Thoothukudi Corporation presents ₹9.69 crore surplus Budget; proposes to lay 278 new roads

Thoothukudi Corporation presents ₹9.69 crore surplus Budget; proposes to lay 278 new roads

The Corporation, in its Budget tabled on Thursday by Mayor Jegan Periyasamy for the next fiscal, has proposed to lay 278 new roads in this port town and create market zones at different places to enable the roadside vendors to sell their products with ease.

The Budget also proposes to plant trees on 100 acres spread at several places, dig ponds at five places to improve groundwater table and install a plant to synthesise natural gas from waste getting generated within the Corporation limits.

Tabling the ₹9.69 crore surplus Budget, Mr. Jegan said 278 new roads would be laid during the upcoming financial year and five roads would be converted as stretches to be used only by non-motorised vehicles to curb pollution and vehicular traffic. The Corporation has identified several unused lands within the urban civic body to the extent of 100 acres at different places which would be used for planting trees to increase the green cover.

Following successful trial run conducted in a couple of wards of the Corporation, the 24 X 7 drinking water supply would be extended to 10 wards, the Mayor proposed.

All six councillors of AIADMK staged a walkout from the council’s Budget session condemning the steep hike in property tax, power tariff and milk price.

In the ordinary meeting held after the Budget session, a section of the DMK councillors opposed the Corporation’s decision to give on lease one of its units in its commercial complex at Washermen Ghat near Anna Nagar to TASMAC to set-up liquor shop. “The Corporation should not give on rent its shop for selling liquor in the midst of residential areas,” the DMK members said.