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Music school to get building

Syed Muthahar Saqaf

FACILITY: Collector M. Vijayakumar handing over the order to R. Gunasekaran, Regional Assistant Director of Art and Culture, Tiruchi.

PERAMBALUR: The Government Music School here that has been functioning from a rented building ever since it was set up in 1998 will soon a get a new building of its own in the heart of the town soon, thanks to the initiative of Collector M. Vijayakumar.

The Collector has earmarked 50 cents of land worth Rs. 27.5 lakh behind the new bus stand for the construction of a building that will the Government Music School and the Jawahar Bal Bhavan which imparts training to the youngsters in the age group of 5 – 15 yearsin music, dance, martial arts, etc.

The Collector handed over the order to R. Gunasekaran, Regional Assistant Director, Department of Art and Culture, Tiruchi.

With this, four districts in the Central region – Tiruchi, Pudukottai, Karur and Perambalur – have got government land for the construction of buildings for housing the music schools.

“The Department will soon prepare a proposal for the construction of the building and submit it to the government for its favourable consideration”, said Mr. Gunasekaran.

Referring to the construction of buildings for the other government music schools in the region, Mr. Gunasekaran said that the Tiruchi district administration had allotted land on Melur road in the temple town of Srirangam.

The Department will construct a cultural complex at this site, which will house the music school, Jawahar Bal Bhavan along with the State Art and Culture Department's regional office. The government has already sanctioned Rs. 96 lakh for executing the project and the construction work will commence soon.

In Karur town, 50 cents of land was allotted for the music school and the department had already submitted proposal for allotment of funds.

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