Appeal to remove Illegal parking of vehicles beneath flyover

Appealing to the Corporation officials to take stringent action against a group of “influential people” parking their vehicles beneath the Thatchanallur flyover on Tirunelveli Junction – Madurai Road to hamper the movement of other vehicles, including ambulances and fire tenders, a petition was submitted during the weekly grievances redressal meeting held at the Corporation on Tuesday.

In her petition, Sangeetha Ramasamy of ‘We The Leaders’ organisation from Balaji Nagar in Thatchanallur said a few “influential individuals” of this area are parking illegally their vehicles, including cars beneath the flyover on the Tirunelveli Junction – Madurai Road for the past several months. Since this illegal parking of vehicles is obstructing the movement of other vehicles and the children walking around, the Corporation and the Department of Highways should take immediate action to remove these vehicles being parked there round the clock, particularly during night.

“Above all, these illegally parked vehicles are obstructing the movement of oil tankers coming to the oil depot at Thatchanallur, ambulances rushing with patients and the fire tenders coming to this area during any emergency,” Ms. Sangeetha said.

She also complained that the garbage getting generated in Balaji Nagar had not been removed for the past few weeks to cause nauseating condition in this residential area.

The TVK’s 55th ward secretary Vishnu submitted a petition seeking the re-laying of the roads damaged in the underground drainage work in Shankar Colony and in front of Pushpalata Matriculation Higher Secondary School. Since the vehicles carrying students to the three schools on this road were struggling to move smoothly during the morning and the evening, the damaged roads should be laid immediately, he said.

DMK’s Tirunelveli City youth wing deputy organiser Alif M. Meeran submitted a petition seeking the expedition of sluggishly progressing the underground drainage work along the busy Tiruchendur Road from Samathanapuram traffic island. The delayed work causing accidents every day should be accelerated, he said.

The Manithaneya Makkal Katchi cadres submitted a petition for roads, regular drinking water supply, drainage channels and replacing of the damaged concrete slabs covering the sewage channels of ward 48 in Melapalayam Zone of the Corporation.

Petitions were submitted from the residents of wards 17 and 27 urging the Corporation to take immediate steps to clear the blocks in the underground drainage system.

“Since these blocks have led to overflowing of sewage along the streets, the Corporation should act immediately,” they said.

Another group of residents from Nambirajapuram in ward 14 submitted a petition seeking the repairing of two culverts damaged in the underground drainage work.