At Thirumgal Nagar Second Street, the cut-and-cover project initiated by the Chitlapakkam Town Panchayat is incomplete. The drain which ends abruptly at this street is filled with sewage.
The space below the sluice regulator on Sethunarayanan Street is filled with trash.
A buffalo is seen bathing in the sewage in the vacant plot just behind the sluice regulator at Sethunarayanan Street. The privately-owned land is filled with sewage allegedly released by the Tambaram Municipality, which is now said to have agreed to stop it. Only if this space is cleaned and restored, rainwater will flow into the drain network
The drain connecting Thirumagal Nagar Second Street originates at this spot in Abraham Lincoln Street. This drain is also filled with plastic trash and waste water
Construction work at Maruthupandiar Street has been completed for only a distance of 90 metres. Residents complain that the drain is above the street level here.
At one end of Maruthupandiar Street, the mud channel dug during the monsoon last year was closed. This space will be opened up again for the cut-and-cover drain.
Construction of the drain at Maraimalai Adigal Street started a little over a month ago and the work seems to be progressing slowly. Residents are finding it difficult to bring private water suppliers into the street
Pamban Swamigal Salai is the only stretch where the construction is almost near completion. The project is undertaken by the Chitlapakkam Town Panchayat
Construction work has just started at Bharathi Street and the progress is slow.
Even while the construction is under way at Bharathi Street, many houses are releasing waste water into the drain
This spot in Sethunarayanan Street is where the drain begins.