The Hindu 21.07.2009
Ram Nagar residents allege unsafe disposal of garbage
Staff Reporter
| Memorandum submitted to District Revenue Officer |
— Photo: A. Muralitharan 
HEALTH HAZARD: Dumping and burning of garbage at Ram Nagar in Madipakkam cause inconvenience to residents.
KANCHEEPURAM: The Ramnagar South (East) Residents Welfare Association, Madipakkam, has alleged that village panchayat staff indulge in an indiscriminate dumping and burning of garbage in their area.
In a memorandum submitted to District Revenue Officer and Collector-in-charge A. Nambirasan here recently, the association office-bearers said that village panchayat staff dumped non-biodegradable waste such as plastics, use-and-throw products and domestic/commercial waste on vacant plots in the Ramnagar South area regularly despite opposition from the residents.
They also set fire to garbage, causing immense hardship to public.
Claming that their repeated pleas to the local bodies to stop this inhumane activity had failed to evoke favourable response, the association pleaded the district administration to issue stern direction to the local bodies not to indulge in such activities.
It had also called upon the district administration to help raise the height of Ramnagar South and 7th Cross streets by two to two-and-half feet in order to link them with Madipakkam-Kaiveli Road so that it would help residents access their houses easily when this area gets inundated during monsoon.
Further, pointing out that the entire area gets marooned and lies inundated for weeks together during monsoon, the association pleaded that flood drain channels be constructed in their area and linked with the main flood drain canal, constructed near Balaji Nagar.
Stating that their area was witnessing hype in real-estate activity in view of its proximity to Mass Rapid Transport System facility at Velachery and the already developed areas such as Nanganallur and Madipakkam on the outskirts of south Chennai, the association demanded an additional overhead tank facility to augment protected drinking water supply in the area.