Thoothukudi Corporation initiates action to open eco-park, boat club for Pongal holidays

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Thoothukudi Mayor Jegan Periyasamy addressing the Corporation Council gathering  connected  Wednesday (December 31, 2025)

Thoothukudi Mayor Jegan Periyasamy addressing the Corporation Council gathering connected Wednesday (December 31, 2025) | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Thoothukudi Mayor Jegan Periyasamy said astatine the Corporation Council gathering connected Wednesday that the civic assemblage had initiated efforts to unfastened the Eco Park and Boat Club located connected Beach Road.

During the meeting, 22 resolutions, including the ones to support 4 large parks — Rajaji Park, MGR Park, Muthunagar Beach Park and Roche Park — done outsourced workers, were passed unanimously.

The Council members raised respective demands connected issues concerning their wards. They urged the Corporation to found coaching centres for civilian services examinations successful the metropolis and to conception a roadworthy to Government Thoothukudi Medical College and Hospital done Rajaji Park.

The councillors insisted that roads dug up for Underground Drainage task beryllium restored rapidly and emphasised the request to instal thoroughfare lights successful respective areas.

Mr. Jegan said the UGDS enactment was pending successful a fewer wards and it would beryllium completed soon. After its completion, the roads would beryllium restored. Many roads had already been relaid successful Corporation limits and that the enactment to relay the remaining roads would commence shortly.

With Pongal approaching, Mr. Jegan said, ample crowds were expected astatine parks and, therefore, renovation and nationalist installation betterment works were nether way. Action had been taken to unfastened the Eco Park and the Boat Club located connected Beach Road during Pongal holidays, helium added.

“A backstage institution has volunteered to run boats and has been fixed impermanent support connected the information that 25% of the gross earned should beryllium shared with the Corporation,” helium added.

He further said Thoothukudi teppakulam would beryllium renovated without affecting its practice operation earlier February. He besides said strict enactment would beryllium taken against cattle roaming freely connected roads, and warned that stray cattle would beryllium handed implicit to a goshala successful Sankarankoil, and would not beryllium returned to the owners.

Corporation Commissioner S. Priyanka and Deputy Mayor S. Jenitta were present.

Published - December 31, 2025 08:09 p.m. IST

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