According to sources, the Corporation will place giant images of how the roads will look after the project is implemented and seek suggestions from the public from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Corporation Kalaiarangam.

The Corporation is implementing the model road project at Rs. 5.50 crore to develop 1.6 km of D.B. Road and 1.1 km of T.V. Swamy Street so that they have uniform motor carriage way, pedestrian-friendly pavements and ducts for cables.

On February 18, senior bureaucrats will brief the public on how the Corporation proposed to implement the project and the salient features of the model road. Thereafter, they will throw open the floor for suggestions from the public.

Representatives of the Corporation and the partner agencies - RAAC and ITDP - will note down the suggestions to incorporate them in the model road plan, the sources say and add that no major changes such as shifting bus shelters or stops can be considered, though.

The Corporation had recently held a joint inspection with TANGEDCO for taking underground the power cables and with telecom service providers for taking underground their cables.

Once the Corporation implemented the model road project, vehicle parking will be better regulated on the roads. Consequently, the number of vehicles parked on the road will come down. To address this problem, the Corporation is looking at alternative parking spaces in the vicinity. The sources say that the civic body is also in talks with restaurants and big commercial establishments on the two roads to make them look for alternative parking spaces.

The Corporation is implementing the model road project on Sanganoor Road, NSR Road, in Race Course and Masakalipalayam Road as well.

Though there is a ban on plastic carry bags in Tiruchi, open drainage, storm water and underground drainage canals continue to be clogged due to the indiscriminate dumping of plastic.

There is not a single canal that is free of plastics. Plastic materials particularly carry bags and plastic bottles clog the drains.

The problem is acute in the canals located in Cantonment.

Due to the floating population that visits the Central Bus Stand, a canal on Williams Road has become an eyesore due to this menace. The canal that starts from Bharathidasan Road and extends beyond Williams Road is full of plastic bags, plastic plates, bottles, footwear and food waste.

This due to a large number of roadside eateries, petty shops, commercial complexes, restaurants and hotels around the bus stand that attracts thousands of commuters daily.

Besides, a few Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) outlets are also functioning in the area.

Locals say that people of all walks of life including shoppers, customers and passengers recklessly dump waste in the canals.

They allege that due to the indiscriminate dumping of plastics not only do sewerage lines burst but also there is overflow of waste water on the roads.

“The sewage is clogged at several points because of waste particularly plastics. It has not been cleared for long,” says A. Mahalingam of Williams Road.

Several people, who visit the neighbouring Tasmac shops also threw empty bottles, he added.

Stating that same condition was prevailing in other areas, he said that the Corporation must carry out a comprehensive drainage cleaning drive so as to remove all garbage in the drainage and storm water canals.