The Hindu 23.11.2010
Rs. 7.50 crore to concretise roads
| Work will be taken up after drainage project |
VILLUPURAM: All the 103 roads lying within the Villupuram municipal limits will be transformed into concrete roads at a cost of Rs. 7.5 crore by January 2011, according to K. Ponmudy, Higher Education Minister.
The concretisation work would be taken up after the completion of the underground drainage work now being executed by the Tamil Nadu Water and Drainage Board at a cost of Rs. 35.67 crore in the municipality.
The Minister told the presspersons that the underground drainage would pass through all the 103 roads and the TWAD Board had already given completion certificates on 10 of these roads to the civic body.
Cooperation sought
Mr. Ponmudy said that the road work would be undertaken without causing any inconvenience to the residents. However, the latter ought to cooperate with the officials by not driving any heavy vehicles, at least for two days, immediately after the roads were re-constructed.
Mr. Ponmudy further said that the municipal officials had been directed to ensure the quality of road construction. He, along with the District Collector R. Palanisamy, would carry out periodical inspection on the roads, he said.
Earlier, the Minister and the Collector went to various places such as Sankar Math Street, Poonthotta Paadhai, L.G.Puram Bhajanai Street, Old Ginjee Road and Pappan Kulam to assess the condition of the roads there.
Municipal Chairman R.Janakaraj, Municipal Commissioner P.Sivakumar and TWAD Board Executive Engineer N.Balakumar accompanied them.
