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Rs. 40 cr. for classrooms in Corporation schools

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, JUNE 18. The Chennai Corporation has decided to spend Rs. 40 crores over the next three years to build enough classrooms for all its schools.

The Minister for Local Administration, K.P. Anbalagan, addressing a function organised by the civic agency on Wednesday to inaugurate a school building at Harinarayanapuram and other development works to the tune of Rs. 1 crore in North Chennai, said schools that were in need of additional classrooms had been identified. Last year, Rs. 5 crores had been set aside for construction of classrooms and for this year, Rs. 10 crores was allotted.

The Minister said Rs. 99 crores had been spent over the last three years to construct 346 higher secondary and high schools in the State. More than 850 libraries had been constructed in rural areas to promote reading habit among people.

The R.K.Nagar MLA, P. K. Sekar Babu, urged the civic agency to build more classrooms and schools in North Chennai. He said Harinarayanapuram, where an elementary school was inaugurated on Wednesday at a cost of Rs. 31.27 lakhs, was a newly-developed neighbourhood where a majority of residents lived below the poverty line.

The Deputy Mayor, `Karate' R. Thiagarajan, said Chennai was the only metropolitan city in the country bereft of any major civic problems.

Others who spoke included the AIADMK leader in the Corporation council, V. Sukumar Babu, and the Corporation Commissioner, M. P. Vijayakumar.

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