The Hindu 17.06.2013
Drinking water scheme to slake Virudhunagar’s thirst
Works are on to implement the Tamirabharani Combined
Drinking Water Scheme so as to meet the drinking water requirements of
the people of Virudhunagar district, said Information and Special
Programme Implementation Minister K. T. Rajendhira Balaji.
Speaking
at functions organised in connection with inauguration of an
auditorium, constructed at a cost of Rs. 3.70 lakh at Vivekanandha
Colony, two Integrated Sanitary Complexes, each constructed at a cost of
Rs. 4.50 lakh, at Saradha Nagar and at Shanmuga Road (ward 25), a
community hall, built at a cost of Rs. 9 lakh, on Mundagan Street (in
ward 26), small electric pump built at a cost of Rs. 2 lakh on Kamarajar
Road and a Children’s Park constructed at Keezh Kattalaipatti, at a
cost of Rs. 10 lakh under Integrated Urban Development Mission, he said
that all villages in the district would get drinking water facility.
(All
these projects in Sivakasi Municipality were taken up with the money
obtained from the MLA’s Constituency Development Fund.)
The
Information Minister informed that dilapidated roads were being
repaired and widened, and roads were being laid in the regions where
fireworks units were located.
A sum of Rs. 4.50 crore
had been allocated for the construction of a training centre here on
five acres of land for the benefit of those labourers working in
firecracker companies.
Mr. Balaji highlighted several
welfare measures being taken by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa such as
distribution of drought relief to poor farmers, ‘thalikku thangam’
scheme for young unmarried women, enhancement of maternity assistance
from Rs. 6,000 to Rs. 12,000, and freebies like free bicycles and free
laptops to students.
Earlier, he participated in the
‘boomi pooja’ function for the construction of a Government Juvenile
Home at a cost of Rs.1.7 lakh at Mallipudur in Srivilliputtur
Municipality through the Social Welfare Department and additional
buildings for Inspection Bungalow in Sivakasi at a cost of Rs. 25 lakh.
The
Minister also inspected the godown where freebies such as fans, mixies
and grinders were kept and also the service centre where fans, mixies
and grinders were repaired in case of any fault in their functioning.
Municipal Chairman M. Kathiravan, several officials and local body representatives participated in the functions.
