For better roads
As part of its campaign, Arappor Iyakkam released a pamphlet urging residents across Tamil Nadu to meet officials from the municipal administration, rural development and state highways departments responsible for road works in their respective areas.
Renu Karthik, a resident of Chromepet, who took part in the protest, said the contractors kept increasing the road height, causing sewage to flow into his house. “When I confronted the official, he said nothing could be done as our houses are below the road level,” he said. During the protest, Arappor Iyakkam coordinator Jayaram Venkatesan said contractors avoid milling roads to pocket the extra money. If they increase road height, we should make them stop the work, publish photos of contractors and officials, and seek action,” he said.
Anti-corruption NGO Arappor Iyakkam organised the protest under the banner Kelu Tamil Nadu Kelu. “We have to be vigilant when local bodies start the work.
Seven demands were placed before the govt. Chennai: A few hundred residents from several districts across the state took part in a protest in the city on Sunday, demanding that the Tamil Nadu govt eradicate corruption in road work and stop raising road height.