The Hindu 15.12.2010
Road improvement works on in Dharapuram
Staff Reporter
The project was inaugurated by State Highways and Minor Ports Minister M. P. Saminathan
Tirupur: The roads in Dharapuram are set to get a facelift as the municipal administration had taken up improvement works to the tune of Rs. 4.05 crore allocated under special road scheme.
Under this package, cement concrete roads would be laid at Kottapulipalayam to a length of 2.948 km and black top roads to a total length of 6.456 km. Of the total outlay, Rs 1.59 crore was earmarked for laying the cement concrete surface.
The Minister for State Highways and Minor Ports, M. P. Saminathan, officially commenced the road improvement works at a function in Dharapuram town in the presence of municipal chairman P. Subramanian and commissioner S. Durai on Friday. Mr. Saminathan had also given away the identity cards to as many as 1,997 beneficiaries of Kalaignar Housing Scheme from Dharapuram, Udumalpet, Vellakoil, Madathukulam, Mulanur and Gudimangalam blocks.
Earlier on the day, Mr. Saminathan inaugurated an additional academic block having three classrooms at Panchayat Union Middle School, Poyampalayam, and compound wall for Samathuvapuram Panchayat Union Middle School, Neruparichal.
Both were built at an outlay of Rs 10 lakh each.
