The Hindu 25.11.2010
Stick to deadline on completing road projects, contractors told
| At a consultative meeting with Corporation Commissioner |
drawing up roadmap:Corporation Commissioner T.T.Balsamy chairing a consultative meeting with contractors and officials in Tiruchi on Wednesday.
TIRUCHI: Corporation Commissioner T.T.Balsamy has instructed contractors to complete all the works sanctioned under the Special Roads Project 2010-11 within the stipulated time.
The state government has sanctioned Rs.25 crore to the Tiruchi Corporation under the project. Utilising the fund, the Corporation has decided to develop about 88.16 km of the city roads.
Of these, cement concrete roads would be laid for a total distance of about 41 km and strengthen black topped roads to a distance of about 47 km, at a total cost of Rs.25.19 crore. The Corporation Council on Monday had approved the tenders for the project.
Roads that have not been re-laid over the past five years, those dug up for laying sewer or drinking water lines or damaged by natural calamity have been given priority. The works are targeted to be completed by March 31. Though black-topping work would be taken up after the rain subsides, work on laying cement concrete work would begin once the tenders were awarded.
On Wednesday, Mr.Balsamy convened a consultative meeting with contractors who had bagged the tenders for the project and Corporation engineers to discuss the implementation of the project.
He instructed the contractors to commence the works at the earliest.
City Engineer S.Raja Mohamed, Executive Engineers R.Chandran and S.Arunachalam and other officials attended the meeting.
