Councillors voice out their problems at grievance redressal meeting

MADURAI Leaving very little room for residents to air their grievances, councillors made a beeline t

Leaving very little room for residents to air their grievances, councillors made a beeline to voice out a host of problems – almost resembling a mini corporation council meeting – at the weekly grievance redressal meeting held here on Tuesday.

The meeting was chaired by Mayor Indirani Ponvasanth, Corporation Commissioner Simranjeet Singh Kahlon, Corporation Zone IV Chairperson Mugesh Sharma.

AIADMK councillor of ward 45 K. Shanmugavalli had a long list of complaints regarding delay in clearing of garbage, bad roads and overflowing drainage issues. Many councillors had similar pressing issues they had been repeatedly petitioning, waiting to be redressed.

AIADMK councillor of ward 89 Kavitha Selvam noted that streets, including Chettiar Street, Anna Street, Thiruvalluvar Street Markandeyan Street etc., have become home to mounds of garbage.

“Despite the ward being annexed with the corporation, it has not seen any improvements at all. The overflowing open drainage system across the ward has been aggravating diseases among other problems,” she noted, to which the Mayor assured of immediate action.

Meanwhile, AIADMK councillor of ward 30 A. Vasanthadevi, said that her petitions have remained the same over the past year since nothing has changed. “Since water pipes have become old, pressure has been drastically reduced which needs to be replaced,” she said.

Ms. Vasanthadevi charged that the regular mass cleaning campaigns have been stopped abruptly and called for resuming them. “Neither funds have been allotted nor any developmental work has been undertaken. We have only been spending from our pockets,” she lamented.