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Source : The Hindu Date : 08.07.2009

“Rs. 47.35 crore for works under NREGS”

Special Correspondent

THANJAVUR: A total of 4,747 houses were being constructed under Indra Awaz Yojana Scheme in Thanjavur district at a cost of Rs. 16.61 crore according to M. S. Shanmugham, Collector.

Speaking at the District Planning Committee meeting here on Tuesday, Mr. Shanmugham said that 1,233 Kacha houses would be improved at a cost of Rs. 1.84 crore this year in the district.

Sanitation programme

Under total sanitation programme a sum of Rs. 8.75 crore had been allotted to the district for construction of 35,000 toilets, the collector said.

He also appealed to local body representatives and officials to see that the community sanitation complex constructed at villages were put to use.

Under National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme, a sum of Rs. 47.35 crore had been allotted to take up 1,440 works.

The collector said that seventeen hours power supply was given to agriculture pumpsets. Selvi Sivagnanam, Chairperson of Thanjavur District Panchayat Council presided over the meeting.

Thenmozhi Jayabal, Chairperson of Thanjavur Municipality, S. P. Thamizhazhagan, Chairman of Kumbakonam Municipality, Priya, Chairperson of Pattukottai Municipality, P. Durairajan, Chairman of Thanjavur Panchayat Union, Rajaranthinam, Chairman of Sethubavachathiram panchayat union, Ranjanadevi Murugappan, Chairperson of Pattukottai Panchayat union participated in the meeting.

Source : The Hindu Date : 01.07.2009

State unveils scheme for residential buildings

Special Correspondent

CHENNAI: The State government on Tuesday unveiled a scheme of additional floor space index (FSI) for residential buildings, meant for economically weaker sections, in Chennai and surrounding areas.

According to the scheme, an additional FSI of 50 per cent will be given to those buildings that have dwelling units of not exceeding 30 sq.m of floor area each. In the case of buildings with dwelling units of up to 50 sq.m. of floor area each, the additional FSI will be 30 per cent.

Suba Thangavelan, Minister for Slum Clearance and Accommodation Control, announced this while wrapping up a debate in the Assembly on the demands for grants to Housing and Urban Development department.

In respect of slum-dwellers who lost their homes while works of road widening or building bridges were being taken up, an additional FSI of not more than 20 sq.m would be given in the form of transferable development rights.

Many suburban localities of the Chennai Metropolitan Area were located in Tiruvallur district which were witnessing developments on a large scale. It had been decided to form a local planning authority for Tiruvallur and take steps for regulated growth.

As for the formation of Outer Ring Road, the Minister informed the House that land acquisition for the first phase of the proposed road had been completed except for about 250 metres. The length of the road in the first phase was 29.2 km from Grand Southern Trunk Road at Vandalur to Chennai-Tiruvallur High (CTH) Road. In the case of the second phase (CTH Road to Tiruvottiyur-Ponneri-Panjetty (TPP) road over about 33 km), land acquisition had been completed for 15.3 km and the balance was likely to be completed this year.