The Hindu 27.04.2010
HUDCO plan for Arikamedu ready
Staff Reporter
PUDUCHERRY: The Housing Urban Development Corporation has prepared the development plan for Arikamedu at an estimated cost of Rs 15 crore. A sum of Rs 7 crore had been allotted for acquiring land during the current year, Revenue Minister Malladi Krishna Rao told the Assembly on Monday.
Replying to the demand for grants to Tourism Department, which he holds, the Minister said land acquisition would be completed by August this year. The Union Government had given its approval to the territorial administration for entering into an agreement with La Rochelle city in France to promote tourism and heritage preservation. The Memorandum of Understanding would be signed in June this year, he added.
The administration would approach the Union Ministry of Tourism to obtain funds to the tune of Rs 50 lakh in taking up the Mega Tourist Destination Scheme. The old Chunnambar bridge would be taken up for tourism-related activities. The work to repair the damaged portion of the expanded portion of the runway would be completed in July, Mr Malladi said.
