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‘MAKKALAI THEDI’ PUBLIC INTERFACE INITIATIVE BY CHENNAI CORPORATION.

Posted on: 26/Jul/2010 5:03:15 AM

Mayor M.Subramanian announced that special lighting effects on Napier Bridge will be inaugurated on Wednesday at 8 p.m. by Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. He announced this at the Chennai Corporation`s ‘Makkalai Thedi` programme for residents of eight wards of the Basin Bridge Zone here on Saturday. The Mayor said that the lighting effect installed at a cost of Rs.1.63 crore, would enhance the beauty of the arch bridge.

At the ‘Makkalai Thedi` programme, a total of 861 petitions on various issues were submitted to the Mayor. It includes those seeking pension, jobs, financial assistance for surgeries, house pattas and property tax assessments. A total of 365 petitions were addressed on the spot.

The Mayor directed Revenue Department officials to include a two-month-old girl baby, Richithadevi, in the Chief Minister`s Health Insurance Scheme and provide assistance for her heart surgery. The baby, daughter of M.Sanglimuthu and S.Priyadharsini living in Tondiarpet, has a hole in her heart since birth. He said two projects being undertaken by the Chennai Metro water in Royapuram – construction of an overhead tank with a capacity of 28 lakh litre and the laying of water pipelines – would be completed in four months.