Residents of Wipro Street protesting in Sholinganallur on Sunday.
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Residents of Wipro Street in Sholinganallur staged a protest on Sunday night demanding {that a} close by non-public data expertise (IT) park, Rattha Tech, cease pumping out floodwater onto their avenue. The protestors mentioned the ability allegedly went again on its phrase and resumed pumping on early Sunday.
“We have over a foot of water on the street and a few more inches would only mean a power outage since the water would reach the transformer,” mentioned Christy Chinnadurai, secretary, Mistral Apartments. The avenue was fully dry on Thursday and Friday, however the firm began pumping out rainwater combined with handled sewage onto the road. “Most of us returned home only on Thursday since we had about 4 ft of stagnant water,” mentioned Cauvery, one other resident. Residents mentioned they’d complained concerning the subject to the Corporation. This shouldn’t be the primary time the IT park was pumping out water onto the road.
Meanwhile, firm sources mentioned the problem had been resolved. Water that got here into their 14 acre property from the Perumbakkam lake was being pumped out by the storm-water drain on Rajiv Gandhi Salai and likewise a non-public property that’s subsequent to theirs.
Corporation Commissioner J. Radhakrishnan mentioned motion could be initiated in opposition to these inflicting nuisance to the general public.