Minister’s assurance on infrastructure improvement in Madurai

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Minister for Energy Resources and Law C.T. R. Nirmal Kumar, addressing a relation  successful  Madurai connected  Saturday.

Minister for Energy Resources and Law C.T. R. Nirmal Kumar, addressing a relation successful Madurai connected Saturday. | Photo Credit: G. MOORTHY

Minister for Energy Resources and Law C.T.R. Nirmal Kumar connected Saturday assured that indispensable steps would beryllium taken to supply basal infrastructure required for the improvement of Madurai district.

Addressing the gathering astatine an lawsuit organised by the Tamil Nadu Foodgrains Merchants Association, helium said the demands of the radical of Madurai and the commercialized associations would beryllium considered and indispensable steps would beryllium taken to fulfil them.

He said determination was a request to augment the basal infrastructure facilities similar due drinking water, roads and underground drainage facilities. Various demands of the commercialized associations would besides beryllium taken up, helium said.

He said tiny traders should execute bully maturation truthful that occupation opportunities are generated resulting successful wide development. He said helium would supply enactment to the traders.

He besides expressed assurance that the TVK (Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam) would expanse the adjacent section assemblage elections, which would successful crook assistance them instrumentality the assorted infrastructure projects astatine the grassroots level.

Honorary Advisor of the relation S.P. Jeyapragasam said Madurai needs to get escaped of the “dirty city” tag and Vaigai stream should beryllium restored.

He urged the Minister to instrumentality up indispensable steps required. President of the relation S.V.S.S. Velshankar welcomed.

The relation submitted a database of demands to the Minister to beryllium taken up for the wide improvement of Madurai. The demands included restoration of Vaigai river, amended discarded disposal, to amended groundwater level, to guarantee uninterrupted h2o proviso to the people, request for much industries successful the district, Airport expansion, Madurai Metro Rail project, autobus larboard and to instrumentality indispensable steps to decongest the city.

Mr. Nirmal Kumar and TVK MLAs A. Kallanai, S. Karthikeyan. S.R. Thangapandi and M.M.Gopison were felicitated astatine the event. MLA S. Madhar Badhurudeen was incapable to be the lawsuit owed to different commitments.

At a property conscionable held aft the event, the Minister said the h2o level astatine the Vaigai dam was being continuously monitored. Arrangements were being made to proviso drinking h2o done h2o tankers connected a warfare footing to those areas wherever determination was a shortage. The authorities was deliberating connected assorted schemes to find a imperishable solution to the drinking h2o crisis, helium said.

To conscionable Madurai’s energy demand, six caller substations are required and astir 250 caller substations are required crossed Tamil Nadu. The readying for these projects is presently successful progress, helium said.

The groundwater levels successful Madurai were affected owed to cognition of amerciable quarries. So far, 11 amerciable quarries successful the territory person been closed. Appropriate enactment would beryllium taken against those acting successful usurpation of the rules, helium said.

Responding to a query connected the devotees fainting astatine Thirupparankundram temple, helium refuted reports that stated a fig of radical had fainted. He said lone 1 idiosyncratic had fainted and a fewer different had experienced discomfort owed to overcrowding and fatigue. The authorities swung into enactment and provided treatment. All indispensable facilities and information measures were implemented for the convenience of the devotees, helium said.

Published - May 30, 2026 09:49 p.m. IST

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