Madurai gets Rs 795 Crore !
The Madurai Corporation has got Union Government’s sanction for various works at an estimated cost of Rs. 795 crore under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.
“It is only our Corporation that has got the sanction for 50 per cent of the estimated cost of City Development Project (CDP) under the Mission within a year,” the Corporation Superintending Engineer, K. Sakthivel, told reporters on Wednesday.
Stating that officials of Madurai Corporation were prompt in preparing the detailed project reports for various development works that helped in getting sanction from the Union Government at the earliest, he said, “Out of the Rs. 1,477 crore CDP we have got sanction for works worth Rs. 795 crore in a year.” Chennai and Coimbatore are the two other cities in the State to benefit from the Mission.
“It is only our Corporation that has got the sanction for 50 per cent of the estimated cost of City Development Project (CDP) under the Mission within a year,” the Corporation Superintending Engineer, K. Sakthivel, told reporters on Wednesday.
Stating that officials of Madurai Corporation were prompt in preparing the detailed project reports for various development works that helped in getting sanction from the Union Government at the earliest, he said, “Out of the Rs. 1,477 crore CDP we have got sanction for works worth Rs. 795 crore in a year.” Chennai and Coimbatore are the two other cities in the State to benefit from the Mission.
“Madurai will become a beautiful city in two years on completion of these works,” the Mayor, G. Thenmozhi, said.Among the sanctioned works are the on-going second drinking water pipeline from Vaigai dam to the city (Rs. 69 crore), solid waste management (Rs. 74.23 crore), construction of three check dams across the Vaigai river (Rs. 4.77 crore), improvement of living conditions in slum areas (Rs. 130 crore) and resettlement of slum-dwellers (Rs. 35 crores) (to be implemented by the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board).
Besides renovating and lining 11 drainage channels running through the city, storm water drainage channels for 820 km would be constructed at a cost Rs. 251.39 crore. The Mayor, Deputy Mayor, P.M. Mannan, and the Corporation Commissioner, D.J. Dinakkaren, who participated in the Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee meeting held on July 20 in New Delhi got sanction for laying underground drainage for left over areas, renovating old UGD schemes and sewerage treatment plant at a cost of Rs. 231 crore.
