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    Residents in several areas of Chennai have complained about roads being freshly dug up for stormwater drain work with the onset of monsoon season approaching. While residents acknowledge the need for better drainage, they are concerned projects may not be completed before monsoon arrives. City officials state no new road excavations will begin after September 20th and existing projects will be finished on schedule.

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    Residents in several areas of Chennai have complained about roads being freshly dug up for stormwater drain work with the onset of monsoon season approaching. While residents acknowledge the need for better drainage, they are concerned projects may not be completed before monsoon arrives. City officials state no new road excavations will begin after September 20th and existing projects will be finished on schedule.

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    Residents in several areas of Chennai have complained about roads being freshly dug up for stormwater drain work with the onset of monsoon season approaching. While residents acknowledge the need for better drainage, they are concerned projects may not be completed before monsoon arrives. City officials state no new road excavations will begin after September 20th and existing projects will be finished on schedule.

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    Residents irked by incessant

    digging of roads for drain work


    No fresh excavations after Sept. 20, existing projects will be finished on time: GCC
    Special Correspondent
    CHENNAI

    With the onset of the north-


    east monsoon expected in a
    few weeks, residents in sev-
    eral areas have complained
    about the fresh digging of
    roads for stormwater drain
    work. According to resi-
    dents, roads in areas such as
    Velachery, Choolaimedu, T.
    Nagar and Egmore have
    been dug up recently.
    Velachery resident S.
    Kumararaja said the road
    connecting Velachery-Tara-
    mani Road to Perungudi rail-
    way station, Bharani Street,
    in ward 178, had been dug up Men at work: Construction of stormwater drain in progress on T.T.K. Road. *
    K.V. SRINIVASAN
    for stormwater drain work
    last week. “Residents fear menting their projects. said the work along Powder Ravi Shankar said the resi-
    that the work will be de- T. Nagar resident V.S. Jaya- Mills Road and Kannigapu- dents had requested the Cor-
    layed. It is a good project, raman said work on develop- ram Main Road had been de- poration to complete the
    and the proposal is fine. But ment of a bigger drain on layed. Ward 72 councillor M. work before the onset of the
    the project must be complet- Motilal Street was under Saravanan said 90% of the northeast monsoon. “Over
    ed ahead of the monsoon. way. work was completed, and 70% of the drains along
    Once the diversion of excess “They should link the the rest would be taken up flood-prone parts of Aruna-
    water from Kallukuttai to drain with the disposal point only after an EB pillar box chalam Road in Saligramam
    Buckingham Canal is com- on Usman Road before the was shifted. “Many electrical have been completed. Only
    pleted, flooding in Udayam monsoon,” he said. Roads in cables have been damaged 70% work along VOC Street,
    Nagar, Seshadripuram and other flooded parts of T. Na- in the area. Officials have Pammal Nallathambi Street
    Park Avenue will be con- gar have been dug up this planned to resume work af- and Arcot Road has been
    trolled. Currently, the water week to develop new drains. ter the EB pillar box is shift- completed,” said Mr. Ravi
    drains into the Pallikaranai Similarly, roads in areas ed next week,” he said. Shankar.
    Marshland,” Mr. Kumararaja such as Thiruvengadapuram In Teynampet zone, ward GCC officials said the civic
    said. in ward 109 have been dug 109 councillor E. Suganya body would stop digging up
    Residents said most of the up by the Corporation to de- said work on flood-prone new stretches of roads by
    interior roads in wards 176, velop new stormwater areas, such as Anna Nedum- September 20. “The GCC has
    177 and 178 in Velachery had drains. In Egmore, digging of pathai, would be completed decided to stop digging up
    been dug up, with civic agen- roads, such as Rukmani this month. “Digging in Thi- new stretches of roads after
    cies, such as the Greater Lakshmipathi Salai and Red ruvenkadapuram has started September 20 to prepare for
    Chennai Corporation (GCC) Cross Road, was undertaken this week. The work will be the northeast monsoon. Ex-
    and the Tamil Nadu Genera- on Saturday for the develop- completed this month,” Ms. isting work will be complet-
    tion and Distribution Corpo- ment of stormwater drains. Suganya said. ed by the end of September,”
    ration (Tangedco), imple- In Pulianthope, residents Ward 129 councillor M. an official said.

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