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Renovated CMA office inaugurated

Staff Reporter

Photos of leaders who held civic chief posts opened

Photo: S.Thanthoni.

Local Administration Minister takes a look at one of the sections at the renovated office of Commissionerate of Municipal Administration in Chepauk on Tuesday. Commissioner of Municipal Administration Niranjan Mardi is also seen in the picture. —

CHENNAI: A common thread runs through the political career of the three eminent leaders of the State, K. Kamaraj, E.V.R. Periyar and C.Rajagopalachari. They have held the position of municipal chairman at different local bodies.

The leaders’ photographs, accompanied by their handwritten messages, were on display at the renovated office building of the Commissionerate of Municipal Administration (CMA) at Chepauk on Tuesday. After inaugurating the office renovated at the cost of Rs.98 lakh, Local Administration Minister M.K. Stalin visited various sections in the building.

He also unveiled the photographs of the political leaders that formed part of the photo gallery. While K. Kamaraj was the municipal chairman of Virudhunagar between 1941 and 1942, E.V.R. Periyar held the post at Erode between 1917 and 1920.

Similarly, photographs of C. Rajagopalachari who was Salem municipal chairman between 1917 and 1919 and the then municipal chairman of Udhagamandalam J.A. Davis were also on display.

Photographs of important events pertaining to the local bodies, including the inauguration of Krishnagiri municipality bus stand by Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and exclusive women’s park established in 1941 at Vaniyambadi municipality are also part of the photo gallery.

Commissioner of Municipal Administration Niranjan Mardi said the work to refurbish the office with modern work stations for the staff members, including computerised network and internet, was taken up in 2007.

The Public Works Department and Tamil Nadu Small Industries Corporation had carried out the project to enhance the working environment of the municipal administration personnel.

Besides two visitors’ halls, a library and a dining hall have also been provided for the benefit of the staff members, he said.

Speaking later to The Hindu, Mr. Mardi said the CMA proposed to construct new buildings for 46 local bodies across the State, including Pammal, Anakaputhur, Poonamallee, Avadi, Manali, Chengalpattu and Ullagaram-Puzhuthivakkam, at the cost of Rs. 23 crore this year.

Last year, nine local bodies in the State have been provided with either new or renovated buildings, he said.

Municipal Administration and Water Supply department secretary K. Deenabandu and Additional Commissioner of Municipal Administration P.Senthil Kumar were among those present during the occasion.

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