The Hindu 16.08.2013
Udumalpet is best municipality in State
The Udumalpet Municipality has bagged the State Government’s ‘Best municipality’ award.
On
Thursday, the Municipal chairperson K.G.S. Shobana and Municipal
Commissioner K. Balakrishnan received the award from Chief Minister
Jayalalithaa at a function held in Chennai. “The award included a
citation and Rs. 15 lakh,” Mr. Balakrishnan told
The Hindu
over the phone from Chennai.
Official sources said
the performance of the administration in the recent times in the aspects
like steady supply of drinking water to the residents, controlling of
contagious diseases and steps taken to initiate innovate projects helped
bagged the award.
One of the major ambitious
projects planned by the Udumalpet municipal administration was the solar
power park at an estimated outlay of Rs15 crore.
The
project, when got commissioned, would help the administration power
around 3,200 street lights functioning within the municipal area spread
over 7.4 sq km, operate generators used for pumping drinking water and
to operate the electrical appliances in municipal office as well as in
municipal schools.
