Madurai, March 12 -- Residents of Vandiyur Theerthakadu near Anna Nagar, which falls within the limits of the Madurai Corporation under the Madurai East Assembly constituency represented by Registration Department Minister P Moorthy, have alleged on Thursday that their locality has been deprived of basic amenities such as electricity, drinking water and proper roads for more than four decades.

According to the residents, despite repeatedly submitting petitions to various government authorities seeking redressal of the issue, no concrete steps have been taken so far to address their grievances.

Mahalaxmi, a resident of the area, said that people in the locality have been living without electricity since birth.

"We were born and raised h...