Two-day District Collectors and Police Officers meet held in Chennai

It is heartening to note that the Central Universities which have been hitherto established in only the Union territories of India and major cities, are being established even in smaller towns like Tiruvarur, thanks to the initiatives taken by the ruling DMK front in Tamil Nadu.

The Central University, Tiruvarur will begin functioning from this year. Since the Centre has come forward to commence the operations of the university, the government will identify temporary buildings to locate the university.

This was one of the decisions taken on the first day of the two-day annual District Collectors and police officers’ conference, chaired by the Chief Minister M.Karunanithi here on Thursday.

Mr.Karunanithi advised Collectors of Permabalur, Villupuram,Tiruvarur and Sivaganga to expedite identification of land for setting up government medical colleges.he wanted them to hand over the lands at the earliest.

On the first day of the conference, in which all major schemes came up for elaborate discussion in the morning and it was decided to take expeditious steps to be taken to identify and allot land to the CentralUniversity in Coimbatore and the Indian Institute of Management in Tiruchi.

The Hogenakkal drinking water project would go as per schedule and the Chief Minister wanted the officials to ensure that the timetable drawn up earlier to be adhered to.

The Chief Minister also elaborately reviewed the Ramanathapuram Combined Drinking Water Supply Project and wanted the project to be completed by April, 2009.

Construction of additional blocks for the GeneralHospital and the expansion of the StanleyMedicalCollege were also discussed.

The schedule for the new assembly building is to begin by October,2008 and complete it by March,2010.Work on 100 crore library project will begin in October,2008 and end by March,2010.

Chennai would get a great facelift with the completion of the work on the Adyar park by December,2010.The beautification of the Marina beach would be completed by  January,2009.

The meeting also decided to begin work on the 20 acre world class botanical garden on the Cathedral Road at the earliest.

The two day Collectors conference actually provides a bird’s eye view on the major pending projects in Tamil Nadu.