The New Indian Express 26.08.2010
Civic body plans shelter for US visa seekers
For the Corporation on Wednesday announced that a shelter would be constructed for them soon.
After meeting the US consul general Andrew T Simkin at the consulate with a proposal, Mayor M Subramanian told reporters, “For the benefit of hundreds of people reaching the consulate from the four southern states for various visa requirements, it has been decided by the Corporation to put up a shelter along the compound wall of the consulate facing Gemini flyover.”
During the meeting, in which Corporation Commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni also participated, the Mayor presented the civic body’s plan to construct a shelter without compromising the security concerns of the consulate.
As per the civic body’s proposal, besides extending the width of the pavement there, the Corporation would also be erecting a steel shelter and provide seating arrangements for the waiting applicants.
The civic body has also planned to put up fencing along the pavement to bar any vehicle from reaching close to its compound wall, to address the security concerns of the consulate due to erection of the shelter.
Corporation and the US consulate officials would meet again to finalise the proposal, Subramanian added.
