MADURAI: A monitoring-cum-control centre, a centralised system for monitoring all the works of the Madurai Corporation for efficient delivering, set up at a cost of Rs 17.20 lakh was inaugurated by state minister Sellur K Raju on Friday and a corporation park, which was renovated by the Madurai chapter of the Soroptimist International, was also inaugurated.

This centralised system, which will be monitored 24×7 by the officials
is expected to bring about efficiency in the system. Madurai
Corporation commissioner Sandeep Nanduri
said that four video walls had been installed into which all the
software of the corporation had been integrated. The trucks, which would
supply water to the wards that have not got pipeline connections, will
be monitored using the GPRS system.

As Madurai is facing an acute water crisis, many private trucks have
also been roped in to tackle the problem. The vehicles, fitted with GPRS
systems would be monitored from the control room, right from the time
water is loaded for distribution. The system will enable the diversion
of some vehicles to the nearest locations if the water requirement there
is more than their supply areas. The number of trips made by the water
tankers, their distribution method, and any breakdown of the vehicle can
be monitored through the system. The pipelines’ system including the
input/output to the treatment plant would be monitored through the
system.

Streetlights are another facility which can be managed effectively
through this control unit as the streets and their lights have been
mapped, and each street light has been fitted with a sim card which will
send a signal to the control room when it is working. The staff at the
control room can rectify any faulty light from this tracking mechanism.

Grievances with regard to the Madurai Corporation are received through
various ways, like social media, corporation website, representations
to the commissioner, petitions received through the district collector’s
office or through email. All these grievances received would be
segregated according to the concerned department and action taken report
would be given to the petitioner also.

Meanwhile, the Bharathiar park of the Madurai Corporation on
Alagarkoil Road, which was renovated at a cost of Rs 28.70 lakh with the
help of the Lakshmi Vilas Bank, Madurai chapter of the Soroptimist
International was also inaugurated on Saturday.

The park, which has been designed by architects Shamini Vignesh, has
been paved with paver blocks, and is spread over an area of 10,000 sqft.
A statue of poet Bharathiar with a book in his hand has been installed
in the park. Though there are no seating arrangements, facilities have
be made for both walking and sitting. The park has got a brightly
coloured makeover with a rainwater harvesting system in place. The
architects said that there is also a plan to paint poems by the poet and
related pictures on the walls of the park.