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Mayor inspects pipeline project

Thursday, 23 January 2014 09:00 administrator
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The Hindu             23.01.2014

Mayor inspects pipeline project

TAKING STOCK:Mayor L. Sasikala Pushpa, left, inspecting the project in Tuticorin on Wednesday.— Photo: N. Rajesh
TAKING STOCK:Mayor L. Sasikala Pushpa, left, inspecting the project in Tuticorin on Wednesday.— Photo: N. Rajesh

The fourth pipeline project, aimed at supplying water to more areas in the town, is being implemented.

Mayor L. Sasikala Pushpa and Corporation Commissioner S. Madhumathi inspected a sump at Valalnad on Wednesday.

The project, with six stages of works, is being executed on an outlay of Rs.282.44 crore. It will benefit 3.70 lakh people residing in the 60 wards of Tuticorin Corporation. The project comprises construction of 22 overhead tanks with a capacity of six lakh litres each.

The Mayor also inspected construction of an overhead tank at Adhi Parasakthi Nagar. The pipelines would be connected to Marudur dam.

According to sources, 72 million lakh litres of water would be drawn from the dam a day.

“On an average, 135 litres of water is needed for an individual in a day. Currently, the per capita supply is 60 litres of water,” sources said.

Corporation Executive Engineer S.A. Rajagopalan and a host of other officials accompanied the Mayor during the inspection.

Council meeting

An urgent meeting of the corporation council here on Wednesday came to a close in eight minutes with the passing of an 11-point agenda with “all yes” chorus by the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) councillors amid walkout by the DMK members.

Shortly after the meeting started with the Mayor in the chair, DMK councillor M. Balasubramanian charged the corporation authorities of lethargic in heeding to his request to inaugurate a newly constructed library at Sivanthakulam.

He rushed to the well of the council to present a memorandum to the Corporation Commissioner seeking her intervention in opening the library, which had come up on his initiative, at the earliest.

Soon, 18 DMK councillors walked out of the hall raising slogans against the Corporation authorities.

Mr. Balasubramanian later told newsmen that the library, built at a school, remained closed for five months. He threatened to go on fast on the premises of Tuticorin Corporation until the library was inaugurated. A. Kottur Raja, DMK councillor of ward 30 and the party whip, demanded drinking water supply once in three days in the town.

Last Updated on Thursday, 23 January 2014 09:16
 

Heritage premises to be merged, given a makeover

Wednesday, 22 January 2014 04:28 administrator
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The Hindu               22.01.2014

Heritage premises to be merged, given a makeover

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The Chennai Corporation has decided to merge the heritage premises of Ripon Buildings and Victoria Public Hall to facilitate a major makeover of the integrated premises.

“A few of the old structures have been earmarked for demolition. Under the new proposal, of the total of 10-odd structures on both premises, only three structures will remain on the integrated premises,” said a Corporation official.

After demolition of the old buildings, an integration of the two premises and landscaping of the area, more than 75 per cent of the land will be open space.

Victoria Public Hall, Ripon Buildings and the Ripon Building Annexe will be the three structures on the 9.5 acre plot of land.

The Corporation will then commission seating facilities across the landscaped greenery for visitors to Ripon Buildings. “The new Ripon Buildings’ premises will have one of the best landscaped parks in the city,” the official said.

A multi-level parking space near the Ripon Building Annexe will also be set up, and will accommodate 1,000 cars.

Construction of the parking facility will be carried out based on the advice of the Heritage Conservation Committee of the Chennai Metropolitan Area, officials said.

After work on the Ripon Building Annexe, which spans 1.25 lakh sq. ft., is completed in March, the Corporation will take measures to aesthetically blend all the structures with the century-old Ripon Buildings.

The annexe is being built in a contemporary and post-modern style, with elements of regional architecture highlighted. The annexe will have a new auditorium which will seat 500 persons.

Ripon Buildings is one of the city’s finest examples of architecture in a combination of Gothic, Ionic and Corinthian styles.

The Corporation intends to integrate Ripon Buildings and Victoria Public Hall, and landscape the entire area.

 

Chennai Corporation continues crackdown on food stalls on Marina

Thursday, 16 January 2014 00:00 administrator
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News Today             16.01.2014

Chennai Corporation continues crackdown on food stalls on Marina


 

 

 

 

Chennai: The Chennai Corporation on Thursday continued to seize substandard food products including oil, snacks and water sachets from vendors as part of the drive against the sale of spurious food products on Marina Beach.

Official sources reveal that eatables prepared at unhygienic surroundings remained popular amid beach goers. In today's raid, it is belived to have seized 50 litres of spurious oil, 40kg of unhygienic meat and fish from the vendors on Thursday. A huge crowd gathered on Marina Beach as today is 'Kaanum Pongal' day, and the sale of packaged drinking water, snacks and soft drinks went up. "'We will also conduct raids from afternoon onwards and action will be initiated against vendors selling food items prepared in unhygienic conditions" the official said. Health officials cautioned people to check the manufacturing date and the batch number before purchasing soft drinks and packaged drinking water.

 
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