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Minister for Housing, Prohibition and Excise S. Muthusamy connected Monday inaugurated the energy hold works to supply powerfulness proviso for the archetypal clip to Kathirimalai, a distant tribal hamlet successful Anthiyur taluk.
The elevation colony tin beryllium accessed lone aft a 9-km trek through unsmooth terrain from Kathiripatti, located astatine the foothills in Kolathur artifact of Salem district. Situated about 82 km from Erode, Kathirimalai is location to 76 families comprising 267 individuals belonging to the Solaga tribal community. The hamlet lies astatine an elevation of 1,052 metres in the Chennampatti wood range within the Erode Forest Division, nether the jurisdiction of the Bargur Panchayat Union.
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, during his sojourn to Erode on December 20, 2024, had announced the electrification of the hamlet astatine an estimated outgo of ₹2.5 crore, which was aboriginal revised to ₹3.32 crore. Following this, tenders were floated and a contractor finalised recently.
Under the project, a high-voltage powerfulness line spanning 8.34 km using 50 sq mm aerial-bunched cables will beryllium laid, and a 100 KVA transformer installed to proviso powerfulness to the households. A full of 271 electrical poles will beryllium erected, and energy volition beryllium drawn from the Kaveripuram 11 KV feeder under the Mettur–Sathyanagar 33/11 KV substation.
Speaking astatine the relation held astatine the foothills, the Minister said the electrification task would importantly amended the prime of beingness of residents successful this distant tribal settlement.
Collector S. Kandasamy, MLAs A.G. Venkatachalam (Anthiyur) and V.C. Chandrakumar (Erode East), Chief Engineer of TNEB Balasubramaniam, Superintending Engineers Chinnusamy and Dharani, Executive Engineer Ramasundaram, and elder officials from assorted departments were present.
