Tirunelveli Corporation flooded with petitions complaining about bad roads

TIRUNELVELI With the Corporation maintaining silence about restoration of roads that were damaged by underground drainage (UGD) work in the city, residents and political parties on Tuesday submitted petitions complaining about the poor condition of streets in their areas. In its petition submitted to Deputy Mayor K. R.

Raju at the weekly grievances redressal meeting, the Social Democratic Party of India said that even after completing the UGD on Third Street of Rahmania Mosque of Ward 19 at Pettai, the Corporation was yet to start the levelling of the damaged road. Several petitions were submitted in the past, but there was no sign of any work. “After the recent wet spells, rainwater stagnating in pits on the damaged roads have become mosquito breeding grounds.

However, the Corporation is conducting surprise checks on private premises and houses and imposing fine for water found in coconut shells instead of relaying the road., the petition said. Manithaneya Jananayaga Katchi’s Ward 22 secretary A.