Rains Turn Colony Into Island

Slush makes driving difficult on the road that leads to Kathiravan Garden in the city on Tuesday, following heavy rain on Monday night. A combination of problems – man-made and by Nature – is making the residents of Kathiravan Garden off Tiruchi Road wonder whether they should welcome heavy rain or curse it. When the city was pounded by rain for over three hours on Monday night, about 500 feet of the only road leading to this approved residential layout was turning into a pool, much to the inconvenience of the people who had no option but to use the road.

“Water was waist-high and we had to park our vehicles at a marriage hall on Tiruchi Road because two-wheelers or small cars could not negotiate this stretch,” secretary of Kathiravan Garden Welfare Association G.R. Shankar said on Tuesday. A resident, R.J. Lawrence, pointed out that this was exactly what happened last year. “It is the same kind of problem that is tormenting us this year also. “But, there had been no solution from the Corporation though we represented our case to it last year itself,” he said.

The residents said that even after the water drained, no one could walk this stretch of the road between Shruthi Enclave and their colony because of slush. Two-wheelers would get stuck in two to three feet of slush, they said. The main problem was the road that linked their colony with Tiruchi Road. The stretch close to the bridge hardly had a tar surface. And, it was low enough for water from all directions to gravitate towards it. “The Corporation should raise the road level at this point. Otherwise, the problem will continue,” Mr. Lawrence said.

He complained that an alternative access through another colony had been blocked by the residents of that area. Thus, the residents of Kathiravan Garden had to use only the damaged road. Actually, there was no stagnation in Kathiravan Garden, but what happened on the way to it made life a mess for the residents, he pointed out. A Corporation official said the workers of the civic body removed blocks in the storm water drain and also slush to enable traffic and pedestrian movement.

The official said a Rs.6.20 lakh project to re-lay the damaged road and raise its level had reached the stage of bids. As for the stagnation since Monday night, the official said that a person who cultivated grass on poramboke land had blocked the drainage to divert water to the land. This had led to a backflow of water from the drainage to the road during heavy rain. This problem was sorted out on Tuesday. The Corporation had already carried out drainage and culvert works in this area to ensure smooth flow of rain water.

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