The Hindu 23.02.2013
Corporation gets helping hand for conservancy work
streetlights, the civic body has a lot to offer city residents. Friday’s
Corporation council meeting discussed these and many other resolutions
in detail —Photos: R. Ravindran and M. Karunakaran.
Credai to maintain 12 roads.
The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association
of India (Credai) – Chennai will shoulder the responsibility of
conservancy and maintenance on 12 roads in the city.
The
Chennai Corporation council on Friday passed a resolution permitting
Credai to carry out conservancy operation and maintenance on
Purasawalkam High Road, Gangadeeswarar Koil Street, Raja Annamalai Road,
Narayana Guru Salai, EVK Sampath Salai, Jothi Venkatachalam Salai,
Vepery High Road, Raja Muthiah Road, Gandhi Irwin Road, Police
Commissioner Office Road, Pantheon Road and Whannels Road.
Credai
will display its name on footpaths where it carries out maintenance
work. Private workers employed by Credai will sweep the roads and
footpaths twice a day.
The workers will clean roads
and medians and remove stains. They will also wash signage, street
furniture and medians on these stretches. The workers have also been
asked to advise people against spitting on roads.
Sanitary
workers of the Corporation will not carry out conservancy operations on
the 12 roads but the electrical department of the civic body will
continue to replace streetlights on these stretches.
Watering
of plants on medians and traffic islands, removal of unauthorised
banners and wall posters, and pruning of trees along the roads will also
be undertaken by Credai.
The Corporation will, however, continue to remove encroachments on the roads and regulate parking lots.
Credai
will maintain records of the work done on the stretches and submit a
report to the Chennai Corporation. The Corporation council will annul
the memorandum of understanding with Credai if their work is found to be
inadequate.
On Friday, the Council also decided to
seek a grant of Rs. 100 crore to improve street lighting in the
newly-added areas of the city. It needs at least Rs. 298 crore for
streetlights.
The old streetlights will be replaced by energy-efficient and long-lasting LED lights.