Tamil Nadu News Papers

Decks cleared for six-laning of Taramani Link Road

Friday, 24 July 2009 04:02

The Hindu 24.07.2009

Decks cleared for six-laning of Taramani Link Road

Deepa H Ramakrishnan

Work will begin after a public convenience in the way is demolished; It is expected to be completed within 15 months

— Photo : M. Vedhan

SET FOR CHANGE: A view of the Taramani Link Road.

CHENNAI: The decks have been cleared for the six-laning of the Taramani Link Road which connects Rajiv Gandhi Salai and Velachery.

With the Chennai Corporation Council meeting on Wednesday passing a resolution to demolish a public convenience on the Taramani Link Road, the last obstruction in the way was removed. The work is expected to begin in a week.

An official of the Highways Department told The Hindu that an agreement with the contractor had been signed and after the public convenience was demolished, the work would begin. Compensation had been distributed to “project-affected persons,” who had encroached upon either side of the road at many places. The contract for the Rs.23.45-crore project had been awarded to private firm Roman Tarmet. It is expected to complete the work within 15 months.”

The road, on which traffic had increased substantially in the last few years, was battered after last year’s monsoon.

Following this, the Highways Department had initiated some repair work. A few trees along the road would be cut as part of the road-widening project, but on its completion saplings would be planted with the help of the Forest Department.

The road will have three lanes on either side and there will be drains and footpaths. World Bank funds would be available for the work under the Third Tamil Nadu Urban Development project.

According to residents of Velachery, the road is in need of improvements. Facilities for pedestrians should also be created as part of the widening work.

Flyover at Vyasarpadi

The Chennai Corporation Council also passed a resolution permitting the Highways Department to construct a portion of the proposed flyover in Vyasarpadi on land belonging to the civic body.

A Highways official said that a detailed project report has been commissioned for the Rs.85-core project. Southern Railway will share a portion of the cost of the ‘Y’-shaped flyover.

The existing road under bridge caused a lot of hardship to motorists as container lorries more often than not get stuck in it.

Traffic pile-ups are the order of the day as the RUB is narrow.

Last Updated on Friday, 24 July 2009 04:12

Sanitation drive from July 23

Thursday, 23 July 2009 12:44

The New Indian Express 23.07.2009

Sanitation drive from July 23

HYDERABAD: With the monsoon setting in, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will launch a combined special sanitation drive in the high risk areas of Greater Hyderabad from July 23. It will involve the staff of Assistant Medical Officer Health

(AMOHs), Entomology, District Medical and Health Office (DM&HO) of Hyderabad and Rangareddy and Hyderabad Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board and NGOs. A meeting on communicable diseases was held in the chambers of the Additional Commissioner (H&S) where it was decided that a combined special sanitation drive will be taken up on all working days.

A meeting of all the major government and private Hospitals will be held on July 24 at 11 am in GHMC office for immediate reporting of the cases of dengue, malaria, cholera, gastroenteritis and other diseases affecting public health. Effective measures will be taken up immediately.

It was decided to increase public awareness by intensive health education through radio, door-to-door stickers and auto advertisements.

Corporation to squeeze private schools

Thursday, 23 July 2009 12:35

The New Indian Express 23.07.2009

Corporation to squeeze private schools

CHENNAI: In a landmark decision to increase its dwindling revenue resources, the Chennai Corporation Council on Wednesday gave its nod to a necessary amendment in the Chennai City Municipal Corporation Act (1919) to impose property tax on private schools located in its limits. A resolution in this regard has been passed unanimously at the Council meeting.

It may be noted that, a resolution to impose property tax on private educational institutions had come up for a detailed discussion during a Council meeting last September but it was stalled by several councillors under the pretext that the schools were doing social service, even though a few councillors supported the bold move by the civic body to bring private educational institutions, exempted from paying property tax within the tax ambit.

Mayor M Subramanian had then formed a committee of leaders of different parties in the Chennai Corporation to decide on the issue. The committee had various sessions and recently came up with a list of private schools in the city. Based on the details and analysis provided by the committee, the civic body on Wednesday (as a first step) gave its green signal to amend the Chennai City Municipal Corporation Act to impose property tax on private schools. The city has 732 private schools and 119 government-aided private schools.

Most of the councillors who spoke on the resolution, said it would help the Corporation get more revenue.

Last Updated on Thursday, 23 July 2009 12:39

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