5 months ago
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The Coimbatore Corporation’s 3 large infrastructure projects are yet to person funds from the Local Planning Authority (LPA), which is liable for sanctioning and releasing task allocations, Corporation Commissioner M. Sivaguru Prabakaran said.
He stated that a task study for laying roads worthy ₹40 crore wrong Corporation limits has been prepared and submitted to the LPA for approval. About 80% of the enactment has been completed, but the funds are inactive pending.
Redevelopment of the Ukkadam Bus Stand is nether way, but it besides requires LPA funding. A connection requesting ₹30 crore for upgrading the Gandhipuram Central Bus Stand—which volition see 90 autobus bays, 20 ample commercialized shops, 360 seating spaces, 4 staircases with lifts, 50 kiosks, 5 air-conditioned waiting halls, 8 toilet blocks, 7 feeding rooms, 3 power rooms, a CCTV room, an AV room, and designated areas for maintenance, ticketing, postal services, and section offices—has been submitted, but the funds person not yet been released.
In addition, funds for acquiring backstage lands and compensating landowners arsenic portion of the Sathyamangalam Road widening task from Textool Bridge to Old Sathy Road, estimated astatine ₹54 crore, person besides not been released. “These projects tin proceed lone erstwhile the funds are released,” the Commissioner said.
