The rescheduled Area Sabha meeting for Ward 123 of Mylapore was attended by only a handful of people.
The local ward councillor, Saraswathy of the CPI-M was present at the office in the GCC campus off C. P. Ramaswamy Road in Alwarpet.
A GCC area engineer dropped by and moved out after some time.
The people present shared issues that bugged their areas.
There was no public communication of such a meeting. We were told the meet had been planned for Dec.12 and was postponed to Dec.18 but since the weather was wet, the attendance was low.
People ask why such meets are held on weekdays when people are at work and why the communication is not shared widely.
Area Sabha meets are to be held regularly in a Ward and attended by the councillor and all state officials/ engineers who work in the area; a meet where residents raise issues, suggest plans and fruitful exchanges must take place.
– By Baskar Seshadri
