chennai teynampet zone is among the most sought after spots to live in and it is home to the citys more famous residents from ministers and business heads to actors and artists and a large chunk of the upper middle class population but garbage clearance is considered a major problem like it is in many other zones teynampet zone or zone 9 covers 25 sq km from marina beach and ra puram in the south to choolaimedu in the north and from arcot road in the west to mylapore in the east it holds within it the citys most expensive areas in terms of land value such as boat club area chittaranjan lane wallace garden and poes garden with a population of 75 lakh the zone is bursting at the seams the result is parking problems lack of road space and pavements illegal construction and encroachments teynampet is a mix of commercial and residential areas the commercial localities are saturated so they spill into residential areas illegal parking is a problem said a senior corporation official encroachment by shops on marina beach is also a problem the civic body is grappling with voting in a chennai patrol poll to pick the problem that needs urgent attention in their zone residents said garbage clearance is an issue as is the lack of parking space garbage from the entire road and a few parallel streets is dumped on two corners of adams street said sancheeta s a resident of adams street it is cleared once a day but the stink is permanent and you can see garbage all the time since the workers always leave some rubbish behind even the citys high street khader nawaz khan road and the adjoining streets of wallace garden and rutland gate in nungambakkam are not free of garbage as you turn into pycrofts garden road from wallace garden first street you can see garbage covering an entire corner behind haddows road park it looks like it hasnt been cleared properly for months residents suspect that garbage from all the roads in the locality are dumped at this corner the compactor truck only empties the bin but everything from plants to construction debris is dumped behind it there is a group bin enclosure but it is not used said s umapathy a resident garbage clearance in teynampet zone is handled by ramky enviro engineering which is paid per tonne of rubbish it disposes the roads are swept but residents feel things could be better most of the garbage bins are emptied at least twice a day and roads are swept clean but more should be done to make the city spotlessly clean says maria mathew a resident of nandanam