A pit dug up by the Chennai Metro Rail as part of their ongoing construction work snapped the water connection of a housing complex sparking anger among the residents of Little Mount near the Saidapet-Guindy stretch.
Residents of the Baid Mehta Complex, which housed about 100 families, came out on the road for few minutes disrupting traffic on the busy Anna Salai. Traffic flow was restored soon after police gave them assurances that their grievances would be heard.
The residents complained that their water connection snapped and the access road to the complex shrunk after the pit was dug last night by the Chennai Metro Rail contractors. The assistant secretary of the housing complex, Uday Kumar, said that barricades were also not erected after the pit was dug putting the safety of residents at risk. “It was only after we protested that they installed a makeshift barricade, which is still not safe,” said T K Arun Kumar, a resident.
“Live electric power cables lie exposed both on the ground and inside these pits posing a risk to residents passing by this stretch,” he alleged.
He also said that the 33-foot access road has now shrunk to 11.5 feet. This could pose as an obstruction to fire tenders during emergencies, he alleged.
A Chennai Metro Rail spokesperson said that the water connection to the complex would soon be restored.
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