1913) rang off the hook on Friday, with calls from the expanded areas. Flooding was reported from Velachery , Ambattur, Madipakkam, Puzhuthivakkam, Ullagaram and Korattur, an official said.
