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Corpn to replace faulty pedestrian platform slabs

Tuesday, 22 May 2018 00:00 administrator
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The Times of India       22.05.2018

Corpn to replace faulty pedestrian platform slabs

Trichy: Trichy Corporation has finally decided to replace faulty slabs of the pedestrian platform in Thennur in the wake of a 46-year-old woman plunging to death after stepping on one such slab of the platform on the Cauvery bridge last month. The civic body will take up the maintenance works across pedestrian platforms in Thennur, Sasthri road and Thillai Nagar main road at an outlay of Rs 9.50 lakh.

With the underground drainage system (UGDS) for the city being implemented in a phased manner, the city spread over 167.2 sq kms relies on storm water drainage to avert a deluge-like condition. The open drainage canal, besides serving to drain waste water including sullage on several stretches, is covered with Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC) slabs which serve as a platform for pedestrians to navigate the arterial roads. However, the pedestrian platforms in many parts of the city including Thillai Nagar, Thennur, Sasthri road, Williams road, Woraiyur and Bharathidasan Salai are in bad shape — broken and with uneven surface — forcing pedestrians to walk over these portions risking their lives.

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with growing traffic and being a transit point for southern districts, Trichy needs a lot more attention. NH from Chennai to Madurai via Trichy at Sri Rangam point needs more elobrate arrangements like, street lights, sign boards and reflectors.. AIMS should be set up on Trichy for the convenience of southern districts, being Trichy is at vital point.Veejay vee.

“Periodical maintenance is needed, at least once every six months. Corporation should try to appoint an officer in-charge for every ward to monitor the soundness of such pedestrian slabs,” M Muthuganesan, executive member of Trichy Intra-City Development Endeavours (TIDES), said.

Acknowledging the need to overhaul the platforms, Trichy Corporation has said that faulty slabs in ward number 50 and 56 covering major arterial roads including Thillai Nagar, Sasthri road, and Thennur high road would be replaced within next two months. “The maintenance work proposed at Rs 9.50 lakh will be completed within a couple of months of commencement. Gradually, a few more stretches of pedestrian platform will be overhauled,” an official source said. Corporation has floated a tender to identify an appropriate contractor for carrying out the maintenance of pedestrian platform in Thennur and adjacent localities.
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Draft delimitation proposal published

Friday, 19 January 2018 07:45 administrator
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The Hindu         19.01.2018  

Draft delimitation proposal published

Claims and objections can be filed before 5.45 p.m. on January 29, says Corporation official

Officers of Greater Chennai Corporation published the draft delimitation proposal for the city on Thursday.

The copies of the proposal will be available for the public in all zonal offices of the Chennai Corporation.

After studying the draft, residents, political party representatives and all members of the civil society are requested to submit claims and objections pertaining to the proposal before 5.45 p.m. on January 29.

“Three regional deputy commissioners have been designated as delimitation authorities for each of the three regions. Claims and objections have to be submitted to these officials,” said an official of the Chennai Corporation.

Residents can meet the delimitation authority of their region to submit claims and objections or send them by post to the regional offices of the Corporation.

The address for the Chennai Corporation north regional office is: Regional Deputy Commissioner, Chennai Corporation north regional office, Basin Bridge Road, Old Washermenpet, Chennai 600021.

The address for the central regional office is: Regional Deputy Commissioner, Chennai Corporation central regional office, Second Cross Street, Pulla Avenue, Shenoy Nagar, Chennai 600030.

Those in the southern region can send in their inputs to: Regional Deputy Commissioner, Chennai Corporation south regional office,115, Dr. Muthulakshmi Road, Adyar, Chennai 600020. The proposal has been made based on different population criteria for different levels of urbanisation and data from the 2011 Census.

In a bid to avoid the increase in the number of councillors in core city from 107 to 134 and a decrease in number of councillors in added areas from 93 to 66, officials have adopted a different method. Each of the wards in Manali and Madhavaram will have 15,000 people. Wards in Tiruvottiyur, Alandur, Perungudi and Sholinganallur will have 20,000 people. Wards in Ambattur and Valasaravakkam will have 30,000 people. Wards in the core city — Tondiarpet, Royapuram, Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar, Anna Nagar, Teynampet, Kodambakkam and Adyar— will have 43,000 people.

“Most political parties have agreed with the different population approach, which has been proved successful,” said an official.

The final decision will be made after studying all aspects of the claims and objections.

 

Only 1 smart city project completed in Chennai in 3 years, says Minister

Tuesday, 09 January 2018 05:41 administrator
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The Hindu       09.01.2018  

Only 1 smart city project completed in Chennai in 3 years, says Minister

Civic projects relating to sewerage and water supply have not been taken up under the Smart City Mission.File Photo  

Central government’s stringent norms causing delay, says S.P. Velumani

Work on the Smart City Mission has been delayed because of the unwillingness of the Central government to relax norms, said Local Administration Minister S.P. Velumani.

Speaking at the first review meeting of Smart City Mission and AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation), Mr. Velumani admitted that most of the Smart City Mission projects had not taken off in the past three years in Chennai and nine other cities in the State.

The Minister said just one project of the Smart City Mission had been completed in Chennai in the past three years. “The Central government has given nod for 173 projects under Smart City Mission, estimated at Rs. 13,425 crore. Out of the 173 projects sanctioned by the Centre, three have been completed in the State at Rs. 3.65 crore,” he said.

Claiming that the norms for taking up Smart City projects were very stringent, he said the State government had requested the Centre to relax norms to complete more civic projects such as sewerage and water supply. “We want to take up civic projects that the people need. But many projects do not qualify for funding under the Smart City Mission,” Mr. Velumani said.

Work on 14 projects estimated at Rs. 491.97 crore was under way in the State. “We will float bids for 37 projects estimated at Rs. 1,795.92 crore shortly. Preparation of detailed project reports for 119 smart schemes is under way at Rs. 11,134 crore,” he said.

The State government would speed up the projects in two years even if the request for relaxation of norms was not accepted by the Centre, he said.

The period of implementation of the Smart City Mission is 2015-2020.

Each city would receive Rs. 500 crore from the Centre. The State government would contribute another Rs. 500 crore for each of the cities. Chennai and Coimbatore were selected for funding under the Mission in 2015-2016.

In the second round, Madurai, Salem, Thanjavur and Vellore were selected.

Tiruchi, Tirupur, Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi were selected in the third round. In the fourth round, the State government sent a proposal on November 30, 2017 to include Erode and Dindigul.

At the review meeting, Mr. Velumani directed the officials to float bids for all the Smart City projects before March 31.

 
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