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“Rs.30 crore sanctioned for renovation of roads”

Staff Reporter

In Dindigul district, says Revenue Minister

— PHOTO: G. KARTHIKEYAN.

GIFT:Beneficiaries taking home free colour television sets distributed by Revenue Minister I. Periasamy at Palani on Wednesday.

PALANI: The State Government had sanctioned Rs.30 crore to the district for renovation of roads, laying new roads and development of basic infrastructure within municipal and town panchayat limits in the district, said I. Periasamy, Minister for Revenue.

He was distributing free colour television sets to beneficiaries in Palani taluk here on Wednesday.

Damaged roads would be converted into either cement roads or asphalt roads on the basis of requirement. Equal importance was given to municipalities and town panchayats. More facilities would be created in the temple town for convenience of pilgrims, he added.

To provide house pattas to more people, the Government had extended validity of the scheme of issuing pattas to those who had built house on government ‘poromboke' lands and had been residing there for over five years, for another year. This extension period would be utilised effectively to reach more people.

The Central Government too has been mulling over extension of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to town panchayats that have large number of villages. Extension of this scheme would bring more benefits to town panchayats, he added.

“Television sets would be given shortly to those who did not receive them in the fifth phase of distribution.”

Earlier, Mr. Periasamy disbursed old age pension to 647 persons and other welfare assistance, including free colour television sets to 450 beneficiaries, at a function at Sri Ramapuram town panchayat, near Dindigul in the morning. This town panchayat would get a fair price shop, anganwadi centre, group houses and streetlights and modern toilets at Sri Ramapuram, Thirumalairayapuram and Arasamarathupatti and cement roads at an estimated cost of Rs.1 crore, he said.

Sempatti-Oddanchatram main road passing through Sri Ramapuram and Kannivadi town panchayats would be widened and connected with Tuticorin-Palani highway.

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