The Hindu 25.03.2013
Municipality to build 100 houses as centenary gift
The Attingal municipality will fund the construction of
houses for 100 homeless families as part of its centenary celebrations.
Piped drinking water will be given free to about 600 families belonging
to the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe community.
These
are among the projects laid down in the municipality’s annual Budget
for 2013-14 presented by vice-chairman M. Pradeep on Saturday. “Normally
houses are constructed under a scheme. This is perhaps for the first
time that the municipality is directly funding the construction of
houses,” he told
The Hindu
. The civic body would also renovate 200 other houses, he said. The Budget has set aside Rs.2.3 crore for the housing sector.
Priority
will be given to laying of 7,000-metre pipelines to bring drinking
water to SC/ST families in Attingal. Money will be given to these
families to take domestic water connections. Eight biogas plants will be
set up at various locations including the Attingal market, the
government ITI, the Valiakunnu hospital, and the government college.
A
modern slaughterhouse will be set up at the Attingal market. The
municipality will acquire additional land for its solid waste treatment
plant. “We already have more than four acres of land for the plant. We
will add another acre to it. This plant has already won seven awards for
its efficiency,” he said.
The Budget has allocated
Rs.51.35 lakh for education, enhanced scholarships for differently abled
children, and has provided for construction of toilets in all schools,
new buildings for selected schools and construction of a children’s
park. On the health front, the Budget promises a new outpatient block of
the taluk hospital at Valiakunnu, special treatment facilities for the
aged at the government Ayurveda hospital and a special scheme for
homeopathic treatment for the elderly. Health schemes have been set
aside Rs.18 lakh in the Budget.
An Attingal Fest will be organised during the Onam Week celebrations.
