Residents complain about civic points as GCC deploys extra staff for SIR

Residents have complained that civic providers have been affected as a result of of deployment of civic staff to hold out the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in varied zones of the town.

Ok.Ganesan, president of Thirumoolar Colony Residents’ Welfare Association, stated the essential civic providers comparable to rubbish assortment and mosquito management operations have been affected owing to deployment of the employees for SIR work. In areas comparable to Anna Nagar, GCC staff clear the streets because the work has not been outsourced to non-public operators. GCC Health Department staff have additionally been deployed for particular intensive revision.

Ward 4 councillor R. Jayaraman stated residents have began complaining about points within the providers supplied by civic officers owing to their redeployment for SIR work. . Former congress councillor P.V. Tamil Selvan stated the employees had been insufficient for finishing up the Special Intensive Revision, and the work on distribution of kinds on the residents’ houses was disrupted in Mogappair. 

Velachery resident S. Kumararaja stated civic points referring to public well being and mosquito menace have been rising owing to deployment of the well being staff for Special Intensive Revision. “These staff play a key function in the course of the Northeast monsoon in Chennai. Chennai District Election Office ought to ask academics to do particular intensive revision work as an alternative of staff who resolve civic points,” he stated.

Pointing to points confronted by residents on rental housing within the metropolis, councillors have complained that many residents who’ve shifted to neighbouring areas within the metropolis haven’t acquired enumeration kinds for the Special Intensive Revision.

“Each BLO claims that fifty kinds are distributed on daily basis at residents’ doorsteps. Of the 900 electors in a single sales space, not less than 300 electors have shifted to different rental housing. These residents are confused regardless of having a legitimate voter ID card. They are frightened that they might lose their vote if they don’t seem to be in a position to produce the right data on time,” stated J.John, ward 84 councillor.

According to estimates, 49% of Chennai residents don’t personal a home and rely on rental housing.