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INSPECTION: Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy (second from right) inspecting the desilting of the Panaiyur tank under the rural employment guarantee programme in Viluppuram on Tuesday.
VILLUPURAM: Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy has undertaken an extensive tour in the district to inspect the ongoing works and to interact with representatives of local bodies. Mr. Ponmudy also met beneficiaries of Government schemes and the public to ascertain their needs. During his visit, along with District Collector Brajendra Navnit to Kappiampuliyur on Tuesday, the people urged the Minister to make arrangement for deepening the tank. They said that the silt deposit for over 40 years had made the tank shallow, thereby seriously eroding its holding capacity. After listening to their suggestions, the Minister directed the officials to do the needful. At the Vikkiravandi town bus stand, the Minister inspected the improvement works, including the laying of cement road. He instructed the officials to ensure that the contractors adhered to quality norms. At Ma. Kuppam, he inspected the road works being executed at a cost of Rs.16 lakh provided by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development . At Palaiyur, a school building with 17 blocks was under construction with a financial assistance of Rs.78 lakh extended by the NABARD. At Panaiyur, the Minister inspected the tank desilting works undertaken at a cost of Rs 3 lakh. Scheme details
Earlier, attending a review meeting at Vikkiravandi, the Minister said the local representatives, including the panchayat presidents, should be fully aware of the schemes to be implemented in their places. They should be familiar with the scheme guidelines, the standard parameters for various works, water requirements and other basic amenities. Mr. Ponmudy noted that if Rs.38,000 sanctioned by the Government for each unit of the cluster houses was not sufficient, the local bodies could approach the banks for loans. The banks would lend up to Rs.50,000 for each dwelling unit at a four per cent interest. He told local representatives that he was bringing the Tamil Nadu Water and Drainage Board and the Highways Department officials to enable the former to clarify doubts and to rectify any shortcomings in implementation of schemes. The Minister, later, attended a similar review meeting at Kandamangalam.
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