City and its citizens went under overnight
A comprehensive development plan for Chennai, which was submitted to the government in 2009, was prescient in its understanding of what could befall a city groaning under the burden of ultra-rapid development. The recommendations contained in this report, prepared by a former bureaucrat, were ignored by the Corporation of Chennai (CoC).
This report is the first of two articles that investigate the findings of the report and the city administration’s lapses. The second part will appear on Tuesday and be accompanied by an analysis of the report, by AK Roy, senior fellow, Centre for Public Affairs and Critical Theory, Shiv Nadar University.
Report 1: Storm water drainage infrastructure, according to Devasahayam, in most of the municipalities is “either nonexistent or inadequate. Only a few municipalities have functional drainage systems.
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Report 2: Chennai has had a history of heavy rain. Every few years, heavy cyclones and the monsoon unleash massive quantities of water on the city.
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