Greening drive launched
The Hindu
The Highways Department has planned to plant about 10,000 tree saplings along Thuraiyur-Perambalur Road (SH-142) which is being upgraded under the Chennai Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor Project (CKIC
The Highways Department has planned to plant about 10,000 tree saplings along Thuraiyur-Perambalur Road (SH-142) which is being upgraded under the Chennai Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor Project (CKICP).
The upgrade of the 30-km long stretch connecting Thuraiyur town with the Tiruchi-Chennai Highway is expected to give a boost to industrial development of the backward Thuraiyur region and also help provide an improved transport link for industries in Ariyalur belt.
In an effort to make riding a pleasant experience on the road, the department has launched a greening drive. M.K.Selvam, Chief Engineer (Highways), CKICP, who inspected the progress of the project works on Friday, inaugurated the drive by planting a sapling along the road stretch in the presence of Divisional Engineer R.Sundari and Assistant Divisional Engineer, S.Jayanthi. The road is being widened as a two-lane road with paved shoulders. Two by-passes are to be built at Nakkasalem and Kurumbalur. The project entails construction of 12 minor bridges and 55 box culverts. The project has been taken up at a cost of about ₹143 crore under the CKICP funded by the Asian Development Bank.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.