Defunct streetlights leave residents groping in the dark
The Hindu
High mast lights and streetlights in several parts of Muthialpet have remained non-functional for months, putting the locals to hardship
Defunct streetlights in Muthialpet are causing hardship to its residents. High mast lights and streetlights have remained non-functional in several parts of the locality for a long time. The high mast lights erected at Manikoondu (clock tower), the market and Sholai Nagar, and streetlights at Pattinathar Thottam haven’t been functioning for several months, residents allege. “If several streetlights are non-functional, a few that do work are on throughout the day. Sometimes, the lights are on from Friday night till Sunday morning,” said Ashwin Clement, a resident of Muthialpet.“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.
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