Move toilet complex away from Amma canteen, AIADMK demands in Tirunelveli
The Hindu
AIADMK urges Tirunelveli Corp. to move sanitary complex near Amma Unavagam or maintain it properly. Other petitions submitted to Mayor include desilting of stormwater drain, laying of roads, renovation of park.
Condemning the opening of a sanitary complex near the Amma Unavagam (canteen) near the Palayamkottai Market in Tirunelveli, the AIADMK has urged the Corporation to either move it to another location, or maintain it properly.
In a petition submitted to Tirunelveli Mayor P.M. Saravanan on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, the AIADMK functionaries said the Amma Unavagam, which was started by late Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to make meals available at subsidised costs, was being shunted aside by the present DMK government by not allocating it sufficient funds. Moreover, no steps are being taken to ensure the quality of food at the canteen, with the ulterior motive of allowing the canteens to shut down, they alleged.
Now, the Corporation has opened a public toilet near the Amma Unavagam near Palayamkottai Market. Since the toilet complex is not being properly maintained and is being used by anti-social elements as place to drink, the poor beneficiaries of the canteen are reluctant to come to it, the AIADMK claimed.
The party asked the Corporation to either move the toilets, or maintain the complex properly.
The petition was submitted to the Mayor on the occasion of the Corporation’s grievance redressal day meeting, held on Tuesday.
Additionally, CPI (M) members submitted a petition to the Mayor seeking the desilting of a stormwater drain on Fourth Cross Street of Kamatchi Nagar in ward 37.
The DMK councillor of ward 24, A. Ravindar submitted a petition accusing the Corporation of not laying roads in his ward. “Even 18 months after I have assumed office as the councillor of ward 24, no development work has been implemented in my area,” he alleged.