The Hindu 16.11.2010
Fund allocation for sewage pipeline project increased
Staff Reporter
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Estimated cost of 90-km drainage hiked by nearly Rs. 30 crore |
Photo: B_Velankanni Raj
raising an issue:R.Chandramohan, Chairperson, presiding over the
municipal meeting in Nagapattinam on Monday. —
NAGAPATTINAM: The fund allocated for the Nagapattinam underground
drainage scheme has been raised by nearly a whopping Rs. 30 crore. The
estimated cost for the 90-km sewerage pipeline project has been
increased from Rs.49.43 crore to Rs.79.31 crore. The estimates have been
hiked partly because of the escalation costs and also to provide
technology transfer for sewage treatment.
The Municipal Council meeting presided over by Chairman Chandramohan,
here on Monday adopted a resolution giving its sanction for the same.
DMK councillor Jothi Rama wanted to know the reasons for sanctioning
additional fund of Rs.14 crore for the electrical crematorium project.
According to the councillor, estimated Rs.34 crore has already been
sanctioned to the contractor concerned, but the works were temporarily
halted.
Under such circumstances, the Municipality has sanctioned an
additional allocation, the councillor stated. Commissioner K. Sivakumar
said the sanction was made only after works were met for the earlier
allotment.
The corruption charges resurfaced again towards the allocations made
for renovation of the Nagore park near the Silladi Dargah on the beach.
The park established by an American NGO was left to ruins, until the
Nagapattinam Municipality allotted Rs.16 lakh to renovate it. Shahul
Hameed of the DMK cried foul, stating that the work accomplished does
not commensurate with the fund allotted.
Tamim Ansari of the Communist Party of India (CPI) called attention
to the yet-to-be-inaugurated public toilet that was constructed at a
cost of Rs.10 lakh in Nagore.
