The Hindu       15.06.2016

Erode corpn. limits set for expansion

The City Corporation is poised to have an extended geographic jurisdiction.

On
Tuesday, a resolution was adopted at the Council meeting for inclusion
of four panchayats in the surroundings: Mettunasuvampalayam,
Kalingarayanpalayam, 46 Pudur, and Lakhapuram.

The
inclusion, by virtue of which the local body will have added population,
will help in securing more Central funds for development programmes.

The
Corporation also decided to redraw limits of the 60 wards so as to
attempt uniformity in development. There have been complaints that the
progress has not been uniform in some of the wards that were carved out
on the basis of segmentation by major roads.

At the
Ordinary Meeting chaired by Mayor Malliga Paramasivam, members of AIADMK
and DMK claimed credit for the Ooratchikottai drinking water scheme. An
assertion by DMK leader in the house V.C. Natarajan that the project
was ignored since it was the brainchild of his party leader M.
Karunanidhi had the AIADMK members on their toes. They argued that Chief
Minister Jayalalithaa was responsible for fructification of the
project. The Mayor said the scheme will be implemented under the AMRUT
(Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) scheme.

The
newly elected Erode East MLA K.S. Thennarasu, who took part in the
meeting, announced that the work on the major drinking water project
will be carried out at an expenditure of Rs. 484 crore soon.

Mr.
Thennarasu also exuded confidence that financial allocation for the
traffic island and flyover projects at GH Junction will be made in the
forthcoming session of the Assembly.