Chennai Corporation elections: Zone watch

As Tamil Nadu gears up for the urban local body polls on February 19, we give you a glimpse of what the various voters of different zones in Chennai believe are the issue that dominate their localities

February 11, 2022 12:15 pm | Updated February 19, 2022 12:49 pm IST

Ripon Building illuminated in tricolour on Tuesday on the occasion of Republic Day. R.Ragu

Ripon Building illuminated in tricolour on Tuesday on the occasion of Republic Day. R.Ragu

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A view of the Madhavaram Mofussil Bus Terminus in Chennai.

Madhavaram zone watch

Aloysius Xavier Lopez

St. Mary’s Road in Mandaveli in one of the several bad roads in Mylapore.

17FEBSTS01_Home to the poshest and poor , civic issues aplenty in Teynampet

Haphazard parking of vehicles along the streets connecting the N.S.C. Bose Road, Sowcarpet, causes heavy traffic congestion.

Old city can do with more modern amenities and infrastructure

Pon Vasanth B.A

Residents of several apartment complexes in Zone 14 have put up a banner saying they will vote for the candidate, who will fulfill their long-pending demand of providing them with water and sewage connections.

High speed internet, the only good thing in Perungudi

Deepa H. Ramakrishnan

There is water seepage from the walls in the Thillai Ganga Nagar subway in Alandur even when it is not raining.

Pending infrastructure projects key concern in this zone

Pon Vasanth B.A

Vehicles parked on the pavement at the Pondy Bazaar Pedestrian plaza.

Zone 10: Basic amenities still need attention in sprawling zone

Slow progress: Work on the bridge across the Kosasthaliyar connecting Sadayankuppam and Manali High Road has been progressing at a slow pace.

Least populous Manali has the most civic issues

Aloysius Xavier Lopez

In the absence of retaining wall, the dumping of garbage in the Cooum has become rampant in Aminjikarai.

LAX/Zone Watch: Anna Nagar

The L.B. Road in Thiruvanmiyur is invariably chock-a-block with vehicles during peak hours.

13FEBSTS01_Sewage overflow to waterlogging, civic issues in Adyar aplenty

Valasaravakkam residents flag poor drinking water, bad roads

The construction of overbridge at the Pattabiram Railway Station has been progressing at a slow pace.

Residents want the much delayed underground drainage project to be completed in Avadi Corporation

Residents complain that plumes of smokeg from burning garbage Kodungaiyur dump causes pollution in the neigbourhood.

SJM/Tondiarpet zone : Where residents wait for the most basic of amenities [with photo - mailed gfx points]

Serena Josephine M.

Residents yearn for civic development

Special Correspondent

Tiruvottiyur Theradi Metro station is yet to be inaugurated although several other stations on this stretch have been commissioned.

Pollution, flooding dominate the campaign in Tiruvottiyur

Aloysius Xavier Lopez

IT corridor still awaits amenities

Special Correspondent

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