What Can Be Done In Future

The broken wires we find on the roads are the result of cable wars that surface every now and then. How will the Corporation dust these webs off? The power cables were never so ugly.
There are groups and groups of newly recruited uniformed ladies seen in busy roads standing in shades and having group discussions. Sure, that is not part of their training or duty. Why cant they be given training and duties to inject civic sense into Chennites? Only by punishing and punishing, fining and re-fining and refining and thereafter policing we will be able to get results. But the determination is what is required now.

Rework Needs To Be Done

That is not all. These beautification measures are like painting our house without dusting and removing the cob webs accumulated over the years. In Chennai Corporation these webs are knit by cable wires very awkwardly hanging everywhere. Often one can see the broken wires on the road and we get frightened to cross it for fear if it is a power cable. Only later we realize that the power cables have now gone underground, giving room for the video cables to rise. In fact there is much more power in them. Most of them are politically energized. the broken wires are found loosely on the roads .

A Real Time Example

Specific example is the ones in front of Parsen Complex near Anna Flyover on which footpath many blind children walk up and down their school nearby.Why the Corporation was in such a hurry to remove them in a hotchpotch fashion? But looking at the various other activities like black topping the roads, digging up the newly laid roads, building the medians every year etc. we know that the Corporation is always in such a hurry where the work has to be done relaxed and to perfection. Why? But issues like cleaning the waterways, clearing the footpaths etc. etc. are still on the lips or on the paper.

Naked Chennai

Looks ‘naked’ now! Naked because, after having worn the rich costumes and jewelry and all the attires that a beautiful person requires and can possibly wear and think of (let’s forget the gender here because the requirements of a lady or a gent were all available in plenty in this context) being handy and in the air for so long, when they are removed. What I am talking about are the large, larger and largest advertisement hoardings that Chennai had till the last week of April 2008 in every possible nook and corner. I just wonder what was the sudden provocation for the authorities to work overtime and get them removed in such a hurry. As far as my knowledge goes, welding machines and cutters are avoided during night. But the metallic structures were removed working overtime during the night. The removals of these have caused lot of inconvenience to the road users and have damaged many a trees (take the case of ex-drive in Woodlands). Is it the Corporation who is going to encash the large amount scrap that is generated in this process? The way they are removed and transported gives much room to suspect it. In the hurry in which it is removed, the stubs of the metal poles that were erected stick out precariously, having cut it few inches above the ground level.

What Can The Corporation Do??

All the cattle have not moved out of city. There are well experienced ones still roaming around, some of them are let loose only in the night, which tactfully overturns the dustbins to suit their convenience and to choose their pick.
That is not all. These beautification measures are like painting our house without dusting and removing the cob webs accumulated over the years. In Chennai Corporation these webs are knit by cable wires very awkwardly hanging everywhere. Often one can see the broken wires on the road and we get frightened to cross it for fear if it is a power cable. Only later we realize that the power cables have now gone underground, giving room for the video cables to rise. In fact there is much more power in them. Most of them are politically energized. The broken wires we find on the roads are the result of cable wars that surface every now and then. How will the Corporation dust these webs off? The power cables were never so ugly

Much More Needs To Be Done

Much more needs to be done. The garbage issue is a major issue. Our habit is unchanged. People just push the rubbish out of their gates or throw over the wall. Very few people take the pains to dump their wastes into the collection bins. Here again, in congested areas, the number of bins are far, far insufficient. There should be a mechanism to keep it in one place so that the public will not push and pull it to suit their convenience. How to avoid the rag pickers time and again spreading the rubbish that goes in, back on to the streets ? Is it the way to create employment for them and for those who clear them? Chennai Corporation and the foreign company who is assigned the task of garbage removal should put their heads together for making a better living in the city.

The Sufference Of The Political Parties

The party writing and postures on private walls and public places much to the loss and displeasure of house owners, are politicians right or might? If so, where it is mentioned? Walls are reserved much before an election by writing party names either as bold as they can write or with dirty paint, and even charcoal, thus spoiling the wall for long.
Why pasting postures every where cannot be banned? It is easy to trace the culprit and punish because the details are already in the postures. Why the authorities do not think of this? This will also go a long way if the intention is to beautify Chennai.

My Perspective

As far as my understanding goes, these posters have specified life around the election time and they are supposed to be cleared. But it is an irony that those who won and those who lost are still there with their grin and joined palms. Let it be so; the winner’s hands might be greasy already!! Months after the elections it is high for the winners to spread their palms and with the newly acquired power start grabbing – responsibilities. These public servants expect the public to be their servants to remove these posters and clear the spoiled walls. who is affected????????????????????

Is Chennai Beautiful Now???

Is Chennai looking beautiful now? I cannot firmly say yes. The choice of looking the beautiful faces, clothes, jewelry, footwear etc.Have gone now and what is left is to look at the fearful faces of politicians from all sorts of postures every where. Some in power, some yearning for power. Once in power, they become omni present and occupy all places, walls, pillars, roads, buildings – nothing is spared. Are they above law? Are they beautifying the city this way? All the hoardings are removed for getting all the attention on them? let us have a better look at it in the upcoming post.