Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has inaugurated the new bus terminus 
at Theni-Allinagaram municipality named after Colonel John Pennycuick,
the British engineer who constructed the Mullaiperiyar dam, the
life-line of many southern districts. 

While inaugurating the
memorial for Pennycuick on January 15 at the Lower Camp in Theni
district, the Chief Minister had announced that the new bus terminus
would be named after the late British engineer.

The Chief Minister
inaugurated this terminus through video conferencing facility at her
Kodanadu camp office on December 30. The terminus has been constructed
in an area of 7.35 acres at a cost of Rs 15.25 crore. As many as 59
buses can be parked in this terminus which has all the basic amenities
including police control room, information officer, reception and
driver’s rest room.,

Drinking water projects and underground
drainage facilities established at a cost of Rs 64.47 crore in
Tiruvannamalai, Kanchipuram and Kuttalam in Nagapattinam district,
besides another six  districts were also inaugurated by the Chief
Minister.

Apart from these, she also inaugurated new buildings in
various districts.  In all, the Chief Minister has inaugurated and laid
foundation for new projects worth Rs 118.2 crore.