The first meeting of
the expanded Chennai Corporation under Mayor Saidai S Duraisamy passed
many resolutions on Wednesday to make the city look clean.
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Mega City Mission:
A total of Rs 7,678 crore will be spent under the ambitious Mega City Development Mission for improving infrastructure in the expanded Chennai Corporation over the next five years. The Corporation Council passed a resolution accepting the detailed project report submitted by the civic body to the Tamilnadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited (TNUIFSL) for the mission. The report has been sent to the State government for administrative sanction. Chennai Corporation proposes to undertake improvement of basic amenities, particularly in areas that have been merged with it recently, at a cost of Rs 219.88 crore. This would comprise improvement of solid waste management at a cost of Rs 80.46 crore, roads at Rs 89.42 crore, street lights at Rs 50 crore. Besides, traffic police improvement measures worth Rs 78.10 crore would be taken up, taking the total spending under the mission this fiscal to Rs 297.98 crore. The focus would be on upgrading arterial roads in the city with an estimate of Rs 5,555.25 crore over the next five years. Thirty arterial roads that would connect important parts of the expanded city would be improved this year. Stormwater drains, buildings, bridges and parks would also be developed under the project. Stormwater network: The suburban areas that were merged with the Chennai Corporation will get connected to the stormwater network as part of the measures of the civic body to prevent flooding in these localities during monsoon. As a first step, the Corporation has appointed a consultant to survey the areas that do not have SWD. A resolution pertaining to the preparation of the report was adopted at the Corporation Council meeting. The Council also approved a resolution urging the Metrowater to make sewage treatment plants mandatory for large commercial buildings, hospitals and residential complexes. A total of 176 waterbodies in the merged areas would be rejuvenated to prevent flooding. Some of the ponds and lakes to be desilted include those at Nanganallur, Ambattur, Kathivakkam, Alandur and Nerkundram. As the contract for setting up the facility in Kodungaiyur dumpyard was cancelled, the Corporation has plans to call for expression of interest from firms. The civic body aims to make compost and refuse derived pellets and recycle plastics from the garbage in both the yards. Conservancy work: A resolution approving the award of contract to the Hyderabad-based Ramky Enviro Engineers for taking up conservancy work in three zones - Teynampet, Kodambakkam and Adyar, another transferring land in Pallikaranai to the Forest Department and privatisation of dog and rat catching in the city were among the resolutions adopted at the council. The civic body will also launch on a trial basis a new timing for conservancy operations in ward number 121 to improve efficiency. Instead of collecting garbage from homes at 6.30 am, the conservancy workers would collect it after 10.30 a.m. Regulating shops: The Chennai Corporation will soon take steps to regulate shops on the Marina beach. A resolution and another one to take over maintenance of the sand from the Public works Department were also placed at the meeting. The stretch from Anna memorial to Foreshore Estate would also be renovated. Multi-storey parking lot: T Nagar will get a fully automated multi-storey parking lot as part of the measures to decongest the commercial hub of the city. The Chennai Corporation Council adopted a resolution on Wednesday approving the setting up of the facility. The parking lot would come up on Bashyam Road, near Panagal Park. It would have a capacity to accommodate 200 four-wheelers. The Corporation has asked Tamilnadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Ltd. to appoint a consultant for preparing the detailed project report (DPR) for the proposed facility. The Corporation Council also adopted resolutions approving the contracts issued for re-laying bus route roads and interior roads at a cost of around Rs 13 crore. The pricing is based on a comparison between the official estimates and prevailing market prices. The official estimates are drawn on the basis of the Schedule of Rates provided by the Public Works Department. However, as the market rates were much higher, the civic body arrived at the new rates by comparing the two. A resolution on upgrading 30 bus route roads was also adopted. The TNUIFSL would soon call for consultants for preparing DPR for these corridors. |