LESS than a year ago, 45-year old Arumugam of Chitra Nagar drowned in the Adyar river in the wee hours. He had slipped on a raised bund and fell into the river when he went there to relieve himself. Six months later, another resident of the same settlement, this time an old woman with waning eyesight slipped near the spot and breathed her last in the river.
With still no toilet in their settlement, 300 families in Chitra Nagar in Kotturpuram have to daily make a beeline for riverbanks before dawn to attend to nature’s call. This scene within the heart of the city confutes the Open Defecation Free status, the Swachh Bharat Mission granted TN two years ago.
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