The significant increase in the road level every time a stretch is re-laid is posing a major problem for residents in the city.
People residing in houses that were built about a decade or two ago are the worst-hit as the road level is higher than that of the floor of the houses. And every time it rains, water enters such houses. Though many managed to increase the floor level to prevent sewage or rain water from entering their ground water sumps, those in underprivileged localities are forced to face inundation.
S. Thangamani, a resident of KMK Nagar located behind Singanallur Bus Stand, says that when the road level was below the floor level of the houses in the area, excess rainwater drained through the channels. “But after the road level was raised, water from open drains enters our houses every time it rained,” she says. She has been residing in the area for the past 20 years.
Another problem in the area is the difficulty in collecting water from the public tap located on roads that were re-laid. To adjust with the road level, the councillor suggested increasing the height of the pipeline.
“But it is not viable as increasing the height of the pipeline will reduce the water pressure further,” says S. Karupusamy (51), a daily wage labourer, who resides in the area.
“In the last eight years, the height of the road has increased drastically. Around 40 houses collect water from the tap. We get very less water from it and that too once in 10 to 15 days,” he says. As a temporary solution, the residents have dug a pit below the tap to place the pots.
People residing in houses that were built about a decade or two ago are the worst-hit as the road level is higher than that of the floor of the houses. And every time it rains, water enters such houses. Though many managed to increase the floor level to prevent sewage or rain water from entering their ground water sumps, those in underprivileged localities are forced to face inundation.
S. Thangamani, a resident of KMK Nagar located behind Singanallur Bus Stand, says that when the road level was below the floor level of the houses in the area, excess rainwater drained through the channels. “But after the road level was raised, water from open drains enters our houses every time it rained,” she says. She has been residing in the area for the past 20 years.
Another problem in the area is the difficulty in collecting water from the public tap located on roads that were re-laid. To adjust with the road level, the councillor suggested increasing the height of the pipeline.
“But it is not viable as increasing the height of the pipeline will reduce the water pressure further,” says S. Karupusamy (51), a daily wage labourer, who resides in the area.
“In the last eight years, the height of the road has increased drastically. Around 40 houses collect water from the tap. We get very less water from it and that too once in 10 to 15 days,” he says. As a temporary solution, the residents have dug a pit below the tap to place the pots.