Cement sales @ Civil Supplies Corporation
Nadu was 5 per cent higher than the national growth rate and they were unable to meet the demand. Workers unload cement bags at the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation’s godown in the city.The Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation (TNCSC) has begun the distribution of cement at a concessional rate of Rs. 200 a bag.District Collector Neeraj Mittal, in a release, said that those who had given building plan approvals by July 1, 2007, with a construction area not exceeding 1,000 square feet would be given a maximum of 100 bags of cement.Those in need should apply to the jurisdiction Tahsildar and get allotment orders from the Deputy Tahsildar (Headquarters). In Coimbatore, cement would be supplied in the following TNCSC stock yards: Poosaripalayam in Coimbatore, Mettupalayam, Avanashi, Kangeyam Road in Tirupur, Palladam, Pollachi, Udumalpet, Valparai, Vazharmathi stock yard in Tirupur and Care stock yard in Kavundampalayam.The application should provide details such as present address, construction site address, survey number of the site, approved building plan copy, approved extent of construction, if it were to be an ongoing construction – the extent completed so far, residence or address proof such as family card or voter ID card and a declaration that the same would not be used for any other purpose and also that the applicant was aware that legal action would be initiated against him/her in the event of misuse.
In the first phase, a total of 6,845 tonnes had been allocated for Coimbatore and Tirupur had walked away with the highest allocation among that, officials said.Rural Industries Minister Pongalur N. Palanisamy, Collector Neeraj Mittal and District Panchayat Chairman C.R. Ramachandran took part in the inauguration of the sale at Kavundampalayam stock yard.Secretary of Coimbatore Consumer Cause, K. Kathirmathiyon, in a memorandum to the Chief Minister had thanked the Government for the decision to sell cement at concessional rate.Mr. Kathirmathiyon sought to revise the conditions for eligibility criteria. The decision that revenue inspectors would inspect and recommend allotment in case of those not having plan approval was not appreciable.
The Government had regularised all the sites in the unapproved layouts by a simple procedure till December 31, 2007. Hence, there should be no difficulty in the approval of building plans and there were chances of unapproved constructions going beyond 1,000 sq ft.Mr. Kathirmathiyon requested that unauthorised constructions may be declared as ineligible to get cement at concessional rate.He also requested the Government to fix a time norm for the issue of allotment order from the date of submitting application so that the people need not visit the taluk office frequently.He also welcomed the Government decision to import one lakh tonnes of cement every month. The cement producers had said that the construction growth in Tamil nadu.
