The tale of a homeless person who has returned to the neighbourhood highlights the grave challenges posed by lack of shelter facilities and flawed management of COVID waste.
Citizens need to be cautious and ensure that the work is needed and meets quality standards. Also, leaders must be held accountable throughout their tenure.
The presence of TASMAC shops in residential areas has inconvenienced many citizens. But
despite protests, there is no attempt at lasting solutions, as the writer finds.
Across the city roads are being dug up and relaid to lay pipes and cables. The relaying occurs mostly without milling. Despite complaints, authorities delay action.
For months, an empathetic citizen has been trying to secure shelter for a mentally-ill individual in his neighbourhood, in vain. He writes about his experience.
Toilets by the shore, illegal sewage pipes draining into stormwater drains, debris dumped secretly — A citizen journalist’s trip to the Vannankuttai in GKM Colony reveals the sordid tale of how Chennai is losing its precious waterbodies.
Incomplete digital records, lack of information on actual fees payable to the RTO, and intermediaries waiting to take advantage — that’s what a Chennai citizen comes up against, in something as simple as renewal of a driving licence.
Lack of coordination between government departments is at the root of many civic problems, most notably the condition of roads. An angry citizen calls for action by the people to get such issues solved.
