Traffic, pollution top priorities for voters in TN: Survey

Traffic congestion, water, air and noise pollution have emerged as the top priorities for voters in Tamil Nadu which is set to go to polls this month, says a survey.
A total of 48.08 per cent of voters said that traffic congestion was one of the top three priorities for them, followed by 34.84 per cent for water and air pollution and 33.73 per cent for noise pollution, a survey by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said today
"About 83 per cent of voters gave one of these three as their top priority," it added.
Better employment opportunities, lower food prices and facility for cyclists and pedestrians were also among the top priorities for voters.

However, reservation for jobs, education, terrorism, strong military and corruption were not among the top priorities, it said.
A survey of over 16,000 respondents was done in every constituency of Tamil Nadu ending in February 2016, ADR said.
The state government's performance on traffic congestion and pollution was rated among the worst.
"There were a total of 25 issues for which they gave priorities and then rated government's performance. Thus for the top three priorities, traffic congestion was ranked 24 and noise pollution was ranked 21 out of 25, better employment opportunities 12, and drinking water 23. High priority issues for voters had very bad performance," it added.