CHENNAI CORPORATION: CPM councillor proves her mettle

Published in The New Indian Express, Chennai on August 30, 2011:

Source: http://expressbuzz.com/cities/chennai/CPM-councillor-proves-her-mettle/308912.html

CHENNAI: Though several Councillors have spoken at the Chennai Corporation’s Council meets in the past five years, it was the voice of Devi, the lone CPM Councillor from Ward-59, that stood out as she raised several public issues and got redressed.

Braving all odds, Devi has managed to cut a mark at the meetings by highlighting grievances of the public and forced the DMK-led Council to take corrective measures.

While evaluating the performance of the DMK-led Council vis-a-vis the improvement of civic infrastructure in the city, Devi said that the Council lacked follow up mechanism that has ultimately resulted in discontinuation of several important public welfare schemes over the years.

“We should congratulate Mayor M Subramanian for his efforts to add more green lung spots by setting up new parks on lands reclaimed from encroachments,” she said.

While many new parks have come up in the past five years, the Council has also renovated several big parks across the city and indeed people have welcomed it, Devi added.