Southward, ho!
The southern suburbs of Chennai have experienced recent development like say, the southern part of America (The direction of growth is coincidentally southward for a handful of other Indian cities that I can think of, too. Delhi(?) Bengaluru (?) I wonder what is so magical about the south). However, there exists an unbridgeable gulf between what you see and the ground reality . The sight you often come across is that of superficial progress- a boomtown – a cluster of buildings that propped up over night. But underneath there exists poor planning , poor waste disposal systems and inefficient and in many cases, corrupt local administrations. And it is when the first disaster strikes, that skeletons tumble out of the cupboard. What I’ve just described especially befits the vast semi-rural landscape of Poonamallee, Kundrathur, Kovur and Thandalam that lie to the west of NH45 where banana fields and luscious green hills are bordered by IT parks and residential high-rises. Th