chennai lack of public toilets and encroached food stalls are a double whammy for joggers roadusers and residents living around natesan park in t nagar as openurination around the park is rampantthe park gets nearly 1000 joggers and walkers daily in addition to this houses of many senior citizens and an oldage home are also located in the vicinity the senior citizens rue that they cannot even step out because of the menace and want cops to nab the culprits who defecate outside the parkshakthi a resident near the park said people urinate around the park as there are no adequate toilets the existing ones are also poorly maintained he addedgreater chennai corporation ae for ward 133 anand said there are three toilets inside the park but they can be used only when the park is open the public toilet opposite to the natesan park is currently locked and under maintenance due to borewell problems he saidgirish of gs senior citizen home near the park said although many representations were sent to the government regarding the openspace urination and sanitation issues in the area no action has been taken as yet there are many elders living in this home and surroundings and often the stink is too heavy to bear he saidchinnasamy 65 another resident said he had warned a couple of youths who were found defecating near the park but the issue keeps repeating he saiddirector of public health dr ts selvavinayagam said open space urination contaminates water and food sources as well as affects the aesthetic value of the city urine transmits infections like typhoid and leptospirosis too it is the responsibility of the public to keep their surrounding hygienic he added