Water crisis, traffic bottlenecks and encroachments are locality’s main problems
T. Nagar, the city’s commercial hub, has an unceasing list of woes that have not been addressed in the last five years. Water crisis, traffic bottlenecks, encroachments, building violations and poor connectivity are issues that continue to cripple the lives of people residing in the constituency.
The constituency consists of Kodambakkam, Ashok Nagar, West Mambalam, Pondy Bazaar, CIT Nagar and a few parts of Vadapalani. Around 22 candidates, including 10 Independents, are contesting from this constituency.
Sitting MLA B. Sathyanarayanan is the AIADMK candidate while the DMK has fielded J. Karunanithi. Pala. Karupaiah will be contesting from actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam.
Crowded Ranganathan Street in T Nagar. Photo by A Pratha
CHENNAI: As Covid-19 cases surge, residents of Chennai’s T Nagar have written to Tamil Nadu health secretary J Radhakrishnan urging him to enforce mask compliance.
T Nagar Residents Welfare Association secretary B Kannan said, “With reports about a surge in Covid-19 cases, the residents of T Nagar, particularly those residing in the streets off the Usman Road, are a worried lot. Residential apartments are sandwiched between commercial buildings. When Covid-19 was at its peak, most streets in T Nagar were containment areas causing untold miseries to the residents,” he said.
Seized vehicles dumped
CHENNAI: The Pondy Bazaar police’s traffic investigation wing has dumped vehicles seized in accident cases on a pavement and encroached the parking lot opposite Panagal Park in T Nagar.
Damaged vehicles have been dumped in a heap and those intact are parked outside the police station on parking space meant for public use.
The commissioner of police Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal has instructed officers to keep police station premises clean. He has asked deputy commissioners to visit each police station once a month for inspection. Even then, confiscated vehicles and damaged barricades have been dumped outside inconveniencing the public.
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Charges will be similar to the existing on-street parking fees
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Charges will be similar to the existing on-street parking fees The Greater Chennai Corporation will inaugurate the multi-level car parking lot on Thanikachalam Road in T. Nagar by the end of this month, collecting charges similar to the on-street parking facilities in the area.
The parking charge for cars will be ₹20 for one hour and for motorcycles it will be ₹5.
The trial run of the parking lot is expected to be carried out shortly. Testing of the facility is yet to be completed. The automated parking lot has to be tested with all the three lifts operating with cars of different sizes and brands. “The testing has been done with cars as long as 5.1 metres. All kinds of cars can be taken out of the parking lot in 90 seconds,” said an official.