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Uthukuli town to get more facilities

Tirupur: Infrastructure at Uthukuli Town Panchayat is to get a facelift at a total outlay of about Rs. 2 crore during this financial year.

The town panchayat, which is spread on the sides of the busy Tirupur-Erode highway, is presently in need of better road network, drainage, street lighting and sanitation.

“The administration has chalked out plans to carry out extension of pipeline networks at Kumaran Nagar and Shivasankar Nagar at an outlay of Rs. 1 lakh and lay cement concrete roads as well as drainage at Jeeva Nagar at Rs. 2 lakh, all allocated as grants under the 12th Finance Commission,” Uthukuli Town Panchayat Chairman R. Kumar told The Hindu.

The necessary administrative sanction for the works had been obtained and would be issued shortly.

Besides, a new building for Pallathottam Milk Co-operative Society will be constructed using funds given from Perundurai MLA Punnudurai’s Constituency Development Fund.

Another project planned is the development of slums at Bharathi Nagar, Chettipalayalam and Velampalayam under Uthukuli Town Panchayat.

It will be completed at a cost of Rs. 1.11 crore before March 31, 2010.

“The project cost, assigned from the Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) scheme, will be utilised to ameliorate the living condition of 61 families in those hamlets,” Mr. Kumar said.

Under the package, the administration will improve shelter of the families as well as lay two black-top roads, two cement concrete roads and construct a community hall.