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REVENUE EARNER: Work in progress at the Tiruvannamalai bus stand. TIRUVANNAMALAI: The Tiruvannamalai Municipality is expediting the renovation work at the Central Bus Stand, which is poised to generate good revenue for the municipality. Municipal officials claim that the renovation work will be completed in a month well ahead of the Deepam festival. R. Sridhar, Municipal Chairman, said the municipality had started the renovation work after a detailed analysis. All steps had been taken to avoid misuse of the bus stand. The municipality had been carrying out the renovation work similar to that of the Salem Corporation bus stand. He said the municipality was constructing shopping complexes on the front and back sides of the bus stand. This would fetch additional revenue, which would be used for various development works. Shops on the platform have been removed from the bus stand and hawkers given an alternative place. Though the municipality takes the credit for renovating the bus stand, a cross-section of the residents told The Hindu that the municipality was just making money out of it. The residents said that once the work on the ring road was completed, the municipality would be forced to shift the bus stand to the Vellore Road near to the Collectorate. “Renovation work lacks a long-term strategy. It is just another money-spinning process,” some of the residents said. Mr. Sridhar said the municipality had planned additional 40 shops at the bus stand. The municipality had pumped in just over Rs.40 lakh on the renovation work and it stood to gain as all occupants of the shops had to pay Rs.50, 000 as deposit. “The money generated through deposits will meet out the capital cost,” he added. The occupants had to pay three months’ advance as the deposit amount. Further, Rs.10 lakh would be spent on a modern public convenience. This would stop the public from answering nature’s call in the open. Initially, the bus stand had 51 parking bays and was already an ‘A’ grade bus stand. After renovation, it would have 20 additional parking bays. A waiting shed has also been planned. Land taken backMr. Sridhar said the municipality had taken back its land adjoining the bus stand from the Fire Service Department which had used the land for more than five decades free of cost. The cycle stand was being renovated at a cost of Rs.3.5 lakh and would be shifted to this stretch of land. The municipality had written a letter seeking five acres of land, owned by the Marketing Committee, which was towards the Tindivanam Road just 100 metres away from the railway track for construction of additional bus stand. At present, there were three main bus stands at Tiruvannamalai.
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