A troika of two bins and a bench at Conran Smith Road. The image was taken on February 27, 2026.

A troika of two bins and a bench at Conran Smith Road. The image was taken on February 27, 2026.
| Photo Credit: PRINCE FREDERICK

Flaneurs trying to decode roadside human behaviour, armchair philosophers seeking an alternative to the trite old armchair and pedestrians seeking to give their tired limbs a break would have something going for them if they hit Conran Smith Road in Gopalapuram. 

Greater Chennai Corporation has placed benches on one side of the road, spaced apart on the pavement. Each bench finds kindred souls in two garbage bins. It obviously does not share Key Performance Areas with the bins, and what it does share is morphology. 


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