Stretch in CPT at Taramani turns dumpyard at night
At least 1,000 diploma students, besides commuters from the Pallipattu and Kallikundram neighbourhoods use this PWD-owned road to reach OMR. Cricket and tennis tournaments are hosted on the college campus.
Every night, construction workers from nearby sites dump debris and solid waste in these parts. When TOI visited the stretch, items including furniture, lightbulbs, debris, and fresh waste was found disposed. "Pavements are unusable. There's no lighting or CCTV cameras to monitor the stretch," said a second-year student. The college has now built steel overhead barriers to restrict lorries from entering. Residents, however, fear the college may entirely block entry to private vehicles. "More than 10,000 people use this road. They must appoint guards at night to monitor the stretch. Height limiters are fine, but they must not build gates," said K Karthikeyan, a commuter.
GCC zonal officer for Adyar, P V Srinivasan, said vehicles for clean-up drives were deployed in the past, but the issue keeps recurring. "The land belongs to PWD, and the college operates from there. It's not a GCC road, but people use it. We asked the college to set up CCTV cameras to nab the culprits," he said, adding that the debris appears to be from construction sites of highways. "The debris resembles remnants discarded after pier and pillar works," he added.
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