Transformer to be accorded ‘privacy’ in Triplicane

On the section Babu Jagajeevanram Road that is just a sniffing distance away from Bharathi Salai, a herd of stray cattle hold an early evening conference, not the least bit perturbed by the movement of vehicles around them.
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PRINCE FREDERICK

The transformer on Bharathi Salai in Triplicane is going to be accorded some privacy. Protective encasing of the type that features perforated metal panels is going to be erected around the transformer. Preliminary work is under way.

While bringing art and design to the mundane function of safety, the protective covering in this case would also bring privacy to the transformer.

Finally, the transformer can keep itself to itself. Habitues of this section of Bharathi Salai note that the transformer area has been profaned, being reduced to an open toilet and a cow shed.

Tarakadu Ganapathy Sriram, who has a shop on Bharathi Salai, bang opposite the transformer, points out that open urination has been rampant around the transformer.

Around the transformer, cows would be tethered to whatever could hold a rope, Sriram adds.

In the light of such misuse, giving the transformer a covering and the resultant privacy seems welcome.

Giving credence to Sriram’s account, just a sniffing distance away from the transformer area, right where Babu Jagajeevanram Road (also known as Bells Road) begins, one could see a herd of stray cattle holding an early evening conference, not the least bit perturbed by the movement of vehicles around them. In a case of innovation, a couple of cows, the older ones, are tethered to the iron hooks in manhole lids of the stormwater drain.