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The Hindu
27-07-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Delay in road restoration irks commuters in Nagercoil
Motorists commuting through most roads in Nagercoil Corporation limits often experience a bumpy ride, primarily due to the roads dug up for infrastructure development works like Underground Drainage System (UGDS) and ongoing drinking water projects. These works often resulted in the delay in road restoration. In several areas, the patch work carried out is of poor quality, which usually washes away after even a brief spell of rain. Due to the ongoing drinking water project, people are struggling with the stretch from Kottar to Malik Dinar school, which has been dug up and left unrestored. As one of the key commercial corridors within the corporation limits, the condition of the road has irked the commuters. Divakaran, an autorickshaw driver said that major infrastructural work like this should ideally be undertaken during summer vacation. Highlighting the poor condition of the road near the St. Joseph Convent Higher Secondary School, he added, 'It has become extremely rough during the school hours in morning and evening, as the vehicles are forced to travel on these non motorable roads.' In the case of UGDS work, the project is being developed at a cost of ₹129 crore, with the UGDS network spanning 1,15,923 meters with 4,667 manholes, a pumping station at Vadiveewsaram and a sewage treatment plant at Valampurivilai dumping yard. However, of the 52 wards in the corporation, the work has been completed in only 17 wards, officials said. Syed Meeran from Elankadai pointed out that several manholes are not aligned with the road surface and pose a significant risk to commuters. 'The manholes must be levelled equal to the roads. But in this area many are few inches below the surface, particularly in the middle of the road.' Mr. Meeran added that the officials should ensure all restoration and development works do not pose safety risk to road users. While several councilors have been actively urging the government to speed up the UGDS work and road restoration, the work still progresses at a snail pace in many of the city, residents charged. Meena Dev, a BJP Councillor from Nagercoil Corporation said the UGDS project has been ongoing in the corporation for more than seven years, which definitely needs to accelerate its speed. She noted that many corporations which had begun after Nagercoil had completed the project. 'If the road has been dug up in an area, it has to be completely restored before moving to another area. But here the contractors are moving from one place to another place without complete restoration,' Ms. Meena Dev added. Speaking to The Hindu, Nagercoil Corporation Mayor R. Mahesh said that orders have been issued for the new road from Anna Bus Stand and preparatory works have already commenced. He added that the ongoing project for drinking water from Poigai dam, under the AMRUT scheme is underway. 'The UGDS works had been completed in 17 wards and other wards will commence shortly,' he noted.
The Hindu
19-06-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
Monitoring officer reviews key civic projects in Agasteeswaram taluk
Kanniyakumari District Monitoring Officer Hanish Chabbra inspected the ongoing development works at Agasteeswaram taluk on Thursday. He conducted the inspection in the presence of Kanniyakumari Collector R. Alagumeena, Nagercoil Corporation Commissioner Nishant Krishna and other officials from the district administration. The Monitoring Officer reviewed various sites, including Urban Primary Health centres (UPHCs), corporation's dump yard, coastal hamlets and other development works of the Nagercoil Municipal Corporation. During his visit to the UPHC in Krishnancoil area, he inquired about the availability of doctors and essential medicines at the centre. The department officials were asked about tests for non communicable disease, including high blood pressure and diabetes, under the scheme 'Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam'. He also visited Valampuraivilai dump yard, located in the heart of a residential area, an issue of critical concern for the city. Everyday tonnes of wastes from households, hotels and markets under the Corporation limits are being dumped at the site. He directed the Corporation officials to give precedence to public health with bio mining and other waste processing activities at the yard, particularly due to close proximity of residential areas, hospitals and markets. He also instructed the Corporation officials to expedite installation of suction systems at the Underground Drainage System facilities at the Pattasalianvilai. He also inspected the construction of 500 metre sea wall along the coastal road of Pottal-Puthanthurai-Pallamthurai at a cost of ₹2.81 crore and the construction of an overhead tank at Thengamputhoor being developed under the AMRUT scheme at a cost of ₹64.68 crore. The tank with a capacity of around 3 lakh litres will benefit 11,049 households in the area that were added recently to the Nagercoil Municipal Corporation limits.
