VILLUPURAM: Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy said that Villupuram district administration had sought Rs. 179 crore from the State government for flood relief works.
Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, Mr. Ponmudy said that cyclone Nisha that precipitated heavy rain from November 24 to December 1 in the district claimed 23 human lives and 54 cattle heads.
On the direction of Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, already a compensation of Rs. 1 lakh was disbursed to families of 14 persons who died in rain-related incidents and another Rs. 1 lakh would soon be given to them.
In the case of Narasimhan from Andhra Pradesh who drowned in the river at Vanur, the heir certificate was awaited.
For those who lost their houses, a compensation of Rs 3.90 crore and 10 kg of rice were given, he said.
The Minister said that the work on the Rs 1.50-crore project to clear water stagnation from the new bus stand and the surrounding areas, would begin next week. It envisaged carrying the stagnating water to the Ponneri, he said.
The on-going under-ground drainage project would be extended to the Collectorate complex, the Tamil Nadu Housing Board quarters, Salamedu and Vazhudareddi.
He further said that the Villupuram park would be given a facelift and play things would be installed.
To facilitate this, the maternity ward would be shifted from the park to the nearby community centre, he said.
Mr. Ponmudy also said that two overhead tanks had been built in Villupuram and the laying of pipeline for the third one was under progress. A commercial complex would be built in the old bus stand, he said.
He said that the Chief Minister was scheduled to lay the foundation stone for the construction of two government engineering colleges, one at Villupuram and another at Tindivanam, in the first week of January, 2009.
On the occasion the Chief Minister would also open school buildings, two uzhavar sandhais at Ginjee and Ulundurpet, and hand over the 253 permanent houses to the tsunami-affected people.
Earlier, Mr. Ponmudy accompanied by R. Palanisamy, Collector, R. Janakaraj, Municipal Chairman , T. Kumar, Commissioner, S. Pushparaj, MLA, and Veerasamy, Executive Engineer of the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, visited the flood-affected areas.
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