The Hindu 09.09.2016
43,145 civic projects implemented in five years, says Mayor
Says over 471 bus routes and 33,000 interior roads received a makeover
MAKING A POINT:Mayor Saidai Duraisamy at the Corporation Council meeting on Thursday. —Photo: M. Prabhu
The Greater Chennai Corporation has reported a steep
rise in the number of civic infrastructure projects it has undertaken in
the past few years.
Responding to a query on civic
development works at the last meeting of the AIADMK-led council, Mayor
Saidai Duraisamy said the civic body had implemented 43,145 civic
infrastructure works at Rs.3,455 crore in the past five years. The
previous Corporation Council had implemented 9,576 civic works at
Rs.1,665 crore.
Thanking Chief Minister Jayalalithaa
for allocation of funds for key infrastructure projects in the city, Mr.
Duraisamy said most of the roads received a makeover using mega city
development mission funds.
Over 471 bus routes and
33,000 interior roads received a makeover at an estimated cost of
Rs.2,600 crore. Roads in most of the added areas such as Tiruvottiyur,
Manali, Madhavaram, Ambattur, Valasaravakkam, Alandur, Perungudi and
Sholinganallur were developed by the civic body.
Mr.
Duraisamy spent the entire amount of Rs.10 crore under Mayor Special
Development Fund for civic infrastructure improvement. As many as 57
works were taken up under the scheme.
Councillors in
various parts of the city implemented 1,719 civic improvement works at
Rs.124 crore in the past five years. Councillors in Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar
zone implemented the highest number of works at Rs.13 crore.
MPs
spent Rs.4.8 crore on 31 civic infrastructure works in the period
2011-2016 under Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme. MLAs
spent Rs.10.17 crore on civic infrastructure development. Chennai
Corporation Commissioner is the nodal officer for the implementation of
infrastructure development schemes.
