The Hindu 10.02.2010
“Work on 72 km of drainage project over”
Special Correspondent
| Municipal council meeting held at Cuddalore |
New tar roads have so far been laid over a distance of 40 km
“Representation can be given to the Collector for speeding up the work”
CUDDALORE: Of the 148-km-long underground drainage project being executed by the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board in Cuddalore, work on a 72-km stretch has been completed in the past three years, according to T. Thangarasu, Chairman of the Cuddalore Municipality.
Addressing a municipal council meeting, Mr. Thangarasu said that after laying the underground pipeline, the TWAD Board was handing over the streets and lanes to the civic body for road construction.
Thus, new tar roads had so far been laid over a distance of 40 km and the officials had promised to complete the entire work by the year-end. When the councillors brought his attention to the delay in the execution of the subway at the Lawrence Road railway crossing, the Chairman said that a representation could be given to the Collector for speeding up the work.
Some councillors pointed out that owing to scanty preventive measures, there was a profuse breeding of mosquitoes, resulting in spread of the vector-borne diseases in the town.
The Chairman pointed out that such diseases were prevalent across the State.
However, he promised to arrange for regular fogging in the municipality.
In response to a complaint that identity cards being issued under the Kalaignar Health Insurance Scheme for Life-Saving Treatments were not proper in all details and were without residential address, Mr. Thangarasu said that he would take up the issue with the Collector.
As for issuing ‘patta’ to those who were living in a particular area for a specified period, Mr. Thangarasu said that he could take action only after the council adopted a resolution.
Vice-Chairman Thamaraiselvan called for disconnecting unauthorised water connections and pressing into service more water tankers to cover interior areas.
There was commotion for a while when AIADMK councillor Seval Kumar and others urged Municipal Commissioner Kumar to answer their queries.
When the Commissioner started responding to them from his seat, the councillors urged him to stand and speak.
When the Commissioner said that the elected representatives should not adopt a confrontationist approach, there were shouts and counter shouts which subsided only after the intervention of the Chairman.
