The Hindu 23.12.2010
Rs. 7 crore for temporary repair works to roads
Special Correspondent
Flood-hit areas in Cuddalore will be set right within 45 days, says Collector
CUDDALORE: Breaches in drainage channels, tanks and lakes, and,
damaged roads in the flood-hit Cuddalore district will be set right
within 45 days, according to Collector P. Seetharaman.
In a statement released here on Wednesday, he said that a sum of Rs.
1.5 crore had been allocated for repairing the roads in the
municipalities as follows: Cuddalore, Rs 70 lakh; Chidambaram, Rs. 40
lakh; Vriddhachalam, Rs. 25 lakh; and Panruti, Rs. 15 lakh.
The Highways Department had earmarked a sum of Rs. 7 crore for
carrying out temporary repair works to the roads. For strengthening the
water sources, a sum of Rs. 4.32 crore had been sanctioned to the Water
Resources Division of the Public Works Department, for securing the
water sources in Chidambaram and Vriddhachalam blocks.
The Collector also directed the officials to clear pavement vegetable
vendors at the uzhavar sandhai and allot them space within the sandhai.
He categorically told the fish vendors in the Old Town area that they
should do their business only at the specifically allotted places and
not on the roadside.
These measures had been taken to clear traffic bottlenecks at these two points.