The Hindu 30.07.2013
Corporation gets Rs. 6.95 crore for urban development
The State government has allotted Rs. 6.95 crores to the
Vellore Corporation for undertaking various works under the Integrated
Urban Development Mission (IUDM) for 2013-14.
A
resolution approving the spending of the amount for the various works
mentioned in the proceedings of the Commissioner of Municipal
Administration (CMA) was passed at the monthly meeting of the Vellore
Corporation Council here on Monday.
The works
included solid waste management (SWM) at a cost of Rs. 110 lakh; road
works for Rs. 200 lakh; drinking water works for Rs. 35 lakh and street
lights at a cost of Rs. 350 lakh.
The sum of Rs. 110
lakh allotted for SWM would be utilised for the installation of a biogas
plant in Sainathapuram. The allocation comprises a government grant of
Rs. 104 lakh and Corporation’s share of Rs. 6 lakh.
The
Corporation has decided that the amount of Rs. 35 lakh allotted for
drinking water works could be utilised to repay the loan of Rs. 126.70
crore which the local body has proposed to obtain from the Tamil Nadu
Urban Development Project (TNUDP) as part of its contribution of Rs.
529.56 crore to the Rs. 1295-crore Cauvery Water Supply Scheme being
currently executed by the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD)
Board for augmentation of water supply to Vellore Corporation and other
municipalities and town and village panchayats in Vellore district.
Loan burden
This
is expected to reduce the loan burden of the civic body. The council
also approved spending from the Corporation’s own revenue funds to meet
any expenditure which exceeded the amount allotted for the various works
under IUDM.
By another resolution, the council
approved the purchase of two dumper placer lorries, 70 dumper placer
bins, four mini compactors and 100 HDPE (high density poly ethylene)
bins at a total cost of Rs. 200 lakh for which administrative sanction
for calling of tenders was accorded by the CMA on May 31, 2013.
The
Corporation had earlier sought change of use for the Rs. 200 lakh
sanctioned by the CMA for the construction of a compost yard for the SWM
under the IUDM for 2012-13, through the CMA’s proceedings dated
September 14, 2012.
The same amount would now be utilised for the purchase of the above-mentioned items.