The Deccan Chronicle 20.08.2010
Garbage, sewage annoy walkers in Besant Nagar
Aug. 19: Uncleared garbage and blocked sewers have become a problem at Beasant Nagar and residents say complaints to the corporation and Metro Water officials have yielded no results. The situation has become worse since the city corporation outsourced garbage clearance to Neel Metal Fa-nalca. Garbage is at present removed only once a week and NMF workers do not sweep the area periodically, admitted a corporation employee residing in Beasant Nagar, Oorurkuppam.
Civic activist R. Sundaramurthy noted that the locality was once a favourite with morning walkers, but now the entire stretch behind the Theosophical Society connecting the Beasant Nagar beach is polluted and littered with garbage.
He said children in the locality were prone to communicable diseases and cases of cholera had been reported six months ago in Oorurkuppam, but the officials were not bothered. “Metro Water officials of division 152 are aware of the problems, but they remain silent despite several complaints seeking better drainage connections,” he added.
“Morning walks along the shores of Beasant Nagar to the southern tip of the Theosophical Society connecting the broken bridge use to be pleasant, but now people av-oid the stretch due to the ga-rbage dumped there,” said S. Janani, a regular beachgoer.
Corporation commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni said the civic body will soon launch a clean-up programme in the area.
