Tiruchi Corporation to establish a college, says K. N. Nehru

Tiruchi Corporation to establish college, model school, and bus terminus; Ministers inaugurate new school buildings in the city.

Minister for Municipal Administration K.N. Nehru on Wednesday said Tiruchi Corporation would establish a college on a five-acre land in the city.

Inaugurating new Corporation school buildings here, the Minister also disclosed that a model school would be established at Woraiyur in the city and urged Minister for School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi to establish government schools in the west constituency as there were only Corporation and private schools in the area.

Later, Mr. Nehru told reporters that the integrated bus terminus at Panjapur would become operational after the tender for the annual maintenance contract was awarded.

Asked about COVID-19 preparedness at schools, Mr. Poyyamozhi said the current strain of the virus was not severe. School students would be advised to wear face masks if necessary.

The Ministers inaugurated a model higher secondary school at Edamalaipattipudur in Ward 57 and an additional building for Corporation Middle School at Piratiyur in Ward 55.

The model school building has been constructed on a 2.91-acre site in Rajiv Gandhi Nagar at an estimate of ₹18.41 crore. The ground floor and first floor of the building will house 36 classrooms, two staff rooms, two office rooms, a library, three laboratories, and four sanitary facilities.

Similarly, the Corporation Middle School at Piratiyur, which is functioning in a two-storey building with 10 classrooms, has 801 students. Considering the increase in enrolments, an additional building was constructed at an outlay of ₹4.90 crore under the Corporation’s Education Fund. The three-storey building features 12 classrooms, two staff rooms, an office room, eight toilets and 12 urinals. With the additional building, around 540 would be benefitted, a press release said.