40 announcements made in last year’s Budget implemented: Mayor
The Hindu
Mayor R. Priya's Budget for Greater Chennai Corporation included 82 announcements, with 40 completed and 36 in progress.
While presenting the Budget for the Greater Chennai Corporation last year, Mayor R. Priya made 82 announcements. Of them, 40 have been completed and 36 are being implemented, according to the Action Taken Report released by her office.
Key initiatives include road improvement, beautification, restoration of waterbodies, and infrastructure upgrade. Road projects are under way across the city. But the plan to buy machines to repair potholes was cancelled. The other ongoing projects are the development of entranceways, beautification of parks, and the modernisation of crematoria.
In line with Announcement 75, the Corporation took up 4,750 roads and footpaths for improvement at an estimated cost of ₹404 crore under several schemes. The report says ₹150 crore in State Finance Commission funds was sanctioned for roads in respect of another announcement made last year. With this, 1,114 projects were completed, and six are in progress. The expenditure is ₹112.54 crore, with the physical progress of 97.55%.
A work order for ₹254 crore from Tamil Nadu Urban Road Infrastructure Fund (TURIF) and Nagarpura Salai Membattu Thittam (NSMT) funds was issued on August 17, 2024. A total of 829 projects have been completed and 83 are in progress under Tamil Nadu Urban Road Infrastructure Fund, at an estimated cost of ₹57.61 crore, with the physical progress of 79.48%. Additionally, 806 projects have been completed and 72 are in progress under the Nagarpura Salai Membattu Thittam (NSMT), with a physical progress of 78.4%, according to the report.
The Mayor announced last year that the Corporation would buy cold mix injection pothole repairing machines. Administrative sanction for procurement and maintenance of the machines was obtained on September 10, 2024. However, the procurement was cancelled on November 4, 2024, because hiring of the machines was deemed cost-effective.
Under Announcement 77, entranceways were to be constructed on five main roads at an estimated cost of ₹15 crore. Work is in progress on ECR Road, OMR Road, and Mount-Poonamallee Road. Administrative sanction and work orders were issued for the GST Road (₹83.23 lakh) and GNT Road, Mariammal Nagar (₹50 lakh), the report mentioned.
Beautification of Royapuram Zone’s Thangasalai flyover is in progress, with ₹1.01 crore sanctioned. Beautification of the Peters Road and Conron Smith Road flyovers in Teynampet Zone has been approved under the Namakku Naame scheme at a cost of ₹2.87 crore.
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