The Hindu – Tamil Nadu 01.08.2009
Water scheme for Arakkonam
Special Correspondent
VELLORE: An Integrated Drinking Water Supply Scheme will be implemented at a cost of Rs.8.75 crore to provide a permanent solution to the drinking water scarcity in Arakkonam, according to C. Rajendran, Collector of Vellore.
He was speaking at the valedictory function of the five-day Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign organised by the Press Information Bureau, Chennai, and other divisions of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, at the CSI Central Higher Secondary School Ground, Arakkonam, on Thursday.
Mr. Rajendran said that development works to the tune of Rs.16 crore were being implemented in Arakkonam.
SHGs
While there were 34 lakh women self-help groups in Tamil Nadu in 2009, Vellore district alone accounted for 15,000 groups, including 340 in Arakkonam.
Free house site pattas have been provided to 32,000 poor persons in Vellore district, while 5,000 poor landless persons have been provided two acres of land each.
