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Semmozhi Poonga volition beryllium opened to the nationalist from December 1 pursuing its inauguration by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin connected November 25, Minister for Municipal Administration K.N. Nehru said successful Coimbatore metropolis connected Saturday.
After inspecting the ongoing works astatine the 45-acre Semmozhi Poonga being developed connected the Central Prison grounds successful Gandhipuram astatine a outgo of ₹208.5 crore, helium told reporters that ticketing arrangements and a fewer regulatory procedures would beryllium completed aft the inauguration, and that the parkland would past beryllium opened for nationalist usage from December 1.
When asked whether Corporation unit were overstretched owed to the project’s workload successful its last phase, and whether the contractor had sought an hold alternatively of adhering to the inauguration schedule, Mr. Nehru denied some points. He stated that the enactment was being executed solely by the contractor awarded the tender and rejected allegations that aggregate contractors were being deployed to unreserved the work.
Responding to queries astir the gait of enactment and the compressed timeline, helium said the task was already nearing completion and the remaining works were being accelerated to conscionable the inauguration schedule. He added that portion each park-related works would beryllium completed, the normal centre would necessitate further time.
To a question connected whether the Coimbatore Corporation had obtained the required permissions — including occurrence information approval, energy committee clearance, biology clearance and different statutory approvals — helium said that each clearances would beryllium obtained from the respective departments and that the Chief Minister would not inaugurate a task without the indispensable ineligible permissions.
On introduction fees, helium said that the rates would beryllium little than the amounts antecedently approved by the Corporation council.
He added that during the inauguration, the Chief Minister would interact with schoolhouse students and persons with disabilities, on with 150 salient individuals from Coimbatore selected by the territory administration. Former Minister V. Senthil Balaji and elder officials were contiguous during the inspection.
