35 Civic projects of Chennai Corporation inaugurated by chief minister
Posted on: 18/Dec/2018 10:06:38 AM
On Monday, 17th December 2018, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, Mr. E. Palaniswami became cynosure of many eyes when he inaugurated 35 civic projects belonging to Chennai Corporation. It must be taken into account that these 35 civic projects were implemented at a cost of Rs 22 crores in various parts of the Chennai city. The important point is the projects include parks, decentralised solid waste management projects plus others such as mobile diagnostic units, garbage clearing equipment, new box culverts for food mitigation and facilities for persons with disability etc.
An official spoke about the development of parks in as many as 10 locations. He also hinted about the possibility of more parks that would be developed in the future. As many as 15 skid steer loaders have been received by the civic body at an estimated cost of Rs 3.47 crores. Funds from Swachh Bharat Mission and own capital funds of Chennai Corporation would be playing huge role in the project to move forward. The official later spoke about how the mechanism of conservancy operations would improve with more funding.
For making Chennai city free from TB, the civic body has got funding through ‘TB Free Chennai Initiative Fund’ to commission as many as 7 mobile diagnostic units. It is worthy to mention that for utilisation of biodegradable waste from a slaughter house located in Perambur in ward 72 in Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar Zone, an amount of Rs1.96 crores have been spent for installing ‘Nisargruna’ plant. The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre or BARC based ‘Nisargruna’ technology has been adopted in many places in Chennai city. It is said that decentralised ‘Nisargruna’ technology would offer socio-economic advantages plus substantial environment gains in residential places across Chennai. One important piece of information is the technology has been transferred to more than 100 entrepreneurs till now for implementation by the civic and private agencies.
Various places in the Chennai city where the parks are developed are Manali New Town in ward 15, Nolambur in ward 143, Kumaran Nagar in ward 129, AGS Colony in ward 178, Sakthi Garden in ward 195. An amount of Rs 1.37 crores was used in setting up of a sensory park in Santhome in Chennai and this park has been commissioned. An official later spoke about how the development of vent box culvert across Mambalam canal in ward 117 would play a role in reducing inundation in the area.
