Residents offer refreshments, meal to civic workers, watchmen

More and more people in colonies are coming forward to share some relief with the morning civic workers who clean the roads and streets and with watchmen.

Giridharan K. of Abiramapuram said his folks prepare chill buttermilk daily and serve it with a few people. Some residents of MRC Nagar also said they share meals with their watchmen.

Many civic workers start for work as early as 5 a.m. Sridhar Venkatraman in Abiramapuram says the worker in his area comes by on the GCC transport from Vyasarpadi in north Chennai from 4.30 a.m. but has to fend for himself if breakfast isn’t delivered by his team leader, locally.