The Hindu 08.10.2010
Tirupattur roads to get
Staff Reporter
| Rs. 2.72 crore sanctioned for local body |
TIRUPATTUR: Thirty roads in Tirupattur Municipality limit will soon get a facelift under the State government's Special Roads Scheme for 2010-2011.
The municipality had earlier sent a proposal seeking Rs. 3.57 crore for re-laying damaged roads in its limits under the scheme. Out of this, the government has sanctioned Rs. 2.72 crore for the local body, according to officials.
“A total of 30 roads measuring 6.691 km will be covered under the scheme. The works include laying BT and cement concrete roads. This grant is a boon to the municipality as several roads, especially arterial ones, are in a bad shape causing plenty of hardship to road-users,” an official said.
Roads which would be laid under the scheme include Ponniamman Koil Street, which is an important road witnessing movement of buses coming from the terminus. It would get a cement concrete surface at a cost of Rs. 17.10 lakh under the scheme. A significant portion of the sanctioned funds would go for re-laying Salem-Krishnagiri Road, which witnesses regular lorry movement and is in bad condition. The stretch would be laid at a cost of Rs. 52.50 lakh.
Similarly, cement concrete road would be laid on Annamalaiyar Street at a cost of Rs. 26.15 lakh, while Vellavaikkal would get cement concrete surface at Rs. 31.95 lakh. VCM Road near the bus stand would also receive concrete surface at a cost of Rs. 3.29 lakh, according to officials.
The works would begin once the government decided on the process of floating tenders.
