As long as it does not rain, it is business as usual at Gandhinagar, VUDA Colony Phase II near Pedagantyada. For a variety of reasons, the colony dreads monsoon season as one of the major problems the residents face is inundation.
The low-lying area is dogged by other features like proximity to the dumping yard and an overflowing gedda located at the south side of the colony which causes havoc to the residents for years now.
Muddy roadsThough there is less traffic flow in the locality, the muddy roads restrict movement and the situation gets worse during rainy season.
Since the electrical wires are 30-year-old, they droop in a haphazard manner, posing potential threat to passers-by. The colony residents feel that a complete makeover of the transformer will solve the problem. They showed a list of letters addressed to APEPDCL and GVMC officials. “Despite our repeated complaints about damaged drains and relocation of dumping yard other than our proposal for a new transformer, nothing much has been done except registering the grievance with a fresh complaint number,” laments Bolisetty Divakar, president of the colony’s MIG House Owners’ Welfare Association.
Another concern is that there is no general hospital located near the colony. The residents have to reach Gajuwaka in case of emergency. “We don’t have hospitals anywhere close to the colony. As most of us lead a retired life, commuting to Gajuwaka for every other thing is really annoying,” says R. Seshagiri Rao, a retired employee and general secretary of Gandhinagar, VUDA Colony Phase II LIG House Owners’ Welfare Association.
As part of the colony’s unsettling concerns, a four-acre site earmarked for development of a park with a walking track is yet to take shape.
Owing to improper drains, every vacant site turns into a pool of sewage adding to mosquito menace. The existence of dumping yard coupled with overflowing drains, the neighbourhood has become a matter of convenience for pigs.
