No sign of governor visit, officials abort sprucing up of ChitlapakkamPradeep Kumar | Updated: Feb 28, 2018, 21:28 IST
When news filtered through that the governor's visit was not happening, workers abandoned their tasks CHENNAI: Officials of Chitlapakkam town panchayat and public works department (PWD) who started to spruce up the neighbourhood anticipating a visit by Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, then chose to abandon work after learning that Purohit would not be visiting soon.
TOI reported that the governor's office had taken cognisance of Chitlapakkam residents' petition demanding a solution to the garbage crisis in their neighbourhood. Subsequently, it was rumoured that Purohit would visit Chitlapakkam on Tuesday, as part of his larger Kancheepuram district trip schedule. On Monday evening, however, the Raj Bhavan declared that a visit to Chitlapakkam was not in Purohit's schedule.
By then, the town panchayat and the PWD had already engaged workers to patch up potholes on the roads and clean up the garbage filled Chitlapakkam lake, residents said.
The PWD engaged workers to remove overgrown shrubs from the lake's bund and replace damaged tiles in the walking track developed around the lake. It even put up nets to cover the landfill in the water body. However, when news filtered through that the governor's visit was not happening, the workers abandoned their tasks.
"Do we really need a VIP visit to bring change? Only problem is they (officials) are effective in order to please the bosses and not citizens. If they were even half effective throughout the year, then Chitlapakkam would become Singapore long back," said Sunil Jayaram, a local resident and a member of the citizen activism group - Chitlapakkam Rising.
When news filtered through that the governor's visit was not happening, workers abandoned their tasks CHENNAI: Officials of Chitlapakkam town panchayat and public works department (PWD) who started to spruce up the neighbourhood anticipating a visit by Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, then chose to abandon work after learning that Purohit would not be visiting soon.
TOI reported that the governor's office had taken cognisance of Chitlapakkam residents' petition demanding a solution to the garbage crisis in their neighbourhood. Subsequently, it was rumoured that Purohit would visit Chitlapakkam on Tuesday, as part of his larger Kancheepuram district trip schedule. On Monday evening, however, the Raj Bhavan declared that a visit to Chitlapakkam was not in Purohit's schedule.
By then, the town panchayat and the PWD had already engaged workers to patch up potholes on the roads and clean up the garbage filled Chitlapakkam lake, residents said.
The PWD engaged workers to remove overgrown shrubs from the lake's bund and replace damaged tiles in the walking track developed around the lake. It even put up nets to cover the landfill in the water body. However, when news filtered through that the governor's visit was not happening, the workers abandoned their tasks.
"Do we really need a VIP visit to bring change? Only problem is they (officials) are effective in order to please the bosses and not citizens. If they were even half effective throughout the year, then Chitlapakkam would become Singapore long back," said Sunil Jayaram, a local resident and a member of the citizen activism group - Chitlapakkam Rising.
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