The Hindu 30.11.2011
Kancheepuram municipality to create new water source
Kancheepuram muncipal council meeting in progress on Tuesday. — Photo:B.Jothi Ramalingam
Kancheepuram Municipality Chairman Mythili
Thirunavukkarasu has announced that a new drinking water source will be
set up in Thenambakkam area to augment supply.
She was addressing the first meeting of the recently elected Council, on the Municipality premises on Tuesday.
Drinking
water supply needs of the Municipality were being met now by drawing
water from Thiruparkadal head-works situated in Vellore district and the
Orikkai head-works situated on the southern outskirts of the town. Both
these head-works were sunk on the Palar riverbed.
When
she made this announcement, the ward 4 councillor Abusali of Dravida
Munnetra Kazhagam requested the civic body to ensure that water drawn
from new source be supplied to the entire municipal area.
Deck for temple car
In
another resolution, the civic body agreed to hand over 1,985
square-foot ‘Ayyasamy’ park in ward number 4 to Sri Ekambareswarar
temple for setting up a deck to park the temple car. It has also been
decided to forward proposal in this regard to the State Government for
its consent.
When a resolution pertaining to
procurement of jetting-cum-suction machine and two de-silting machines
at a cost of Rs.41 lakh and allocating Rs.14 lakh from the general fund
for maintenance of the same through the contractor was taken up, the
ward 37 councillor, M.Udhayakumar of DMK suggested that trained hands be
absorbed as permanent staff to handle these machines instead of paying
the contractor heavily.
He had also claimed that he
had received information that diesel and oil expenses of a similar
machine already owned by civic body were being met by the Municipality
though a contractor had been engaged for operation and maintenance and
he was liable to take care of these expenses.
Responding to his allegation, the Chairman said such ‘malpractices’ would not be allowed to take place now.
When
Mr.Udhayakumar insisted that the annual operation and maintenance
portion of the resolution be set aside as it would help recruit new
hands, the Commissioner, S.Mohan, said nothing could be done in this
regard as this scheme drawn up the previous government envisaged handing
over of operation and maintenance of the service to the private party.
