Stalin deputes Ministers to ensure development work in districts
The Hindu
They will monitor the implementation of welfare schemes
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has named a few Ministers as in-charge to speed up development work, to monitor the implementation of welfare schemes and to coordinate relief measures during natural disasters in 16 districts across the State.
While Minister for Municipal Administration K.N. Nehru would be in-charge for Salem district, Cooperation Minister I. Periyasamy would be in-charge for Theni district.
Minister for Public Works E.V. Velu would look after Tirupattur and Kallakurichi districts, an official release said.
In 2011, the Karnataka government announced that five botanical gardens will be developed on the lines of the Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bengaluru across the State. But according to the latest developments, there will only be four such gardens as the Horticulture Department is most likely to drop the project that was supposed to come up in Chikkaballapura district.