Lok Sabha elections: Chitalapakkam residents list out issues for their candidates
TNN | Mar 30, 2019, 11.16 AM IST
CHENNAI: Residents of Chitalapakkam, which comes under Sriperumbudur parliamentary constituency, have formed a group - Chitalapakkam rising - and listed out issues that they expect their candidates to resolve.
The residents want the candidates to sign a memorandum which comes with an assurance of finding solutions to several issues that the town panchayat faces. The locality is on the southern periphery of the city, sandwiched between Old Mahabalipuram road and the Chennai-Trichy highway.
For instance, the Chitalapakkam lake is a thorny issue, on which the residents have been agitating for many years now. “We have demanded that the candidate should recover, restore and rejuvenate the lake. The candidate should also ensure that Selaiyur and Sembakkam lakes are restored,” said Sunil Jayaram from the group.
Chitalapakkam has around 39,000 registered voters in the Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency which has around 12 lakh voters.
The group has already met DMK candidate TR Baalu who has promised to look into the memorandum. They are scheduled to meet PMK candidate Vaithilingam tomorrow morning. Talks are also on with the MNM and Naam Tamizhar Katchi candidates, Jayaram said. The other issues include adequate drinking water supply, underground drainage system, better access to public transport and implementation of underground cabling for electricity transmissions. The voters feel that this is the ideal time for them to highlight the long-pending issues as all candidates would be soliciting votes. “We are also in touch with the local DMK MLA Raja to co-ordinate on these issues,” Sunil said.
TNN | Mar 30, 2019, 11.16 AM IST
CHENNAI: Residents of Chitalapakkam, which comes under Sriperumbudur parliamentary constituency, have formed a group - Chitalapakkam rising - and listed out issues that they expect their candidates to resolve.
The residents want the candidates to sign a memorandum which comes with an assurance of finding solutions to several issues that the town panchayat faces. The locality is on the southern periphery of the city, sandwiched between Old Mahabalipuram road and the Chennai-Trichy highway.
For instance, the Chitalapakkam lake is a thorny issue, on which the residents have been agitating for many years now. “We have demanded that the candidate should recover, restore and rejuvenate the lake. The candidate should also ensure that Selaiyur and Sembakkam lakes are restored,” said Sunil Jayaram from the group.
Chitalapakkam has around 39,000 registered voters in the Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency which has around 12 lakh voters.
The group has already met DMK candidate TR Baalu who has promised to look into the memorandum. They are scheduled to meet PMK candidate Vaithilingam tomorrow morning. Talks are also on with the MNM and Naam Tamizhar Katchi candidates, Jayaram said. The other issues include adequate drinking water supply, underground drainage system, better access to public transport and implementation of underground cabling for electricity transmissions. The voters feel that this is the ideal time for them to highlight the long-pending issues as all candidates would be soliciting votes. “We are also in touch with the local DMK MLA Raja to co-ordinate on these issues,” Sunil said.
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