The Hindu 11.07.2016
Municipal office being expanded
Work has been taken up on an outlay of Rs. 75 lakh
Expansion work under way in Mayiladuthurai municipal office building.— Photo: M. Srinath
The municipal administration has taken up work on
expansion of its British-built building, which is nearly 150 years old,
by constructing another floor. The work is being executed under the
general funds of the municipality at an expenditure of about Rs.75 lakh.
Primarily,
the additional space on the first floor will ease the problem and
inconvenience due to lack of space for the administrative wing of the
municipality.
The major units of the health, public
health, town planning, engineering and revenue sections will be shifted
to the first floor, while the council hall and the Chairman’s chamber
will be used as usual on the ground floor.
Though the
old building is safe, water seepage is a problem during monsoon.
However, it has been decided not to demolish the ancient building but to
expand it vertically.
A major part of the work had
been completed and the additional floor would be opened by the end of
December or the beginning of January next year, sources told
The Hindu
on Saturday.