Summary:
Residents alleged that the sewage lorries were engaged in such illegal disposal so as to avoid paying charges for sewage treatment. This stretch near Nolambur and Ayanambakkam was under the Thiruverkadu Municipality but now falls within the Chennai Corporation. Over the past few years, as the city has grown exponentially, the underground drainage network has not been able to catch up and lorries have been deployed to transport the sewage. Health hazardR.
Subramanian, a resident of Ayanambakkam, said: “Every day, I see 10-15 lorries dumping sewage into the channel that is meant to carry floodwater to the Cooum. However, it is the residents of areas such as Nolambur and Ayanambakkam who are bearing the brunt of this practice as according to them, the lorries discharge the sewage into stormwater channels..