ISSUES OF CITIZENS OF PONDICHERRY & WAYS

TO IMPROVE THEM

HEMA PRIYA R.

ISSUES OF CITIZENS OF PONDICHERRY

Water use and Management Issues

Population growth

Urbanization

Immigration

Road and vehicle density

Urban slums

Waste management

Industralization

URBANIZATION

Lack of adequate sewage

canals, open sewages in

residential localities,

dumping garbage and

waste and letting out the

untreated effluents in the

sewage have resulted in

blockage in both rain and

dry seasons.

POPULATION GROWTH

The Population Growth in Urban and Rural areas of

Pondicherry UT has resulted in,

1) Housing problems

2) Waste generation

3) High cost of living

4) Heavy traffic

5) Lack of adequate public transport

6) Parking space

7) Heavy consumption of fossil fuel

8) Rural and urban slums

INDUSTRIALIZATION

Pondicherry UT has no effluent treatment plant facility for

treating the hazardous waste generated by the industries.

No exclusive facility for treating Bio medical waste also.

The hazardous and bio medical wastes are dumped with the

solid waste and the effluents are let out in the sewage canals

directly.

ROAD AND VEHICLE DENSITY

No concrete and consolidated data on the statistics of vehicles

registered, the vehicles pollution control and inspection

Cyclists are finding it very difficult to travel since there is no

separate lane earmarked in the roads.

Pavements are encroached and the people on walk find it very

difficult to walk safely

Signals have no timing earmarked for the pedestrians to use

the Zebra Crossing

IMMIGRATION

Rapid industrialization, large number of laborers migrate from

rural to urban areas in search of job opportunities.

Resulted in the development of many slums with no proper

sanitary and waste disposal arrangements. Owing to

unplanned town expansion.

URBAN SLUMS

With increasing housing demands, many new colonies slums

have emerged without proper planning

Infrastructure is inadequate and basic needs such as sewerage

facilities are not up to bar.

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Untreated/ poorly segregated biomedical wastes are dumped

along with Municipal solid wastes, aggravating the health

risks for waste handlers and public at large

Large quantity of plastic waste thrown indiscriminately by

everyone from street vendors to supermarkets and public

which have resulted in clogging of all the road side, major and

minor drainage canals contributing to the breeding of vectors

WATER MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS

Ground Water Depletion :The excessive extraction for all

uses has caused a drop in the water table at a number of

locations such as Katterikuppam, Krishnapuram, Sorapet and

Ariyur

Industrial Pollution : Surface water and ground water have

been affected by industrial pollution.