NHAI told to convert stretch of highway into six-lane road
The Hindu
It is felt that volume of traffic will rise near Panchapur bus terminus
The Tiruchi district administration has asked the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to convert the four-lane Tiruchi-Madurai highway into a six-lane road near Panchapur, where a new integrated bus terminus has been proposed.
The bus terminus project, which is a long-pending demand of the people of Tiruchi, is gaining momentum with Chief Minister M.K. Stalin laying the foundation stone for it recently. The Tiruchi Corporation, which has about 550 acres of land at Panchapur on the outskirts of Tiruchi on Madurai highway, has cleared about 50 acres of land for the project.
The restoration and redevelopment of the decades-old Calve College Government school, a landmark that occupies a prominent place in the city’s history is nearing completion. The Puducherry Smart City Development Limited (PSCDL), which has taken up the restoration, has planned to complete the work by the first week of July. The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) is the architectural consultant for PSCDL, while Puducherry Technological University (PTU) is the structural consultant. The work commenced in August 2021 and costs ₹4.75 crore.
Works are under way to establish smart classrooms equipped with broadband connectivity in as many as 20,000 panchayat union primary schools and to establish hi-tech laboratories with similar Internet connectivity in 6,992 panchayat union primary schools across Tamil Nadu, the Director of Elementary Education (DEE) has informed the Madras High Court.