Alandur, the third least populous zone in Chennai, was annexed to the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) in 2011. Unlike the newly annexed areas in the northern part of the city, Alandur has benefitted from being part of the civic body with relatively better transformation in the past decade in terms of infrastructure.
However, even in this zone, a number of pending infrastructure projects, flood-prone areas, and lack of basic amenities in certain areas call for attention of the GCC Council that is going to be elected soon.
Many areas in and around Mugalivakkam and Manapakkam still did not have proper underground drainage and stormwater drainage network. “We can probably say that these areas have around 50% coverage of drainage. However, measures are being taken to cover the remaining areas,” said V. Govindarajan, Federation of Residents’ Association of Mugalivakkam and Manapakkam (FORAMM).
