Citizens from a handful of areas in the city have set an example by taking matters into their own hands, by laying their own road. Hundreds of complaints are being filed by residents about bad roads in both the earlier limits of the corporation and in the extended areas, with little being done to rectify this issue.
The residents of Nolambur, who moved into the fast developing locality in 2006, ran from pillar to post trying to get authorities to lay the Sri Ram Nagar main road, which is the only route connecting the apartment complexes to Bharathi Salai, a main road in West Mogappair.
"None of the office we approached including the Panchayat Head and collector could not take any action because the road was caught in a legal wrangle," said G Suresh, Federation of Nolambur Residents Associations ( FONRA) president. In October 2011, the residents decided to lay the road themselves, by hiring a few road workers and pooling in the funds themselves.
"Seven associations contributed close to Rs 67,000 totally," he said. This action helped in sending out a strong message to the government. However, this is not the first such incident. Many years ago, the Jai Nagar residents association who are based just off Koyambedu, also made a similar attempt to lay a road connecting Jai Nagar to the arterial Inner Ring road. Full story...
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The residents of Nolambur, who moved into the fast developing locality in 2006, ran from pillar to post trying to get authorities to lay the Sri Ram Nagar main road, which is the only route connecting the apartment complexes to Bharathi Salai, a main road in West Mogappair.
"None of the office we approached including the Panchayat Head and collector could not take any action because the road was caught in a legal wrangle," said G Suresh, Federation of Nolambur Residents Associations ( FONRA) president. In October 2011, the residents decided to lay the road themselves, by hiring a few road workers and pooling in the funds themselves.
"Seven associations contributed close to Rs 67,000 totally," he said. This action helped in sending out a strong message to the government. However, this is not the first such incident. Many years ago, the Jai Nagar residents association who are based just off Koyambedu, also made a similar attempt to lay a road connecting Jai Nagar to the arterial Inner Ring road. Full story...
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