The Hindu 19.11.2013
Plan to widen two roads
If Mayor Vijila Sathyananth’s assurance in the Council
Meeting held here on Monday gets translated into action, two busy roads
in the twin towns of Tirunelveli and Palayamkottai will be widened soon
to facilitate free movement of vehicles.
Responding
to complaints from councillors at the meeting, Ms.Vijila said the S.N.
High Road-Kulavanigarpuram stretch and the S.N. High Road-KTC Nagar
stretch via Palayamkottai Gandhi Market would be widened in consultation
with the district administration and the departments concerned. “After
removing encroachments, pavements and storm water drains would be
created on both sides of these roads. Medians would also be erected.
Adequate funds would be earmarked for this exercise this fiscal,” said
Ms.Vijila.
When Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam member
Kamaludeen complained that many shops at Palayamkottai Gandhi Market
were yet to be regularised by the Corporation, thus causing a huge
revenue loss to the civic body, the Mayor said the officials concerned
had been instructed in this connection.
Ms.Vijila
assured the Council members that energy-saving LED lights would
gradually replace the conventional streetlights in the City. The Mayor
informed that planting of saplings under the ‘Green Nellai’ programme
would begin on Tuesday (November 19).
The Council
meeting decided to erect a memorial column for Tamil scholar Xavier
Thaninayagam Adigal near the entrance of the Exhibition Grounds here.