Assurances Committee visits Coimbatore
The Assurances Committee of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly led by Legislator T. Velmurugan on Friday inspected the sites proposed for various projects in the district.The committee first visited the site for the proposed Information Technology Park near the Medical College and exhorted the authorities to expedite the infrastructure works. The District Collector, Neeraj Mittal informed the panel that an information technology park would come up at the site in a 20 lakh sq ft area with 14 floors at an outlay of Rs. 300 crore. He also added that construction works would begin after completing the ongoing soil testing and other preliminary works.The panel then visited the Singanallur bus stand wherein the officials were asked to ensure better up keep of the bus stand. Visiting the Singnallur tank, the chairman requested the Corporation Commissioner to initiate measures to remove the water hyacinth. Responding to it, Commissioner P. Muthuveeran said a proposal for renovating and upgrading the boating yard was under consideration. The proposal, at an outlay of Rs 14.25 crore, would involve strengthening of the tank and its bunds, construction of check dams besides widening the water spread area. Compound wall along the tank, water treatment plant and public conveniences would be constructed as part of the project to provide a picnic spot for the citizens.
The panel also asked the Corporation to ensure that sewage water never mixed with the water in the tank. On reaching the Singanallur farmer’s shandy, the panel asked the Agriculture Department to ensure that the toilets were maintained well for the benefit of the farmers and buyers who visited the place in the early hours of the day.The panel visited the cold storage facility being constructed for the onion growers in the region in a sprawling eight acre at a cost of Rs. 2 crore. Preliminary works would be taken up with the first phase funding of Rs. 10 lakh.
