Rajendra balaji
Bhoomi puja for water projects
15.57 lakh people to benefit across Virudhunagar district
Beneficial:Minister for Information and Special Schemes Implementation, K.T.Rajendra Balaji, performing bhoomi puja for drinking water project at Seithur near Rajapalayam on Monday.
Minister for Information and Special Schemes Implementation K.T. Rajendra Balaji on Monday performed bhoomi puja for three combined drinking water schemes that would cater to 15.57 lakh people across Virudhunagar district.
The Rs. 597-crore projects would draw 541.2 lakh litres of water a day from the Tamiraparani river at Sivalaperi, Mukkoodal (both Tirunelveli district) and Vallanadu (Tuticorin) to supply it to 1,787 rural habitations and seven town panchayats.
The bhoomi puja was performed in the presence of Collector M. Balaji and Tenkasi MP P. Lingam, MLAs Vaigai Selvan (Aruppukottai), R.B. Udhayakumar (Sattur), Gopalsamy (Rajapalayam) and Ponnupandian (Srivilliputtur) at different places.
Pipelines would be laid for 3,530 km and supplied to the people through 409 ground-level sumps and 78 overhead tanks to be constructed.
Mr. Rajendra Balaji said that water drawn from Vallanadu would cater to 637 rural habitations in Aruppukottai, Kariyapatti, Tiruchuzhi and Narikudi panchayat unions. The project would be implemented at a cost of Rs. 190 crore.
The Rs. 234-crore project that would draw water from Sivalaperi would supply water to 775 habitations of Sattur, Virudhunagar, Vembakottai and Sivakasi panchayat unions.
The third project envisaged at a cost of Rs. 173 crore would fulfil the drinking water requirement of seven town panchayats of Seithur, Sundarapandiyam, W. Pudupatti, S. Kodikulam, Watrap, Chettiyarpatti and Mamsapuram and 395 habitations of Rajapalayam, Srivilliputtur and Watrap panchayat unions.
The Collector said that the project would be implemented in 18 months.
Sivakasi Revenue Divisional Officer Subbulakshmi, Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board Superintending Engineer Mohan Babu and Executive Engineer Pughazhenthi, were present.
Mayor rules out permanent bridge for Kallazhagar's entry into Vaigai
The HinduMinister for Information and Special Schemes Implementation K.T. Rajendra Balaji (second from right), taking a look at the exhibits after inaugurating the annual Chithirai Government Exhibition in Madurai on Saturday. Photo: G. Moorthy
Says, it is a pride for Corporation to incur recurring expenditure of Rs. 10 to 15 lakh every year
Mayor V.V. Rajan Chellappa has ruled out the possibility of building a permanent bridge in River Vaigai for the annual entry of Lord Kallazhagar by stating that the Municipal Corporation would be more than happy to incur the recurring expenditure of around Rs. 10 to 15 lakh in building temporary bridges every year for exclusive use of the Lord.
Replying to a series of demands made by R. Annadurai, Member of Legislative Assembly representing Madurai South constituency, during the inaugural of the annual Government Chithirai exhibition here on Saturday, the Mayor said that this year the Corporation had allotted about Rs. 50 lakh for successful conduct of the Chithirai festival.
The money would be spent on refurbishing the roads through which the Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple car would be pulled and other works. He, however, accepted the other demand of the MLA that steps should be taken to establish a permanent exhibition in the city limits in order to create awareness among the people about various Government welfare schemes.
Minister for Information and Special Programme Implementation K.T. Rajenthra Balaji inaugurated the Chithirai exhibition by pressing a remote switch to light up a board carrying the words ‘Arasu Porutkaatchi' meaning Government exhibition.
In his inaugural address, the Minister said that the Chief Minister had introduced many schemes aimed at eradicating poverty.
“Whenever the Chief Minister reads out a statement under Rule 110 in the Assembly, it means that she has come out with yet another scheme for the poor and the needy. The allocation of Rs. 11,500 crore for school education itself is a standing testimony to her commitment. She is of the firm view that there can be equality only if the poor are uplifted through education,” he said.
In his presidential address, Minister for Cooperation ‘Sellur' K. Raju said that the Chief Minister had been benevolent enough in allotting Rs. 250 crore for Madurai Corporation recently.
Responding to the MLA's demand for exempting Madurai from power shutdown for about 10 days during the Chithirai festival, the Minister said that the Chief Minister was keen on relieving not only Madurai but the entire State from power cuts.
Collector U. Sagayam said that a total of 21 organisations including 15 government departments and five government undertakings apart from the Reserve Bank of India had put up stalls in the exhibition to educate people about the government schemes.
The prime aim of the exhibition was not just to display the details of the schemes but also to make sure that the benefits reached the needy, he added.
He also said that 821 beneficiaries had been identified to receive government largesse such as motor-operated sewing machines, iron boxes and electric fans during the function.
He hailed the Chief Minister for having made the laptops accessible to poor students by distributing them free of cost to students of government higher secondary schools and colleges.
Tamil Development, Religious Endowments and Information Department Secretary M. Rajaram; Director of Information and Public Relations P. Shankar; MLAs R. Samy (Melur), K. Tamilarasan (Madurai East), M.V. Karuppiah (Sholavandan), A.K. Bose (Madurai North), M. Muthuramalingam (Thirumangalam) and P.V. Kathiravan (Usilampatti) and Deputy Mayor R. Gopalakrishnan also spoke.
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