[1]A lawmaker should not be a lawbreaker goes the saying, but the city corporation, which is the custodian of pavements in Chennai, has eaten into the existing space available for pedestrians across the city.
Almost 50 per cent of the tin sheds that have been erected by the corporation as ward-level transit stations to handle garbage have created new problems. These sheds have become breeding grounds for stray dogs, grazing fields for cattle, thus affecting sanitation.
“The recent idea put forward by Chennai mayor Mr Saidai Duraisamy to streamline garbage collection by constructing transit stations at every ward has given rise to fresh problems and there is a need to rethink the project as there is a lot of resistance from the public,” a field official in north Chennai said.
“The garbage is supposed to be covered and not scattered. Rag pickers, dogs and cattle initially had no access to the sheds, but now they are kept open and in few places broken,” said L. Niranjan, a software professional working in Tidel Park.
A senior official said, “The corporation had so far erected these structures at 1,000 locations against the planned 1,200 locations. Wherever there are problems, we are looking into them and these would be moved to some other place nearby.”
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