Madurai Reader’s Mail

Stagnant water on vacant plots

Stagnant water on vacant plots

Stagnant water on vacant plots has surrounded houses at Padayappa Nagar in Tiruppalai. When Corporation authorities were contacted, they expressed their inability to solve this problem saying this is the responsibility of plot owners. Even if we take it so, is not the danger of mosquito breeding and subsequent spread of diseases real? Walls of houses in our area have become wet at the bottom due to water seepage. There is a wild growth of thorny bushes on the vacant plots. Some guidelines must be issued to the plot owners regarding their upkeep. I request the authorities concerned to look into this issue sympathetically. 

P. Victor Selvakumar,

Tiruppalai

Streamline roadside eateries

As a city which rightly earned a sobriquet, ‘City that never sleeps’ owing to its vibrant nightlife, roadside eateries play a vital role in feeding people who arrive in Madurai late in the night besides ensuring  labourers who work in markets do not go hungry. But the hygiene of certain side eateries leave a lot to be desired.  It is a common sight to see many functioning without proper bins to dispose of wastes, and potable drinking water. The result being food wastes being dumped on roads and foul smell emanating from them. It is high time food safety authorities conducted an awareness campaign for people running roadside eateries about practices of basic hygiene and safety of the food served. 

M. Jeyaram,