The open drain that runs alongside Sivagami Nagar in Reddiyarpalayam has made life miserable for the residents in Puducherry.
| Photo Credit: S.S. Kumar
The stench emanating from a storm water drain that carries waste water in Reddiyarpalayam is making life miserable for these residing in Sivagami Nagar, Morisson Thottam and areas on the facet of Villupuram Road.
The drain, which begins from the intersection of Villupuram Road and Sivagami Nagar and extends all the best way as much as Mariyal Nagar is full of sewage and plastic waste. The compound wall of a number of homes in Sivagami Nagar is separated from the drain by only a boundary wall.
The stink emanating from the drain has made life troublesome for the residents for years. The stagnant water in the drain choked with stable waste makes the world scent of sewage. What is making issues worse is that homes situated alongside the drain are additionally instantly releasing sewage into the drain, a bit of residents rued.
A.G. Sundaram, a retired Headmaster of a authorities faculty who had shifted to a flat in Mariyal Nagar together with his household six months in the past, had no inkling in regards to the predicament that awaited him. “The area is well developed, and we were looking forward to moving in. But this drain that is located adjacent to our apartment has become our bane, causing health problems.”
Most of the homes which are situated alongside the drain have their home windows closed and coated with wired mesh.
“We cannot open the windows in the morning as the wind carried the foul smell to the households in the area. The open drain has also become a mass breeding ground for moquitoes and little has been done to overcome the problem. We have informed about the smell and mosquito menace to officials of Oulgaret Municipality, but to no avail,” stated M. Ravichandran, one other resident.
A piece of residents stated that the municipal workers after eradicating the silt from the drain dumped it on the roadside. The silt has now change into a breeding floor for mosquitoes and the menace will get out of hand in the evenings. The drain has change into a significant well being hazard, they stated.
A senior official stated that residents had been to be blamed for the choked drain. A piece of residents have been illegally letting out sewage and dumping stable waste in the drain. The native physique would quickly undertake cleansing of the drain, he stated.
