CM Vijay Declares Open 44 Schemes in Pudukkottai District
A knowledge centre, built at a cost of Rs. 1.60 crore, in the Santhaipettai area at Alangudi that has state-of-the-art facilities aimed at enhancing the education and skills of students
PUDUKKOTTAI: Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay declared open 44 schemes, completed at a cost of Rs. 68.31 crore, and laid the foundation stone for 70 new schemes, at an estimated cost of Rs. 11.72 crore, across Pudukkottai district, at a government function at Pudukkottai on Monday.
One of the facilities opened by the Chief Minister was the bus stand on 20,077 sq.m. which can accommodate 60 buses, support 74 shops, two hotels, passenger waiting room, mother feeding rooms, lavatory facilities for men and women and differently-abled persons, provide drinking water and have CCTV cameras, at a cost of Rs 23.25 crore.
A knowledge centre, built at a cost of Rs. 1.60 crore, in the Santhaipettai area at Alangudi that has state-of-the-art facilities aimed at enhancing the education and skills of students and the general public, was also declared open by the Chief Minister.
A new urban primary health centre, built at a cost of Rs. 1.50 crore at Keeramangalam, a multipurpose indoor stadium within the Pudukkottai stadium complex, costing Rs. 6.29 crore, aimed at upgrading the district’s sports infrastructure to international standards, were among the other schemes that were inaugurated Monday.
The Chief Minister also declared open the panchayat union office buildings, constructed at a cost of Rs. 11.80 crore, in Ponnamaravathi and Arimalam blocks, kitchens and storage rooms constructed at a cost of Rs. 1.04 crore for the 12 primary and middle schools across Pudukkottai district, and new health sub-centre buildings, constructed at a cost of Rs. 1.35 crore, at Odukkur, Nattumangalam and Veeradipatti, etc.
Vijay laid the foundation stone for 70 new development projects in Pudukkottai district, to be executed by the rural development and panchayat raj department at a total estimated cost of Rs. 11.72 crore, which include 23 panchayat mandram office buildings, 35 compound walls for panchayat union schools and 12 anganwadi buildings.
Welfare measures of various departments – totally worth Rs. 62.73 crore – were distributed by the Chief Minister. This includes those of the revenue and disaster management department to 13,676 beneficiaries.
Fifteen persons were given appointment orders under compassionate grounds, electronic family cards were distributed to 800 beneficiaries by the department of food and civil supplies and consumer protection, sewing machines were given to 35 beneficiaries by the department of social justice, etc.
Rural development and water resources minister N. Anand, labour welfare minister J. Mohamed Parvez, MPs Jothimani, Durai Vaiko and K. Nawazkani, MLAs N. Subramanian, director of municipal administration P. Madhusudhan Reddy, Pudukkottai Collector M. Aruna and others participated.
