WE CAN’T GO TO COURT EVERY TIME’

Published Date: 27-06-2009 -

G Saravanan

Chennai, June 26: A waste disposal proposal at the Kuthambakkam village has annoyed its residents as they fear the model village will be turned into a dumping yard.

Identifying a meadow in the village as a place for waste disposal for six municipalities -- Ambattur, Thiruverkadu, Valasaravakkam, Maduravoyal, Porur and Poonamalle by the Tamil Nadu government without consulting the village panchayat leader has further irked the villages.

Kuthambakkam has been a model village for total development with the support of the state government. Successful projects like Samathuvapuram, roads under Namakku Naame scheme some examples that can be attributed to this village. In the past the government had also abandoned a massive satellite township project at the request of the locals.

R Elango, former president of Kuthambakkam panchayat staged a massive dharna at the village centre recently to seek government’s attention on the issue. Residents are shocked since they cannot simply go to court every time to claim their basic rights. “Fifteen years ago, illicit brewing was a big problem. Now we fear the return of those days since loss of income seems imminent,” Ramadas, a ward member.