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The Coimbatore Corporation Council, astatine an urgent gathering held connected Wednesday, passed a solution to divert surplus h2o from Selva Chinthamani Tank to Valankulam done Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC) and Mild Steel (MS) pipelines, astatine an estimated outgo of ₹6 crore.
The gathering was presided implicit by Mayor K. Ranganayaki successful the beingness of Corporation Commissioner M. Sivaguru Prabakaran astatine the Victoria Town Hall.
According to the Corporation, surplus h2o released from Selvachintamani Lake flows onto roads and into houses during dense inflow. The projected diversion aims to forestall flooding and debar the wastage of potable water.
The civic assemblage noted that Valankulam presently contains sewage. It projected to drain the wastewater and past premix surplus freshwater from Selvachintamani Lake to forestall h2o contamination successful the lake.
The assembly approved taking up the enactment utilizing Corporation wide funds and resolved to name method experts to hole a elaborate task study (DPR). It besides decided to question administrative authorisation for the DPR by forwarding the connection to the Director of Municipal Administration.
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam level person R. Prabhakaran criticised the Corporation for convening an urgent meeting. He said the meeting, which was primitively scheduled for Tuesday, was postponed owed to the inauguration of a hockey crushed by the Deputy Chief Minister. He added that urgent meetings should beryllium convened lone for a constricted fig of important matters, but much than 100 resolutions were placed and passed nether the urgency tag without immoderate discussions.
A full of 105 resolutions were placed and passed astatine the meeting. These included the operation of a autobus basal astatine Thudiyalur astatine an estimated outgo of ₹99.95 lakh, on with abstracted estimates of ₹99.95 lakh for roadworthy works, stormwater drain works and lighting works associated with the autobus stand. The operation of a walking track, besides forming portion of the autobus basal project, was placed with a abstracted estimation of ₹99.9 lakh.
