A new park coming up to the rear of the Fort Railway Station at Thillai Nagar in the city is expected to be opened soon.The
park would be declared open once the public toilets inside the park are
ready, Mayor A.Jaya said after inspecting the progress of works on the
project on Wednesday.

Landscape gardens

The park being established at a cost of Rs.25 lakhs would have a walking track, landscaped gardens and children play equipment.

Earlier,
the Mayor during an inspection of development works in Ariyamangalam
zone held consultations with Corporation Commissioner V.P.Thandapani and
other officials on the construction of the proposed commercial complex
with parking lot near the Diamond Jubilee building of the Gandhi Market.

Safety equipment

She
also inspected the safety equipment purchased by the Corporation for
its sanitary workers. While the Corporation has ordered safety gear
worth Rs.18 lakhs for the sanitary workers, the first consignment of the
equipment worth Rs.2 lakhs has arrived in the city.

A
portion of the equipment has already been distributed to sanitary
workers in the five new wards added to the Corporation following the
delimitation exercise. The safety gear would be supplied to all sanitary
workers in the city soon, she said.