The Hindu 17.07.2018
‘Corpn. will continue to retain control over water distribution’
Municipal Administration Minister S.P. Velumani (second left) looking at
a drawing of how Valankulam Tank bund will be developed at a ground
breaking ceremony on Sunday.S. SIVA SARAVANANS_SIVA SARAVANAN
Projects worth Rs. 113.52 crore under Smart Cities Mission launched
Coimbatore Corporation will continue to retain control over water
distribution under the 24×7 drinking water supply scheme, Municipal
Administration Minister S.P. Velumani said here on Sunday.
“A few
who could not implement such schemes during their rule are spreading
canards and also creating hindrances. I had announced in the Assembly
that water distribution will not be handed over to private parties and
have addressed concerns,” he said.
The Minister was here to
participate in a series of ground breaking ceremonies to kick-start
projects worth Rs. 113.52 crore under the Smart Cities Mission. He also
inaugurated a public convenience facility.
The Minister reiterated
that the Corporation will continue to retain control and the DMK
working president had issued a wrong statement based on a social media
message generated by a man in Kundrathur, Kancheepuram.
It was the
same man who had spread falsehoods in the run-up to the Thoothukudi
protest and against the Salem-Chennai green corridor project.
The
State Government under Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami and Deputy
Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam was favourably disposed towards
Coimbatore, for which it had sanctioned a slew of projects – elevated
corridor on Avinashi Road, flyovers at Ramanathapuram, Singanallur,
Saibaba Colony and Kavundampalayam junctions and another flyover at
Athupalam.
A press release from the Corporation said that Mr.
Velumani participated in the ground breaking ceremony on the Ukkadam Big
Tank bund, where Smart Cities Mission would take up development works
for Rs. 39.74 crore.
He also participated in similar ceremonies to
start works in Valankualm tank, construction of a new park at A.K.S.
Nagar in Ward 79 and redevelopment of the D.B. Road into smart road at
Rs. 24.71 crore.
Members of Legislative Assembly P.R.G. Arunkumar,
V.C. Aarukutty and Amman K. Arjunan, Corporation Commissioner K.
Vijayakarthikeyan, Deputy Commissioner P. Gandhimathi, City Engineer A.
Lakshmanan, senior engineers Natarajan, K. Gnanavel, amd Saravanakumar
and others were present at the function.
