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Chidambaram to be made a model town

Special Correspondent

Rs.26-crore worth projects in pipeline

CUDDALORE: Steps are afoot to make Chidambaram a model town in Tamil Nadu, and projects worth Rs.26 crore are in the pipeline, said M.R.K. Panneer Selvam, Minister for Backward Classes Welfare.

The town was attracting a steady stream of tourists, both domestic and foreign, throughout the year. Hence, there had arisen a need for fulfilling the demands of the local residents and tourists.

The Minister was speaking at a function organised at the Chidambaram municipality on Thursday. There was a demand for augmenting the drinking water supply in the town from the present 76 litres to 90 litres per head per day.

The Tamil Nadu Water and Drainage Board was preparing the blueprint for the water project estimated to cost Rs. 4 crore. The TWAD Board had already sent a Rs. 20-crore proposal for renovating the ancient underground drainage system. Under the tourism promotion programme and the Adi Sankara Circuit programme, it had been proposed to develop the amenities at a cost of Rs. 2 crore.

Construction of pavements in all the four streets surrounding Sri Natarajar Temple had been taken up with Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana funds.

On the occasion, the Minister dedicated a poclain purchased at a cost of Rs.20 lakh for public purpose, and a washing ghat set up at a cost of Rs 15 lakh.

The town was generating 35 tonnes of garbage every day. Two tipper lorries and three lorries were pressed into service for garbage removal and soon the number of tipper lorries would be increased to five.

At present 390 sodium-vapour lamps and 11 high mast lamps had been set up in the town. All the 1,461 streetlights would be fitted with sodium vapour lamps in a phased manner.

District Collector Rajendra Ratnoo, Municipal Chairman Bouzia Begum, Commissioner R. Ramani, CPI (I) State committee member Moosa, and Municipal Engineer P. Vasudevan participated.

Free cycles

Later, the Minister gave away free bicycles to 453 students belonging to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe at P.R. Gurukulam Higher Secondary School.

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