The Hindu 16.12.2009
Sewage stagnation poses health hazard to Maruthi Nagar residents
Staff Reporter
| The area lacks a proper drainage system, they say |
— Photo: P. Goutham 
Needs immediate action: The stagnation of sewage on a vacant land at Maruthi Nagar in ward 37, Salem, poses serious threat to people’s health.
SALEM: People in Maruthi Nagar in ward 37 here are facing serious health hazard due to stagnation of sewage on a vacant land in the area.
As the area lacks a proper drainage system, waste water from Maruthi Nagar and a few other residential colonies flows into the vacant land and stagnates.
This has led to wild growth of shrubs on the land, housing snakes and other reptiles.
Mosquito menace
The stench from the waste water is unbearable and the land serves as a breeding ground for mosquitoes.
On rainy days, sewage overflows from the land and enters houses, the people point out.
Mosquito menace has increased to alarming proportions, leaving the people to spend sleepless nights.
The residents have taken the issue to the Salem Corporation officials at several instances.
“We have submitted petitions to the Corporation Commissioner and health officials explaining the gravity of the issue. We have been asking the councillor of this area to take steps for constructing a proper drainage system. But we yet are to receive a reply,” they say.
