The New Indian Express 13.12.2010
CM lays stone for Kovai projects
The Chief Minister named certain projects carried out by the State government in the district such as Siruvani water project, bridge on Kovai-Dindigul Road, Anna University IT park and Rs 1469-crore Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission.
“The decision to construct Gandhipuram flyover was announced during the world classical Tamil conference,” he said. On Sunday, he laid foundation stone for Rs 14-crore one-km-long flyover which will cover Nanjappa Road, Cross Cut Road Junction, 100 Feet Road Junction and Sathyamangalam National Highway.
It was also announced that the Central Prison near the VOC Park would be shifted to a 75-acre land given by the Coimbatore Corporation at Vellalur in the city suburbs. The proposal was to construct a Semmozhi park in the 165-acre land which housed the Central Prison. As a first step, foundation was laid to construct a park in the 45-acre empty land on the prison compound at a cost of Rs 20 crore.
On renovation of Contour canal at a cost of Rs 1.5 crore, he said the canal was built 50 years ago to bring water from Parambikkulam dam to Thirumoorthy dam. In course of time, the canal was damaged due to lack of maintenance.
During the centenary year celebration of Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, it was decided to upgrade and extend it with new building. A Rs 50-crore project was approved in this regard to construct a tower building to avoid the fragmentation of the hospital buildings. The new tower building will include an additional 1000 bed inpatient facility as well as students hostel with a bed capacity of 250.
Buildings would be constructed for Anna University of Technology in 131-acre area at Somaiyampalayamin at a cost of Rs 67 crore, CM said. The Anna University Coimbatore will have affiliated colleges from nine districts, including Coimbatore, Erode and Tirupur. The buildings will come up in a 44,600 sq ft area.
There was also a project to modernise the Coimbatore District Co-operative Milk Producers Union (Aavin) at a cost of Rs 2 crore with an aim to double the daily milk procurement.
