The Hindu 23.11.2010
Rs.9.40 lakh allotted for amenities in Srirangam
Special Correspondent
Photo:R. Ashok
drawing up plans:Mayor S. Sujatha chairing a meeting of the Corporation
Council in Tiruchi on Monday.
TIRUCHI: The City Corporation has allotted Rs.9.40 lakh for providing
basic amenities to devotees and pilgrims visiting Srirangam Sri
Ranganathaswamy Temple on the occasion of Vaikunta Ekadasi festival to
be celebrated from December 6 to 27, said S.Sujatha, Mayor.
Presiding over the urgent meeting of the Corporation Council held
here on Tuesday, Ms.Sujatha said that 200 temporary sanitary workers
would be pressed into service and public health programmes would be
taken up throughout the festival. Temporary toilets would be set up at
important places in Srirangam, she said.
The Commissioner T.T.Balsamy, said that the Corporation had evolved a
comprehensive plan for the implementation of civic facilities during
the course of the festival.
The state government had sanctioned Rs.25 crore towards first
instalment under the ‘special road scheme’ for providing road facility
in the city. The meeting adopted resolutions approving the works for
re-laying and laying roads which remained neglected for years.
Initiating a discussion in this regard, a group of AIADMK councillors
alleged that the authorities had selected works according to their
whims and fancies. The Corporation had meted out step-motherly treatment
to the AIADMK wards, they alleged.
In reply, the Mayor said more funds would be sanctioned in course of
time. The Corporation, in its plan, had sought Rs.40 crore for executing
various works under the scheme and the state government had released
the first instalment.
J. Srinivasan and P. Krishnamurthy (both AIADMK) and T. Ramamurthy
(MDMK) wanted more funds for their wards. Balamurugan (DMK) pleaded for
recruiting candidates to fill up the post of drivers.
Referring to the recent demolition of a wall in his ward, V.
Ayyalsamy, felt that the matter had been sensationalised, resulting in
panic in his ward. “I would have demolished the wall within a few hours
without any panic”, he said. The Commissioner replied that police
bandobust was provided as a precautionary measure in the area.
The council rejected a resolution pleading for no-objection
certificate from the Corporation for constructing a multiplex
air-conditioned twin theatre in Ponmalai ward.
Councillors said rejecting the plea that the traffic congestion posed
a serious prroblem in the area and the construction of the theatre
would further aggravate the situation.
